Nine Ways to Improve the Drupal Administrative Experience

In the open source world, you often hear people observe that Drupal was built for developers while WordPress was built for content managers.  This observation contains thinly veiled criticism of both platforms.  For Drupal the implication is that the platform doesn’t provide a great user experience for content managers.

The criticism sticks because it is sort of true.  ...

Learn HTML, Already.

The year was 2004. The Red Sox broke the curse. Nickleback was cool. And an awkward high-school sophomore started teaching herself HTML.

When I ask people why they haven’t learned HTML, the most common answer is, “Because it’s too hard.”

Well, the thing is,...

23 Takeaways from Drupalcon Austin

Chris, Mike, Ron, Shane, Teddy and I spent last week at Drupalcon Austin.   We learned a lot, and ate our fair share of Mexican food and BBQ.  Following is a list of our key takeaways from the trip.

(1) Drupal 8 won’t be released until sometime in 2015. ...

What You Need to Know About Drupal 8

Drupal 8 is coming soon.  For those of us that work in Drupal every day, the release of Drupal 8 will be met with a mix of excitement (great new features!) and trepidation (learning the new version and converting old sites is a ton of work).  In an effort to help folks understand the impact of the release of Drupal 8,...