Last year at Drupalcon LA, our team did a conference scavenger hunt based off a list of funny/unusual things we’ve encountered at Drupalcons past. We took a photo of each item for proof, and at the end of the conference, we went through our list and shared our photos. This was a good time. This year, we’re taking …
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#15NTC Recap (And the slides you should actually watch)
Me at most conferences: Me at NTC: This was my very first Nonprofit Technology Conference, and it was SUPER GREAT. I got to meet some awesome people who I’d previously only ever seen on the internet. Some of us even hugged, so I can confirm that they were not holograms either. And I got …
Read more »Have an Advomatic Maintenance Plan? Your site is safe.
On Friday, Oct 10th, the Drupal Security Team notified the community to be on the lookout for a security release the following Wednesday. While that was already the standard monthly “window” for a potential security release, the team had never given this kind of additional warning before. We took it as a hint that this …
Read more »Time To Vote Again: Runoff Election October 1st
We had many great progressive victories in NYC's September 10th Democratic Primary. It shows that the public wants to vote for politicians who support the 99% and not candidates backed by corporate dollars. Up next is a Runoff Election for Public Advocate. Yup, it's already time to vote again. Neither Letitia James (our endorsed candidate) …
Read more »Election Tuesday; Our Endorsements and Voter Guide for New Yorkers
As engaged members of the New York City progressive community Advomatic is offering a list of candidates for office that we endorse in the NYC Primary Elections which are held on September 10th. We know that following local political races can be confusing and finding serious journalism about your local candidates is hard work. Heck, …
Read more »Vote for Advomatic in the Blue Drop Awards
The Blue Drop Awards honor the best Drupal websites. They are voted on by the Drupal community and two sites developed by Advomatic are now finalists. Global Zero is a finalist for Best Advocacy Website US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is a finalist for Best Government Website Support us by …
Read more »Website Developed by Advomatic a 2013 Webby Honoree
American English, a site Advomatic developed for the US Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs is now a Webby Honoree! “The American English website provides resources for teaching and learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL), exploring American culture, and encouraging conversation within the global EFL community” says the Bureau’s site. The …
Read more »Advo Workshop at Rootscamp Conference
We are presenting an updated version of our popular session How to Ensure Your Web Project is a Complete Failure at Rootscamp this week. Our session is 3:00 PM on Friday in Room 154A. It’s a sarcastic and informative look at what organizations often do wrong in their website planning process. Rootscamp is an “Unconference” …
Read more »Congrats to AlterNet on Their New Site [UPDATED]
Have you been to AlterNet.org lately? Doesn’t their new site look great? Wait… it looks the same to you? Good! Because Advomatic was hired to migrate their site to Drupal while maintaining the existing visual design that was working so well for their readers. AlterNet is one of my favorite news sites– great coverage of …
Read more »Committed To Drupal
We’re proud to announce that Advomatic developer David Rothstein has been named a new Drupal 7 core co-maintainer! Drupal works because incredibly talented people like David put their time and creativity into making this open source platform the strongest around. Excuse me while I play James Lipton for a minute to ask David how he …
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