One of the best improvements in Drupal 8 is the new configuration management system. This post explains how things have changed from Drupal 7, and provides a step-by-step walk of Drupal 8 configuration management.
Configuration in Drupal 7If you’ve spent much time site building or programming in Drupal 7,...
Continue ReadingFor most of the web’s short lifetime, the primary way to design a website has been to create wireframes and comps (design compositions) of a site’s key pages. Oversimplifying a bit, designers identify these key pages and essentially create pictures of what the pages look like when presented on the web. ...
Continue ReadingIn 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. ...
Continue ReadingThe 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,...
Continue ReadingChris, 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. ...
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