Contributing to Drupal Core

Posted by Casey Fox on October 13, 2014 Drupal Drupal Core, Code, Contributing

So you’ve decided to contribute to Drupal core! Fabulous! Welcome to the club! As with anything Drupal, there’s a slight learning curve, but nothing as daunting as learning Drupal in the first place. As always with almost anything Drupal, there’s a wealth of information and documentation available on Drupal.org.

First things first, you need a dev environment. In this tutorial we’ll be talking about using the Acquia Dev Desktop Beta 2. Just install and launch and you’re ready to start. Take note of the base folder, as you’ll be...

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Colorful Thoughts

Posted by Caroline Givnish on October 09, 2014 Best Practices colors, color psychology, marketing

Burnt orange autumn leaves. Crystal blue Caribbean waves. Rolling yellow fields of sunflowers. Much like the sense of smell, colors have the ability to evoke powerful and distinct emotional responses. Though sometimes a source of controversy, color psychology as it pertains to marketing can have a persuasive influence on the end consumer (or end user in the case of web design).

Web designers have a lot to consider when it comes to developing their masterpieces, including (but not limited to) content, navigation, accessibility, functionality, responsive adaptation, the list goes on....

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Those (tricky?) "date" attributes in Webcenter Sites 11.1.1.8.0

Posted by Freddy Villalba on October 06, 2014 Web Experience Management WebCenter, sites, attribute

In Webcenter Sites, every type of attribute is paired with a "native" editor provided by WCS which allows your entering the corresponding attribute value, even if you have not assigned an ad-hoc attribute editor to that attribute.

One of those attribute types is the "date". WCS provides a native editor which greatly simplifies your entering such an attribute's value in the right format (i.e. as expected by WCS and the underlying database) without much of a hassle.

This native editor comprises a text field where the...

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Introduction to Drupal 7 Maps - OpenLayers

Posted by Jon Reid on October 03, 2014 Drupal, Web Experience Management Drupal, Map, OpenLayers

This article is the first in a series on mapping in Drupal. There are a few online tutorials on using OpenLayers in Drupal but successful implementations are still hard to achieve for many. We’re going to start with the simplest possible implementation using OpenLayers.

 

Modules Required

First, the obvious module: OpenLayers. And then the OpenLayers Dependencies:

●      Libraries - this gives us easy access to external libraries.

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Bug Hunting Tips

Posted by Rishi Das on October 01, 2014 Best Practices Bug, hunting, test

If you grew up in a rural area like I did, you probably once knew about the joys of lightning bug hunting on a warm summer’s evening. A master bug hunter could not just go outside and find the bugs. You needed the correct tools, the correct team, andthe correct plan of action. Personally, I loved catching lightning bugs, and had it down to a proven methodology.

When I was still new to firefly hunting, I would try to catch them with one hand, and transport them to another hand without squishing or losing the bugs. Of course, I lost more than I caught. The best methodology is to...

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