There are 50+ changes to the theme system in the move to Drupal 7 – that’s a lot to consider when upgrading your theme from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. As expected, some of the changes make theming more complex… but those changes can also free things up for you to do complex things in …
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Webcam Magic!
Here is a recipe for the holy grail of video handling on your server: recording a video with a webcam from the browser, upload it to YouTube, and embed it on your site, all with one magic click. This technique is currently only possible with Drupal 6, although support for Drupal 7 should be ready …
Read more »Designing for Drupal: DOs and DON’Ts
“Drupal sites can look any way you want!” Heard this before? While technically true, it doesn’t mean it’s always the best option. If you are a graphic designer creating comps (compositions) for a Drupal site, here are a few DOs and DON’Ts to follow. Not only can they make theme developers happy, but also they …
Read more »Why Non-Profits Need User Experience Design
The non-profit organization faces unique challenges with any web project. There are budget and internal skill limitations not typically faced by a for-profit entity. We’ve addressed what you need to know about the project process and begun to tell you how to manage it more successfully. This article discusses what I believe is the most …
Read more »#NN10 Report: How to Plan for Your Website Redesign Training
At Netroots Nation last week, I did the second iteration of a training first introduced at Organizing 2.0 with Fureigh in December 2009: How to Plan for Your Website Redesign. I was joined by Erin Hofteig of Middle Coast and Paula Brantner of Workplace Fairness, who both offered additional perspectives on the process. Read more …
Read more »What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and then gets blogged all over the internet.
There are very few organizations who make our list of people we have to sponsor. There’s only one we commit to sponsoring every year. That amazing org is called Netroots Nation, and their annual conference is this week in Las Vegas. Netroots Nation is a group of progressive leaders, bloggers, activists, heros, and other sundry …
Read more »We’re going to Mercury…. Hosting!
We have some exciting news. We are now officially supporting Pantheon Mercury as an add-on service with all our dedicated and shared Virtual Private Server hosting plans. This makes Advomatic the first hosting provider ever to provide end-user support for Mercury. Pantheon is a set of tools and configurations developed and maintained by our long …
Read more »Volunteering at Free Geek Twin Cities
Editor’s Note: This is the first in an ongoing series about what our team does in their spare time to help good causes. Photo: Amanda and Nus in the Free Geek Twin Cities firehouse. On most Saturdays, when I’m not theming Drupal websites for Advomatic and our awesome clients, I make my way over to …
Read more »Arm yourself with Drupal $body_classes!
A common question I get for theming Drupal sites is how to apply css to specific pages. For example, you might want your background image for your header to change on specific pages. Out of the box, Drupal doesn’t give you any class in the HTML that’s unique to your node to grab onto. This …
Read more »How to Give Your Project A Fighting Chance (Part 1)
“What we learn from lessons learned is that we don’t learn from lessons learned.” – T. Block So you are about to kickoff a project. You have a budget, a deadline, and a deliverable: an awesome website launch. As you already know, there are 3 criteria by which you’ll measure your project’s success: on time, …
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