News and announcements

During the Drupal 7 release cycle we had two usability tests, one at the University of Minnesota and one at the University of Baltimore. These tests helped us understand the fundamental issues that Drupal site-builders face and set the direction for many of the major usability improvements in Drupal 7. These tests also triggered a cultural shift within the Drupal contributor community: we now consider user experience design a top priority in all major development efforts.

As the next step in this effort, we are running new usability tests to inform Drupal 8 development!

From May 17-19, the University of Minnesota has once again offered to host a formal usability test in their lab facilities, this time targeting Drupal 8 (as well as Drupal 7 contrib). These tests will give us the chance to see how far we’ve come in solving issues we identified previously. They will also give us a chance to evaluate the new interfaces and tools we added to Drupal 7 core, including the Overlay, Contextual Links, and Toolbar modules.

On Monday April 25th, 2011, we announced a contest for non-profit organizations that are working to help mankind and change the world.

Recognizing that many of these organizations lack the resources to launch an effective web site for distributing their message, Herring Consulting will provide a fully customized, bleeding edge website based on the open source platform, Drupal 7. The prize is valued at $54,000.

Hi everyone. I am looking for additional maintainers to help with the AJAX Module. The project has over 6k installs and the bug list is getting pretty long. If anybody is interested in helping out with this project, please contact me and let me know.

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The Community Corps represents a unique and powerful community of nonprofits, corporations and skilled professionals, who share a passion for using technology to make a difference in people's lives. The Community Corps achieves this by matching pro bono resources with nonprofits in need of support.

If you want to know more about The Community Corps and how you can volunteer your drupal skills visit us at thecommunitycorps.org or contact rachell.bordoy@npower.org

We will be deploying forum2 and this requires the full attention of the database, so we'll take drupal.org down. This should take about 20 minutes. The subdomains will not be affected, but you will not be able to log on during that time.