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DrupalEasy Podcast 23: Ben Finklea Interview, Author of "Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization"
Mike Anello interviews Ben Finklea, author of Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization from Packt Publishing. Ben is the CEO of Volacci Corporation, a Drupal Search Engine Optimization company. They discussed what search engine optimization (SEO) is and how it fits into the Drupal universe, including some great tips for Drupal site administrators.
DrupalEasy Podcast 22: Smacked With a Small Trout
Join Andrew, Ryan, Mike, along with special guest Erik "Bladwin" Baldwin as they discuss recent happenings in the Drupal community, including information on Drupal 7, future DrupalCons, the Tattler module, and a variety of other topics. Listen in as the winners of the most recent DrupalEasy "Bookaway" are announced and check out our "picks of the week".
Book Interview: Drupal 6 Site Blueprints
I recently had the opportunity to spend a few minutes on the phone with Timi Ogunjobi of websesame (@websesame twitter), author of Drupal 6 Site Blueprints from Packt Publishing. Originally, we planned to share the interview as a DrupalEasy Podcast, but a poor connection scuttled those plans (things like that happen when the interviewee is calling in from Africa.
Luckily, I had a backup plan (always have a backup): this article! What follows is some Q&A with Timi compiled from the pre-interview and selected quotes from the actual interview.
-->DrupalEasy Podcast 21: Morten.dk
Join Morten Birch Heide-jørgensen and host Ryan Price as they discuss Design in Drupal, T-shirts, DrupalCon in Copenhagen, Morten's contributions to the Drupal community, and the Design for Drupal initiative.
DrupalEasy Podcast 20: A Big To-Do!
Join Mike, Ryan (Andrew is out this week) and special guest Damien McKenna for a podcast about this week's Drupal news. DrupalCon Paris and San Fran, DrupalCamp Atlanta and Florida, modules of the week and more!
DrupalEasy Podcast 19: Michael Peacock Interview, Author of "Drupal 6 Social Networking"
Mike Anello interviews Michael Peacock, author of Drupal 6 Social Networking from Packt Publishing. They discuss how Drupal, combined with various contributed modules, can build very effective social networking web sites. They also discuss how the book is also a very good reference for Drupal core in general.
DrupalEasy Video: DrupalCon Paris with Doug Green
Ryan Price interviews Doug Green (douggreen) of CivicActions about DrupalCon Paris 2009, his multi-lingual session at the conference, and his recent contributions to the Drupal community, namely the Coder and core Search modules. Check out more DrupalCon Paris 2009 coverage at drupaleasy.com
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DrupalEasy Video: DrupalCon Paris with crell
Ryan Price interviews Larry Garfield (crell) from Palantir about his contributions to Drupal 7, his leadership in the community, and his sessions at DrupalCon Paris 2009. Check out more DrupalCon Paris coverage at drupaleasy.com
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DrupalEasy Video: DrupalCon Paris with modulist and marcomatic
Ryan Price interviews Marc Ray (marcomatic) of RightSprocket and Claudio Luis Vera (modulist) of Studio:Module about goings-on at DrupalCon Paris 2009. Check out more DrupalCon Paris coverage at drupaleasy.com
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Drupalcon Paris: Video Snippets from Dries's Keynote
Check out some pics and video from Dries Buytaert's keynote on the first day of Drupalcon Paris.
Drupalcon Paris Driesnote Coverage
Checkout our live coverage of the keynote!
http://drupaleasy.com/live/drupalcon-paris-driesnote
-->Drupalcon Paris Driesnote
Live coverage of Dries Buytaert's keynote at Drupalcon Paris 2009.
45 Modules in 45 Minutes: The Best Modules You're Not Using
I recently presented a talk at DrupalCon Paris titled, "45 Modules in 45 Minutes: The Best Modules You're Not Using".
I hand-picked 45 modules that were not among the top 100 most downloaded modules from Drupal.org for the period of June 21 - August 16, 2009.
-->DrupalEasy Podcast 18: J. Ayen Green Interview, Author of "Drupal 6 Content Administration"
Listen in as Mike Anello talks with J. Ayen Green from Ayen Designs about his new book, Drupal 6 Content Administration. They talk about how the book is not for Drupal developers, but how it is geared towards Drupal developers' clients.
Up-and-Coming Drupal Hotspot? Florida's Drupal Community is on a Roll!
The Drupal community in Florida has been steadily gaining momentum this year, and if the next week or so are any indication, there are no signs of slowing down.
Starting with our hugely successful DrupalCamp back in February (attended by over 100 people) to meetups in various cities since then, Florida Drupalers are starting to really get a sense of how vibrant our local Drupal community actually is.
The next week has no less than three Drupal-related events in the Sunshine State:
DrupalEasy Podcast 17: Sharing the Love
The whole gang is together this week, so join Andrew Riley, Ryan Price, and Mike Anello as they discuss some of the hot topics that have been circulating in the Drupal community over the past couple of weeks.
Ubercart Training in Orlando
You can still register for DrupalEasy’s end of summer full day workshop on the How-To of the impressive Ubercart set of modules in Orlando on August 21st. Coffee and Carbs will rev you up at 9 am for a full day of getting up to speed on these useful ecommerce tools including shipping, payment, shopping cart and related functions.
The day starts with a detailed explanation of Ubercart, how you can use it to sell physical and downloadable products, and charge for online events and site access. You’ll learn about the core components such as shopping cart, payments support, shipping support and order processing, as well as optional features like setting up affiliate programs, integrating Quickbooks and providing discount coupons. This is the final in our summer hometown no frills series available for of $124.
-->Theming Nodereference - or - Reusing Complex Data in Drupal
This is your moment, you've decided to step up and make a job board for your local Drupal User Group. You spend some time thinking about everything you'll need, including the job listings themselves. You'll want to gather the standard info, like job title and job description, salary, experience, the works. When it comes to gathering company info, your instincts make you take a few extra moments to plan.
If you think about this from the perspective of the person posting 6 or 7 jobs, she would end up having to type (or at least copy and paste) the business' contact information each time. If you think about collecting 3 or 4 fields for each business, then that's about 20 extra form fields for the user to fill out. If she then decides to change the info, let's say she made a typo, she now must click through each edit screen 6 or 7 times. That amounts to hundreds of clicks and several hundred repeated keystrokes.
There must be a better way. A nodereference can help your users.
Once finished, you will have two nodes, one for a job and another for a company, and yet you will still display the information about the company inside the job listing.
By the end of this tutorial, you should understand what a nodereference is for, how to create and use one, and finally, how to use template files to theme the output of the nodereference and get the most out of the relationship.
-->DrupalEasy Podcast 16: Interview with Greg Knaddison, Author of "Cracking Drupal"
Greg Knaddison (greggles) is the author of Cracking Drupal: A Drop in the Bucket, a new book about Drupal security. Greg has been a contributing member of the Drupal community for over three and one-half years and is a member of Drupal's Security Team.
DrupalEasy Podcast 15: Making Things Easier
This week's podcast brings Andrew, Ryan, and Mike back together to discuss Drupal news from the past few weeks. From Panels 3 to $18 million web sites, we'll get you up-to-speed on the latest happenings in the Drupal Community. We also picked 4 winners for our recent book giveaways, so be sure to listen in to see if you've got a free book coming.