Talking Drupal

TOPICS:

• Drupal 8 learning curve
• Composer - The new way to manage modules
• Git workflows
• Update hooks / deleting modules

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

Node Edit Protection www.drupal.org/project/node_edit_protection A very simple JavaScript based protection that will alert a user if they are navigating away from a modified Node Edit form without saving. It uses a standard JavaScript confirm dialog that allows the user to either continue what they were doing, or cancel the move allowing them the opportunity to save. It marks the form as dirty by using the blur event of the node fields.

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #123 we take about the red hot module, Paragraphs. www.talkingdrupal.com/123

TOPICS:

• What is Paragraphs
• Why use it?
• Features
• Use Cases
• Supporting Modules

MODULES:

• Paragraphs - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs
• Paragraphs Pack - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs_pack
• Classy Paragraphs - https://www.drupal.org/project/classy_paragraphs
• Paragraph Defaults - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs_defaults
• Paragraphs ID - https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs_id

RESOURCES:

• Paragraphs Demo Site - http://paragraphs.site-showcase.com/
• Beyond WSIWYGL: Buiding a better UX for Content Editors http://nedcamp.org/new-england-drupal-camp-2015/sessions/beyond-wysiwyg-...
• Paragraph Extras (sandbox) - https://www.drupal.org/sandbox/christophersmith262/2544230

HOSTS:

• Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
• John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi
• Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

In episode #122 we talk about using Taxonomy or Entity References

TOPICS:

• Definition of Taxonomy
• Scenario/Use cases
• Considerations

MODULES:

Taxonomy Access Control https://www.drupal.org/project/taxonomy_access Taxonomy Access Fix https://www.drupal.org/project/taxonomy_access_fix

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

IMCE Mkdir www.drupal.org/project/imce_mkdir IMCE Mkdir allows users to create and delete sub-directories under directories assigned by IMCE.

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

GUEST:

Benji Fisher - https://www.drupal.org/u/benjifisher

In episode #121 we talk with Holly Ross and Megan Sanicki. Megan is replacing Holly as the Executive of the Drupal Association. www.talkingdrupal.com

TOPICS:

• DA mission - what is the mission of the Drupal Association
• What next - for Holly?
• Holly's time with the DA
• Megan's vision for the DA
• Goals for the next 12 months

RESOURCES: https://assoc.drupal.org/blog/holly.ross.drupal/hello-world-goodbye-drup... https://assoc.drupal.org/blog/megansanicki/ready-serve http://buytaert.net/megan-sanicki-to-become-executive-director-at-the-dr...

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxva

GUESTS:

Megan Sanicki - @megansanicki

Holly Ross - @JustHRoss

In episode #121 we hear about Drupal Con NA from John's perspective. www.talkingdrupal.com

TOPICS:

• Driesnote
• Drupal 8 Update
• Market Perspective
• Survey
• Initiatives

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

Better Formats

www.drupal.org/project/better_formats

8.x & 7.x (needs more testing for a stable release)

• Set allowed text formats per field.
• Set default order of text formats per field.
• Hide format tips per role.
• Hide more format tips link per role.
• Hide format selection per role per entity.
• Currently only works on Field API fields on fieldable entities implementing core style text processing. The good thing is that is most things in core and contrib.

In episode #119 we talk about changes in Drupal 8 that are related to performance and caching. www.talkingdrupal.com/119

TOPICS:

• Drupal 7 Caching
• Drupal 8 - Cache Tags
• Drupal 8 - Dynamic Page Cache
• External Cache Setup - Varnish
• Big Pipe

MODULES:

• Generic Http Purger - https://www.drupal.org/project/purge_purger_http
• Purge - https://www.drupal.org/project/purge

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

iFrame www.drupal.org/project/iframe A custom field, which lets you add a complete iframe to your content types; including Src-URL, setting width and height, optionally a title above, and optionally a target attribute.

GUESTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #118, we talk with Dan Shure (@dan_shure) about SEO.

TOPICS:

• What is SEO
• What is an SEO Consultant
• When to go to an SEO Consultant
• Organic vs Pay
• Managing customer questions
• Snake oil SEO
• Tools to get started
• Most common mistakes
• SEO Tips
• Recommended resource to people to learn

RESOURCES:

• Screaming Frog SEO Spider - https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/
• Open Site Explorer - https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/
• Ahrefs - https://ahrefs.com/
• Majestic - https://majestic.com/
• Google webmaster Tools - https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
• SEO by the Sea - http://www.seobythesea.com/
• Google webmaster blog - https://webmasters.googleblog.com/
• Google inside search - http://www.google.com/intl/es419/insidesearch/
• Search engine land - http://searchengineland.com/
• Search engine watch - https://searchenginewatch.com/
• Google webmaster help hangout - https://sites.google.com/site/webmasterhelpforum/en/office-hours
• Moz Blog - https://moz.com/blog
• Evolving SEO - http://www.evolvingseo.com
• Experts On The Wire: SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media, Growth Hacking & More! - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/experts-on-the-wire/id1093560792
• Oomph Job Openings - http://www.oomphinc.com/people

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

Footnotes

http://www.drupal.org/project/footnotes

Footnotes module can be used to easily create automatically numbered footnote references into an article or post (such as a reference to a URL). It now supports also TinyMCE and CKEditor via WYSIWYG module.

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

GUEST:

Dan Shure - www.evolvingseo.com @dan_shure

In episode #117 we talk about using Solr for search on a Drupal website. www.talkingdrupal.com/117

TOPICS:

• Core search
• What is Solr
• How does Solr work
• Benefits of using Solr
• Features of Solr

MODULES:

• Search API - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api
• Search API Solr Search - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_solr
• Search Pages - https://www.drupal.org/node/1255226
• Custom Search - https://www.drupal.org/project/custom_search
• Facet API - https://www.drupal.org/project/facetapi
• Search API Page - https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_page
• Search API Autocomplete -https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_autocomplete
• ApacheSolr - https://www.drupal.org/project/apachesolr

RESOURCES:

• Setting up Solar - https://www.drupal.org/node/1999310
• Apache Solr - http://lucene.apache.org/solr/
• Rubber Duck Debugging - http://www.rubberduckdebugging.com/
• Views Help Text Bug (Patch #36) - https://www.drupal.org/node/339384
• Open Solr - https://opensolr.com/

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

Multi-Step Registrationwww.drupal.org/project/stepWith Multi-Step Registration you can create multi-step (wizard) user account registration forms. Each step of the wizard can be configured to, optionally, expose one or more Profile2 types.

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

In episode #116 we discuss automating the deployment process with Rob Aubin.

TOPICS:

• Deployment process
• Dev - Staging - Traing - Production
• Using GIT
• Strategy for deployment
• Why automation
• Automation risks
• Jenkins and other tools

RESOURCES:

http://deploybot.comhttps://jenkins-ci.org/https://www.tunnelbear.comhttps://events.drupal.org/losangeles2015/sessions/how-jenkins-can-work-w...

MODULE OF THE WEEK:

Smart IPwww.drupal.org/project/smart_ipSmart IP identify visitor's geographical location (longitude/latitude), country, region, city and postal code based on the IP address of the user. These information will be stored at session variable ($_SESSION) with array key 'smart_ip' and Drupal $user->data object with array key 'geoip_location' of the user but optionally it can be disabled (by role) at Smart IP admin page. Other modules can use the function smart_ip_get_location($ip_address) that returns an array containing the visitor's ISO 3166 2-character country code, longitude, latitude, region (FIPS), city and postal code. It provides a feature for you to perform your own IP lookup and admin spoofing of an arbitrary IP for testing purposes.

HOSTS:

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Rob Aubin - www.oomphinc.com @ra8

In episode #115 we talk about Google's AMP (Accelerated Module Pages) and implementation in Drupal with Matthew Tift. http://www.talkingdrupal.com/115

Topic

• What is AMP?
• Technical Implementation
• Show should care about AMP?
• Drupal AMP Module

Resources

AMPing with Drupal - https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/amping-up-drupal/ https://assoc.drupal.org/vote2016 https://assoc.drupal.org/drupal-association-board-elections https://www.drupal.org/project/amptheme https://www.lullabot.com/articles/amping-up-drupal

Modules

AMP module - https://www.drupal.org/project/amp

Module of the Week

Field UI - api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules!field_ui!field_ui.module/7

Allows administrators to attach custom fields to fieldable types.

Hosts

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencrossJohn Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozziNic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Matthew Tift - @matthewtift