January 2009
Help test the upgraded Drupal.org!
Submitted by heshan on Sat, 01/31/2009 - 11:22This past week, a group of serious Drupal developers assembled in Cambridge, MA to work on upgrading Drupal.org and infrastructure.
New Drupal Book: Leveraging Drupal - Getting your site done right
Submitted by heshan on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 02:21Now available:
Leveraging Drupal: Getting Your Site Done Right, by Victor Kane.
From the Introduction:
Formal usability testing of Drupal 7 at the University of Baltimore, February 2009
Submitted by heshan on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 03:10One week before Drupalcon DC, we will be conducting a usability sprint on Drupal 7.
The tech story behind the Drupalcon Szeged conference website
Submitted by heshan on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 03:04Drupalcon is a traditionally biannual gathering of Drupalers to learn about, discuss and advance Drupal, and to network with other community members. The Drupal Association oversees the organization of Drupalcons, seeking proposals and judging their quality, location, team, etc; selecting a North American and a European location by tradition for spring and autumn.
Drupal Association 2009 elections
Submitted by heshan on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 14:28The Drupal Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the Drupal community with funÂding, infraÂstructure, events, promotion and distribution. The current Board of Directors was elected a year ago, so it's election time again!
Wopular - Online Newspaper Rack
Submitted by heshan on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 00:51Wopular is a news aggregation site. I wanted to create an online newspaper rack, showing the top 5 headlines from the top 30 newspapers. I also wanted the ability to highlight interesting and/or important stories and insert corresponding pictures with them. I've always wondered what being a newspaper editor would be like, and this allows me to play that role in spite of my poor writing skills.
Moblin.org Showcase: CCK, Views, OG and More on Drupal 6
Submitted by heshan on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 23:58Moblin is a global open source project to develop a Linux-based stack for embedded devices ranging from mobile phones to netbooks to in-vehicle entertainment/navigation systems. With support from Intel and other embedded systems engineering companies, there are hundreds of engineers around the world helping to create an open tool set for the next generation of smart devices.
Happy Birthday Drupal, you are eight
Submitted by heshan on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 00:29Eight years ago today Drupal 1.0.0 was released. It's been a big year for Drupal, another big release with Drupal 6, a lot of awards, and a lot of recognition. The project has had some notable departures, promotions, and the addition of many great contributors and users. Happy Birthday to the Drupal project and its amazing community.
Blog to it - The social blog directory
Submitted by heshan on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 13:55November 1st, 2008 saw the Alpha launch of Blog to it.
Blog to it is a social blog directory developed using 100% contrib modules. Well, there were a few tweaks to one module and a few more tweaks in the theme. This case study has been written to give an insight into how and why Blog to it was developed.
Drupal 6.9 and 5.15 released
Submitted by heshan on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 05:28Download Drupal 6.9Download Drupal 5.15
Drupal 6.9 and Drupal 5.15, maintenance releases fixing problems reported using the bug tracking system, as well as critical security vulnerabilities, are now available for download.
Christian Assemblies International Showcases i18n on Drupal 6
Submitted by heshan on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 22:41Recently the Christian Assemblies International website was launched on Drupal 6. With much of the site’s content translated into 10 languages, it’s a perfect example of the excellent Drupal 6 i18n advances put to good use.
Ama Tu Salud, a group of health therapists migrate from OSCommerce to Drupal showcase
Submitted by heshan on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 05:30The challenge
The main challenge for this project was to build from scratch an online store that originally was running on OsCommerce. Our proposal to the client was to use Drupal for managing his online shop, which would mean a big quality improve, as we included some social functionalities to the project.
Ama Tu Salud is a group of health therapists that have been helping people to improve their life quality for more than 20 years. In their physical shop, they sell dietetic products, herbalist, health food and fair trade, but they also teach courses about alternative therapies, acupuncture, naturopathy, kinesthesiology, reiki, diets and so on.
Predictions for 2009
Submitted by heshan on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 03:37Year (2004) after year (2005), we have had a tradition on Drupal.org to look back at the last year and make predictions for the year ahead. Year (2006) after year (2007) we are amazed at how wrong we were trying to predict the future and how right we are making our own great future. Year after year, and 2008 was no exception. Take a look at the predictions for 2008 to see who was wrong and who was right, and post a comment in this thread to predict what will happen in the Drupal community for 2009.