Unboxing Drupal 8: Content Editing Versus Drupal 7 (part 2 of 3)
Last week we started looking at the visual changes for the development release of Drupal 8. Today, I continue to investigate the differences, particularly in regards to editing content. Improvements to the Node Edit Form After glancing around briefly for part 1 of this post, I decided that my test site needed some sample content. I created […]
Unboxing Drupal 8: An Initial Comparison to Drupal 7 (part 1 of 3: The First Glance)
I was sitting at home recently thinking “I wonder how life is going to change when Drupal 8 is released for production websites”. So when I arrived at the office the following morning, I was determined to investigate that question. I cut my teeth on Drupal development with version 6, and since then I’ve developed […]
Installing Ruby 2.0.0 with RVM and Homebrew on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
This is a tutorial on how to install Ruby 2.0.0 on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. 1. Install Xcode and the Command Line Tools If you don’t have it installed I suggest you install Xcode from the Mac App Store and install the command line tools in Xcode Preferences -> Downloads. Otherwise if you […]
Drupal 7 and Omega – Part 2: Delta and Context modules
Let’s extend the flexibility of the Omega theme. With only a few clicks, you can add and remove regions from specific pages throughout your site. Think of it as creating custom theme tpl.php files without writing any code. Using the Delta module (http://drupal.org/project/delta) along with the Context module (http://drupal.org/project/context), you can assign page-specific layouts using […]
InterWorks Joins Tableau on Tableau 8 Tour
InterWorks will join Tableau Software on the nationwide Tableau 8 Tour to promote the newest release of Tableau. InterWorks Inc in the US will be sponsoring the US tour dates, and InterWorks Europe will be sponsoring the Manchester and London dates. The coast-to-coast, 42-stop tour will hit most major U.S. cities, beginning March 5 in […]
Quick Tutorial on Overriding Drupal Views using Templates
Scott and I were recently invited to Oklahoma State University to provide Drupal training for their web admins. Drupal has been on the main campus for a couple of months now and is creeping its way onto the extension campuses. Web admins from each campus – Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Muskogee – and every department […]
Getting Started with Omega and Drupal 7
There are several new Drupal theme toolboxes available that now allow easy-to-setup responsive and adaptive layouts. As of this publishing, Omega allows the most power for a newcomer to Drupal and theming without adding additional front-end styling that comes with a contributed theme or template. The Omega UI allows a developer to easily customize the […]
ShoreTel 13: Call Forwarding to Cell Phone
One of the nice features about ShoreTel is the ease of use of the ShoreTel Communicator. One feature that can be enabled is Call Fowarding. This feature can allow users to forward incoming calls directly to a phone number of their choosing such as Google Voice, a cell phone, or a home phone. ShoreTel Communicator: […]
Musings on Tableau Custom SQL connections through the JET driver
I’m en route to San Jose for some work with a new client then a weekend in Salt Lake City for a few laps on the Great White Icicle! I usually try to have some kind of grander plan for my blogs, but this one is simply designed to save you some time if you […]
Google Analytics Traffic Sources: Social Network Referrals
If you found this article via a web search, I want to preface that I am not a daily user of Google Analytics these days. I have been in the past and really enjoy geeking out over the data when I take the time to log in, but I really only dig around a couple […]