div class=field field-name-field-event-date field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfixdiv class=field-labelDate:nbsp;/divdiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenspan class=date-display-singleWednesday, February 27, 2013 - span class=date-display-start property=dc:date datatype=xsd:dateTime content=2013-02-27T17:00:00-08:0017:00/span to span class=date-display-end property=dc:date datatype=xsd:dateTime content=2013-02-27T18:00:00-08:0018:00/span/span/div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedpSeveral organizers of the Downtown Los Angeles Drupal group are meeting for the year's first Downtown Drupal Governance Meetup on strongWednesday, February 27, 2013/strong between 5-6pm. /p pIn the spirit and tradition of our user group and events, this meetup is open to all Downtown Drupal members and is an excellent opportunity for anyone who's interested in getting involved or is just interested in observing our open governance model./p pJoin us in person at Droplabs or remotely via Google+ Hangout!/p h3Agenda/h3 pOur agenda for this meeting is to review (and possibly publish) the proposed Downtown LA Drupal Governance policy:/p p    a href=http://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/governancehttp://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/governance/a  /p pIf you plan to attend, please be prepared and familiarize yourself with both our group's mission at a href=http://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeleshttp://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/a and our current governance proposal at a href=http://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/governancehttp://groups.drupal.org/downtown-los-angeles/governance/a prior to this meetup./p h3Join Us on Google+ and Twitter!/h3 pTo join the meeting, use the following URL:/p p    strongGoogle+ hangout:/strong a href=https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7378d9b61d65107cb08a67d67ef7e75fd8a2f67dhttps://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7378d9b61d65107cb08a67d67ef7e75fd8a2f67d/abr /    strongShort URL:/strong a href=http://ex.tl/ZMWhttp://ex.tl/ZMW/a  /p pDuring the meetup, the event organizers will be monitoring Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @a href=https://twitter.com/DowntownDrupalDowntownDrupal/a./p h3a name=location-and-directions id=location-and-directions/aLocation and Directions/h3 pThis event is hosted by a href=http://droplabs.netDroplabs/a (@a href=https://twitter.com/DroplabsDroplabs/a), a collaborative coworking space, classroom and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles./p p    a href=http://droplabs.netDroplabs/abr /    651 Clover St.br /    Los Angeles, CA 90031/p pa href=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qamp;source=s_qamp;hl=enamp;geocode=amp;q=651+Clover+St,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90031amp;aq=tamp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068amp;sspn=59.898929,74.267578amp;ie=UTF8amp;hq=amp;hnear=651+Clover+St,+Los+Angeles,+California+90031amp;ll=34.065174,-118.218212amp;spn=0.031107,0.036263amp;z=15img src=http://groups.drupal.org/files/bigartlabs-googlemap.png align=right width=329 height=214 hspace=10 vspace=5 alt=Google Map title=Droplabs is at Big Art Labs and is 100% Zombie-proof™ //abr / We're quickly gaining a reputation for being the only coworking space around with a with a a href=http://droplabs.net/about/services-and-priceslow-cost business model/a: come work here and use our tables, chairs, WiFi and conference room with a low, daily or monthly membership fee and only pay more for the extras, such as 24/7 access, equipment rental and a locker for your belongings./p pDroplabs is in the Mission Junction neighborhood of Los Angeles at a href=http://www.bigartlabs.com/Big Art Labs/a, just 1 mile down Main St. from Philippes (the first-ever venue for Drupal meetups in Southern California!) and Union Station. We're one block west of a href=https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/The_brewery_art_colonyThe Brewery/a, the largest live-and-work artists' colony in the world./p pFree parking in our large parking lot is first-come, first-served. After parking in the lot, follow the yellow signs that point to Droplabs. (If our lot is full, you can park for free on Clover St.)/p pDroplabs is a brief walk from the a href=http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x80c2c66414593f27:0x60b5a3405ed20d76amp;q=type:transit_station:%22Main+/+Lamar%22amp;hl=enamp;ved=0CBMQgQVIAAamp;sa=Xamp;ei=1TcVT7zDEoewoQSt8NnIAgMain St. / Lamar St./a stop on the the Metro Local 76 bus line. This is also the Lincoln Heights / Chinatown DASH stop./p pTo carpool or catch the Droplabs shuttle from Union Station, post below in the comments./p h3a name=what-to-bring id=what-to-bring/aWhat to Bring/h3 pJust bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need. You're also welcome to bring some light food, sodas or beers to share with others at the meetup./p pPlease note that our guest wireless network is limited to 1Mb per client, so bring your MiFi router or a phone you can tether with if for some reason you need a lot of bandwidth. Access to our high-speed network is included with a Droplabs membership./p h3About Downtown Los Angeles Drupal a name=about-downtown-la-drupal id=about-downtown-la-drupal/a/h3 pThe Downtown Los Angeles Drupal group regularly meets in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California. We organize a large number of a href=http://groups.drupal.org/node/246793#downtown-los-angelesweekly and monthly events/a on various Drupal topics, including the general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup that has been meeting regularly each month since early 2010./p pThe Downtown area is the most active area for Drupal in the Greater Los Angeles Area and has seen hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, study group meetings, conferences about design and theming, paid trainings, FREE tutoring sessions from Drupal professionals and barn raisings to benefit non-profits and members of our community here in and around Downtown Los Angeles. /p pAttending Drupal events in and around Downtown Los Angeles is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupaleros and we encourage you to attend as many meetings and special events as you'd like. Whether it's to find solutions to problems you've been having, sharing something you've learned or just meeting interesting like-minded people, the Downtown Los Angeles Drupal events are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike./p pIf you aren't already a member of Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, it's easy to a href=http://groups.drupal.org/og/subscribe/219129?destination=node%2F219129join our community/a. Our community calendar is on our Events tab on our home page at a href=http://groups.drupal.org/dtlahttp://groups.drupal.org/dtla/a  /p pThe Downtown Los Angeles Drupal group proudly participates in the a href=http://groups.drupal.org/california/drupal-travelers-programCalifornia Drupal Travelers Program/a and can host businesses and community members who are visiting the area. Inquire within by contacting any of the Downtown Los Angeles Drupal organizers./p pa name=signup id=signup/a/p /div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-field-event-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above clearfixh3 class=field-labelTags: /h3ul class=linksli class=taxonomy-term-reference-0a href=/tags/meetup typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelMeetup/a/lili class=taxonomy-term-reference-1a href=/tags/planet-drupal typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelPlanet Drupal/a/li/ul/div

!-- google_ad_section_start --div class=field field-name-field-image2 field-type-image field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenimg typeof=foaf:Image src=http://julian.granger-bevan.me/sites/julian.granger-bevan.me/files/styles/medium/public/druplicon.large_.png width=150 height=172 //div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedpstrongThe best type of blog post is the type that leads to action./strong/p pIt seems that my recent post a href=http://julian.granger-bevan.me/blog/websites/drupal-modules-usability-starts-with-a-nameDrupal Modules: Usability Starts With A Name/a seems to have done exactly that./p pAs a result of that post and the comments that followed (on this website and in the issue queue), I have renamed the a href=http://drupal.org/project/stormStorm module/a to a href=http://drupal.org/project/pmProject Management/a./p pa href=http://drupal.org/project/pmProject Management/a is now the emname/em and the emdescription/em of the module. A new user now knows the context of the module without any additional explanation./p pI have wondered since whether it was the right decision. But I am reassured that there was unanimous support for this change in comments, and the number of people participating in the issue queue has increased significantly since the change./p pYou can try a href=http://drupal.org/project/pmProject Management/a (still a work in progress for Drupal 7) on a href=http://drupal-7-project-management.beta-web.co.uk/this demo site/a. a href=http://drupal-6-storm-project-management.beta-web.co.uk/A version is also available for Storm/a (the stable modules for Drupal 6)./p pThis practical example is, I hope, a motivation for more module maintainers to reflect that a href=http://julian.granger-bevan.me/blog/websites/drupal-modules-usability-starts-with-a-nameUsability Starts With A Name/a./p /div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-field-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfixdiv class=field-labelCategory:nbsp;/divdiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evena href=/blog/websites typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelWebsites/a/div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfixdiv class=field-labelTags:nbsp;/divdiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evena href=/tags/drupal-planet typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelDrupal Planet/a/divdiv class=field-item odda href=/tags/storm typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelStorm/a/divdiv class=field-item evena href=/tags/project-management typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelProject Management/a/divdiv class=field-item odda href=/tags/usability typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelusability/a/divdiv class=field-item evena href=/tags/drupal typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelDrupal/a/div/div/div!-- google_ad_section_end --

div class=field field-type-text field-field-subtitle div class=field-items div class=field-item odd Writing engaging, reusable microcontent is tricky business. Whether you need titles, tweets, or summaries, consider the destination channels and the workflow. /div /div /div img src=http://www.lullabot.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/190x190_rounded/images/entry/entry-image_default-clouds_4.png alt= title= hspace=10 align=right width=190 height=190 /pWriting short bits of user-facing text -- a href=http://www.nngroup.com/articles/microcontent-how-to-write-headlines-page-titles-and-subject-lines/microcontent/a -- is no picnic. Coming up with a punchy, attention-grabbing tweet is tough enough; writing a memorable 50 character title for a breaking news story can stress out even a creative wordsmith. It's like the writer's equivalent of a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts#039;s_lawFitts's Law/a: the smaller the target, the narrower the margin for error./p pIn heavy-duty, reuse-oriented publishing systems, it's common practice to save several variations of an article's title and summary text. That gives writers some breathing room in more forgiving display contexts, but ensures they don't blow past hard limits for the short stuff./p pWe're currently working with a client on the nitty-gritty details of their new content model, and we're trying to iron out the best mix of fields to provide flexibility without overloading content authors. How many variations are enough? Karen McGrane's advice is simple and to the point: As many as the writers will fill out, but no more. We plan to do some experiments with simple prototype interfaces to see what they're comfortable with, but before proceeding I did a quick review of the microcontent landscape to better understand the constraints of popular formats and channels./p pFrom longest to shortest, here's the rundown:/p ul liApp.net post: strong256/strong chars/li liTwitter card summary text: strong200/strong chars/li liFacebook og:description text: strong160/strong chars/li liGoogle page description: strong155/strong chars/li /ul

pOne of the better features of the views module in Drupal is the ability to cache your view's output. This can come in handy when your view is doing a lot of computation. Caching your view will save your server a lot of unneeded work. One of the big current drawbacks of this feature is if you enable caching for your view and you have an exposed filter, you'll run into the following scenario:/p pUser A enters a value for the filterbr /a href=/sites/default/files/A1.png title=Ok, User A's result set looks right class=lightboxbr /img src=/sites/default/files/A1_small.png /br //a /pul class=links inlineli class=0 first lasta href=http://www.metaltoad.com/blog/fixing-caching-views-exposed-filters-drupal-7 rel=tag title=How to Fix Caching for Views With Exposed Filters in Drupal 7Read more/a/li /ul

div class=field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenimg src=http://s1l.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_full/public/field/image/blog_post/drupal-commerce-google-analytics4.png width=940 height=380 alt=Drupal Commerce Google Analytics //div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-long field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenpKnowing what your customers are doing before spending money in your Drupal Commerce store can be valuable information for your business. It could help you create the shopping experience that meets the needs of your customers. With Google Analytics you can collect valuable visitor behavior information. Drupal Commerce is where the actual sale happens. In this tutorial I will learn you how to put those two together. It enables you to integrate Drupal Commerce order information with Google Analytics./p h2Configure the Google Analytics profile/h2 pFirst enable ecommerce tracking in your site's Google Analytics Profile. Learn how to do that in a href=https://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=enamp;answer=1009612amp;topic=1037061amp;ctx=topicthis Google Analytics tutorial on enabling ecommerce tracking/a. And while you're at it, make sure it reflects the right currency amount in that profile. /p h2Configure Google Analytics Module/h2 pDownload and enable a href=http://drupal.org/project/google_analyticsGoogle Analytics module/a. To allow Drupal Commerce order tracking you should at least enter the Google Analytics UA id at example.com/admin/config/system/googleanalytics. If you want to do more advanced things like for example 'user segmentation' or 'internal site search' tracking, have a look at a href=http://drupal.org/node/37694this tutorial about configuring Google Analytics module/a./p h2 style=line-height: 22px; Configure Commerce Google Analytics Module/h2 pDownload and enable a href=http://drupal.org/project/commerce_google_analyticsCommerce Google Analytics module/a. No configuration required. Yes, module maintainers rock. They are making this even cooler: Rules integration is currently in development. /p h2Configure Drupal Commerce product Titles and SKU's/h2 pMake sure your Drupal Commerce product titles and Stock Keeping Units make sense as they will be used in reporting. Note that Commerce product titles are a different thing than the titles of your product display nodes. If you're using a href=http://drupal.org/project/commerce_kickstartCommerce Kickstart/a, have a look at a href=http://s1l.org/changing-product-title-commerce-kickstartthis tutorial on how to change the product titles/a./p h2Test ordering Drupal Commerce products/h2 pAlways be testing: place a few orders in your store, and check if they show up in your Google Analytics profile. Make sure you set the Google Analytics date range to include today - by default it doesn't include today. And make sure the order amounts, product prices, tax amounts and shipping cost are correctly tracked./p h3Testing orders without paying/h3 pWhen testing your ecommerce order analytics you don't want to actually pay for the order with money. Have a look at the a href=http://drupal.org/project/commerce_no_paymentCommerce No Payment module/a to be able to pay without really paying for it./p h2Tracking Email Metrics with Drupal Commerce/h2 pIf you're interested in tracking eCommerce metrics regarding email campaigns, have a look at [my upcoming tutorial about Tracking MailChimp campaign Metrics with Drupal Commerce and Google Analytics]./p /div/div/div span class=field-label Category: /span div class=field field-name-field-blog-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline inline a href=/taxonomy/term/1Drupal Planet/a /div div class=field field-name-field-blog-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline inline a href=/taxonomy/term/3Drupal Commerce/a /div div class=field field-name-field-blog-category field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline inline a href=/blog-category/google-analyticsGoogle Analytics/a /div

div class=field field-type-number-integer field-field-episode-number div class=field-labelEpisode Number:nbsp;/div div class=field-items div class=field-item odd 108 /div /div /div div class=field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-post-topics div class=field-labelPost Topics:nbsp;/div div class=field-items div class=field-item odd Drupal /div div class=field-item even Contrib /div div class=field-item odd Drupal 7 /div div class=field-item even Drupal Planet /div div class=field-item odd Site Administration /div /div /div pThe a href=http://drupal.org/project/coffeeDrupal 7 Coffee Module/a is a handy module that streamlines the administration of a Drupal 7 site by allow a quick search like mechanism for navigating to various administrative screens or for adding new content to your Drupal website./p pIn this episode you will learn:/p ul liHow the Drupal Coffee module can speed up your Drupal administration tasks/li liHow to use the Drupal Coffee module to navigate around Drupal administration pages/li /ul div class=field field-type-emvideo field-field-ddod-video div class=field-labelDDoD Video:nbsp;/div div class=field-items div class=field-item odd div class=emvideo emvideo-video emvideo-youtubediv id=media-youtube-2 class=media_youtube_flash media-youtube div id=media-youtube-default-external-2 object type=application/x-shockwave-flash height=488 width=600 data=http://www.youtube.com/v/i3q42DFzJsAamp;amp;rel=0amp;amp;hd=1amp;amp;enablejsapi=1amp;amp;playerapiid=ytplayeramp;amp;fs=1 id=media-youtube-default-external-object-2 param name=movie value=http://www.youtube.com/v/i3q42DFzJsAamp;amp;rel=0amp;amp;hd=1amp;amp;enablejsapi=1amp;amp;playerapiid=ytplayeramp;amp;fs=1 / param name=allowScriptAccess value=sameDomain/ param name=quality value=best/ param name=allowFullScreen value=true/ param name=bgcolor value=#FFFFFF/ param name=scale value=noScale/ param name=salign value=TL/ param name=FlashVars value=playerMode=embedded / param name=wmode value=transparent / !-- Fallback content -- a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3q42DFzJsAimg src=http://codekarate.com/sites/new.codekarate.com/files/emvideo-youtube-i3q42DFzJsA.jpg alt=See video title=See video width=600 height=488 //a /object /div /div /div /div /div /div pa href=http://codekarate.com/daily-dose-of-drupal/drupal-7-coffee-module target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=grid-1 alpha14 Feb/divdiv class=field field-name-titleh2a href=/blog/kalmanhosszu/distribution-drupal-user-groups-iiA distribution for Drupal User Groups II/a/h2/divdiv class=field field-name-bodypI had an earlier blogpost about our work on a design and distribution package that Drupal User Groups all over the world could use. After having the concept refined and the wireframes ready, we went on with creating the design and organizing a code sprint to get things going. /p /divdiv class=field field-name-node-linkdiv class=read-morea href=/blog/kalmanhosszu/distribution-drupal-user-groups-iiRead more/a/div/div

div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even h3Image Style Basics/h3 pDrupal offers the possibility to easily process images via image styles (formerly known as imagecache presets). In our current case of a photo heavy website we had to integrate a watermark image on all images supplied by the site. For this purpose we used the image style action emOverlay (watermark)/em./p pThe configuration of the style is really simple - but could be enriched with scaling and all other available actions./div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-node-link field-type-ds field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evena href=/node/193Read more/a/div/div/div

div class=field field-name-field-ww-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenpThe a href=http://drupal.org/project/tablefieldTableField/a module implements a custom field that allows users to attach tabular data to any content page/entity type. Data can be entered into the table manually or imported via a CSV upload. The amount of rows and columns can be configured globally on an entity type or on a per node basis. The field can also be configured to allow users to export the tabular data as a CSV file./p pIn this tutorial, we'll create a Company content type and use this module to display opening times./p /div/div/div

div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenpOne of my main goals here at the DA is to communicate - A LOT - about what's going on. It's my intention to put a blog post up after every board meeting summarizing our discussion so that you get more than just the a href=https://association.drupal.org/about/governance/meeting-minutesmeeting minutes/a to go by. Well, today was my very first board meeting as Executive Director, and, well, the open meeting was REALLY short. Like under five minutes short./p/div/div/div

div class=field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evena href=/podcast/051-simplytestme-with-patrickd-modules-unraveled-podcastimg typeof=foaf:Image src=http://modulesunraveled.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/podcast/images/patrickd.jpeg width=140 height=119 alt=Photo of PatrickD //a/div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedh2Simplytest.me/h2 ulliWhat is simplytest.me? ulli“simplytest.me is a website where you can quickly test out a drupal.org project online without messing around locally.br / There are about 20.000 projects and some of them fit better to your needs than others do, and simplytest.me helps to find the right one.”/li /ul/li liWho is behind the project? Is it just you, or a team? ulli“Most of the initial development was done by myself, but I got much support from my colleagues and also Stuart Clark helped me cleaning up some messes recently.br / The project itself is opensource and I’m generally happy about any feedback I get.br / Everyone reporting bugs or making suggestions is part of the team for me.“/li /ul/li liIs this just for modules? Or can you tryout themes as well? ulli“It’s pretty much for any type of project hosted on drupal.org.br / It works for drupal core itself since version 6, for modules, themes, and even installation profiles, or distributions as we call them now.”/li /ul/li liWhat’s the basic interface like? How do you test out a project? ulli“I tried to keep the interface as simple as possible. All you need to do is basically start typing the name of a project hosted on d.o, then some autocomplete suggestions will appear,br / which you can select the project from. You can alternatively directly type in the project shortname or even the number of a sandbox module.br / After you selected a project simplytest.me shows you the available and supported versions which you can select. Then just click on ‘Launch Sandbox’ and it mostly takes about fivebr / seconds and if everything worked out you will be redirected to your personal sandbox and you’ll have 30 minutes to figure out whether a project does what you need or not.”/li /ul/li liWhat if 30 minutes are not enough, can I get more time? ulli“For most modules 30 minutes should be enough but if you need more time, for example to check out commerce kickstart, you just need to register on simplytest.me and yourbr / sandboxes will automatically last one hour. If you still need more you can contact me and I’ll see what I can do.”/li /ul/li liWhat happens if there are dependencies? ulli“Resolving dependencies turned out to be to most annoying problem while creating simplytest.me.br / In good cases all dependencies are described in the .info file of a project and they can be resolved recursively without problems. But things get complicated when dependencies havebr / other names than the projects shortname.br / For example if a project has ‘content’ as dependency, there’s pretty much no good way for a machine to figure out that it needs to download ‘cck’”/li /ul/li liWhat about third party libraries? ulli“Third party libraries that need to be manually downloaded are even worse than dependencies.br / I simply have to rely on the developers here to reference all necessary libraries in a proper .make file.”/li /ul/li liIs there more planned for the future? ulli“Yes! The most frequently requested feature is to be able to apply patches on the selected project. I also want to add some kind of statistics page. There are many other suggestionsbr / too, but I still want to keep the user interface as simple as possible.”/li /ul/li liWhere is funding coming from? ulli“I was very happy that my companies CEO didn’t hesitate a second to sponsor some of my working time and even the first server for the project.br / After simplytest.me got a bit popular I soon got a mail from RealityLoop and they also wanted to sponsor a server.br / I’m really grateful for their support, especially because they really showed that they were interested in the project and it’s potential for the Drupal Community rather than gettingbr / customers on their website.”/li /ul/li /ulh2Use Cases/h2 ulliWhat are some use cases for Simplytest.me? ulli“The intended usecase for simplytest.me was to be able to quickly spin up a testing site and figure out whether a module has the functionality you need.br / But it’s really cool to see that people are using it as on-demand demo sites for their modules and themes, or even for their client presentations.”/li liDemo content (maybe install devel?)/li /ul/li liWhat kind of feedback have you received from people using the site?/li /ul!-- Last chance to send in questions using the hashtag: #MUP051 --h2Questions from Twitter/h2 ullia href=http://twitter.com/‏ibluebagBlue-Bag/a - a href=http://twitter.com/ModsUnraveled@ModsUnraveled/a simplytest.me interview a href=http://twitter.com/patrickd_drupal@patrickd_drupal/a great service! Any plans to allow gt;1 module selection? ulliYes! That feature was also requested very often. It’s definitely planned, though it’s not very easy to implement, so it will take some time./li /ul/li /ul/div/div/div

div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedpIt felt like yesterday when it was announced that Sydney would host the DDU in 2013 at the a href=http://2012.drupaldownunder.org/Melbourne DDU 2012./a After the great camp that Melbourne community had delivered, I was inspired to volunteer with the local Sydney team in putting on the DDU in my own city. But what I didn't expect was that DDU 2013  was going to turn into a the first DrupalCon held outside the U.S and Europe. The conference was held in Coogee at the a href=http://www.crowneplazacoogee.com.au/Crowne Plaza/a, overlooking the beautiful beach.br //p/div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-author field-type-ds field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenMagda/div/div/div

div class=field field-name-field-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even pa href=http://agov.com.au/aGov/a is a Drupal distribution built to address the accessibility, security and design guidelines for Australian Government sites. In a previous blog, I talked about some of the benefits aGov has for public sector agencies trying to do more with less in the online environment. In this post, I'm going to show you are practical example of building a micro-site using aGov, to show you how easy, and quick, it is to get up and running./p pWe're going to be building a site for a government initiative, but you could easily use the same methodology for a smaller public sector agency, a special event, an informational site, or a minister./p /div/div/divspan property=dc:title content=Building a government website FAST with aGov class=rdf-meta/span

div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedpimg src=https://dl.dropbox.com/s/3vsjjgva9gimabh/redhen_logo.png style=float: right; margin: -10px 0px 10px 15pxWith 2013 well underway, we thought it was time to circle up in the office and bust out an open source sprint. Our focus this time was on a href=http://drupal.org/project/redhenRedHen/a, our a href=http://thinkshout.com/blog/2012/06/sean/redhen-crm-part-1native Drupal CRM/a, which is fully open sourced and lives on Drupal.org. In one afternoon, with our team of 8, we were able to give the issue queue some lovin' and also roll the release of RedHen 1.0!/p pSo kudos and applause to a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#LevLev/a, a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#SeanSean/a, a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#TaunoTauno/a, a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#BrandonBrandon/a, a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#BrettBrett/a, a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#GabeGabe/a and a href=http://thinkshout.com/team#DavidDavid/a, ThinkShout's newest team member who was in Portland for the first time, for coding up a storm. Here's a quick update on the most recent 1.0 releases we've been able to get out the door:/p ul lia href=http://drupal.org/node/1910206RedHen core/a, 'nough said./li lia href=http://drupal.org/project/redhen_membershipRedHen membership/a, a separate module to manage association memberships./li lia href=http://drupal.org/project/registrationEntity registrations/a, ThinkShout's Drupal 7 answer to Signup which is becoming the defacto Drupal event registration solution./li lia href=http://drupal.org/project/poultryPoultry/a, the responsive theme that can be used to power RedHen's interface./li lia href=http://drupal.org/project/poultryRedHen Demo/a, an installation profile that packages all of RedHen's features into a fictional pet shelter./li /ul pAs I said, RedHen is fully open sourced and its success is possible due to the support we receive from the community. So I also want to give a shout out to all of the a href=http://drupal.org/node/1068848/committerscontributors/a who submitted patches./p pSometimes the message is at least as important as the code behind it. As such, our wordsmith Gabe Carleton-Barnes made the a href=http://drupal.org/project/redhenRedHen project page/a decipherable and, dare I say, fun?/p /div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-abovediv class=field-labelTags:nbsp;/divdiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evena href=/blog/category/redhen typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelRedHen/a/divdiv class=field-item odda href=/blog/category/code-sprint typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelCode Sprint/a/divdiv class=field-item evena href=/blog/category/entity-registrations typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelEntity registrations/a/divdiv class=field-item odda href=/blog/category/poultry typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelPoultry/a/divdiv class=field-item evena href=/blog/category/crm typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelCRM/a/divdiv class=field-item odda href=/blog/category/drupal typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelDrupal/a/divdiv class=field-item evena href=/blog/category/drupal-planet typeof=skos:Concept property=rdfs:label skos:prefLabelDrupal Planet/a/div/div/div

div class=form-item form-type-item labelLanguage /label Undefined /div div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden div class=field-items div property=content:encoded class=field-item evenpIn this 3 part Drupal How to series, I'm going to show you how various options for configuring images on your site. In a href=/blog/drupal-how-basics-tweak-defaults-adding-images-your-site target=_blankPart 1/a, we looked at how to tweak the default image options. In a href=/blog/drupal-how-get-inline-images-your-drupal-site target=_blankPart 2/a, we saw ways to allow inline images./p/div /div /div span property=dc:title content=Drupal How-To: Responsive or adaptive images class=rdf-meta/span

pI put this list together of things to try when one person in an issue is reporting results, but someone else is getting different results./p ul ligit stash/li ligit checkout 8.x/li lisudo rm -r sites/li ligit checkout sites/li ligit pull --rebase/li /ul pThe rm of sites, removes configuration files that might be left over from a previous install./p h3If things are really strange:/h3 ul lisudo rm -r drupal/li ligit clone --recursive --branch 8.x a href=http://git.drupal.org/project/drupal.git title=http://git.drupal.org/project/drupal.githttp://git.drupal.org/project/drupal.git/a/li /ul pWhich is copy and pasted from a href=http://drupal.org/project/drupal/git-instructions title=http://drupal.org/project/drupal/git-instructionshttp://drupal.org/project/drupal/git-instructions/a)/p h3If I'm lucky and these work, then something like:/h3 ul lidrush am 432962/li /ul pto get the most recent patch on an issue, checkout a new branch, and apply the patch./p h3(re) Installing/h3 pIf I'm not testing an install screen, I use drush to install for me:/p ul lidrush -y si --account-pass=admin --db-url=mysql://root:root@localhost/drupal --site-name=disable checker 432962/li /ul pIf testing install, or just want to install by hand this is helpful to drop the tables before doing the install:/p ul lidrush -y sql-drop --db-url=mysql://root:root@localhost/drupal/li /ul h3Browser cache/h3 pThen, if things are still strange, I clear my browser cache (or do a shift refresh/reload)./p pa href=http://www.comm-press.de/node/1261 target=_blankWeiterlesen/a/p

div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item even property=content:encodedpThe DrupalCon technical team got the Sydney Keynotes and sessions up lightning fast and in addition to being on the DrupalCon page, the videos are on YouTube as well. Here's how you download them to your computer so you can view them on your smartphone or tablet. /p/div/div/div

pI presume you read some Behat/Gherkin tutorials which go: With BDD, you write human-readable stories that describe the behavior of your application. Well, WTF, how does that human readable story become code? The answer is, which I have never seen clearly written: you write it, without any help, whatsoever. Behat does not provide any assertions, any helpers, it's an extremely thin test runner. You need to write a test class, mandatory name FeatureContext.php. Behat provides you with some annotations (@Given, @When, @Then, @But, @And) and each method in FeatureContext.php has one of annotations plus a preg which will match one (or more) line from that human readable story. The annotations specify no behaviors, to Behat they are actually totally equal, they are just used to match the lines from the Gherkin file. Finally, the only way to fail is to throw an exception. Pass is very Unix-y: if no exceptions are thrown, it's a pass. Here's an example:br / div class=codeblockcodespan style=color: #000000span style=color: #0000BBlt;?phpbr //spanspan style=color: #FF8000/**br / * @Given /^I am in a directory ([^]*)$/br / */br //spanspan style=color: #007700public function /spanspan style=color: #0000BBiAmInADirectory/spanspan style=color: #007700(/spanspan style=color: #0000BB$dir/spanspan style=color: #007700)br /{br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; if (!/spanspan style=color: #0000BBfile_exists/spanspan style=color: #007700(/spanspan style=color: #0000BB$dir/spanspan style=color: #007700)) {br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=color: #0000BBmkdir/spanspan style=color: #007700(/spanspan style=color: #0000BB$dir/spanspan style=color: #007700);br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; }br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; if (!/spanspan style=color: #0000BBis_dir/spanspan style=color: #007700(/spanspan style=color: #0000BB$dir/spanspan style=color: #007700)) {br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; throw new /spanspan style=color: #0000BBException/spanspan style=color: #007700(/spanspan style=color: #DD0000'Directory not found'/spanspan style=color: #007700);br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; }br /nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spanspan style=color: #0000BBchdir/spanspan style=color: #007700(/spanspan style=color: #0000BB$dir/spanspan style=color: #007700);br /}br //spanspan style=color: #0000BB?gt;/span/span/code/div/p

While doing a Drupal Performance Assessment for a clients Drupal 6.x site recently, we found an odd problem. Among other things, page generation times was high, and this was due to the function skinr.module::skinr_preprocess() was being called 190 times for each page load. pa href=http://2bits.com/cpu/solving-high-cpu-usage-and-reducing-page-generation-times-due-skinr-module.html target=_blankread more/a/p

div class=field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hiddendiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evenpimg alt=Donna Benjamin with Senator Kate Lundy src=https://association.drupal.org/files/Donna%20and%20Kate.jpg style=width: 200px; height: 267px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px; float: right; /A big welcome goes out to a href=http://drupal.org/user/53324Sameer Verma (sameer.verma)/a as a new Drupal Association Board member and to a href=https://association.drupal.org/node/14388Donna Benjamin (KatteKrab)/a, who has made the leap from the first at-large community Board member elected in January, 2012, to a continuing seat on the Board./p/div/div/divdiv class=field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-abovediv class=field-labelPersonal blog tags:nbsp;/divdiv class=field-itemsdiv class=field-item evena href=/taxonomy/term/668Board of Directors/a/div/div/div