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Why Drupal.org Needs A Banana Phone
A unique selling point of Open Source Software is that developers can interact directly with users of the software through a transparent development process.Proprietary vendors can only aspire to do...
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Drupal Site Building... on a Mobile
You may have thought on first glance at the title that this article is about building a mobile website.It isn't. This article explores a slightly different angle on the topic: Building a website...
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Achieving Great Patches without Alienating Great Contributors
The Drupal.org infrastructure is a great resource for developers: A hub for development, with a combination of version control access, issue tracking, and automated testing.Of course, it can be...
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Why I didn't go to Drupalcon
Drupalcon is great fun (I'm sure), and (as importantly) a fabulous opportunity for the Drupal community to share, to learn, and to advance together.I love Drupalcons. But I have never been to one.How...
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Strong projects compete outside “The Drop”
There is a saying that “a whole is greater than the sum of its parts”.However, often communities such as Drupal can get so tied up with (albeit healthy) internal competition and rivalry that the bigger...
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Alpha Status for the Project Management Module for Drupal 7
I am pleased to publicise to the Drupal Community the first alpha release of Project Management Module for Drupal 7 (being tested by over 200 of you already).“Project Management” is the next generation...
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Drupal Funding via Gittip Teams
Drupal's growth means that community dynamics are changing.In the past, it was possible to maintain a popular module solely in your spare time.But several things have now changed:Additional complexity...
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Improving SEO using Drupal Similar by Terms
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the process of altering your website to maximise the exposure of your website via search engines such as Google and Bing.The aim is to bring more visitors to your...
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How to diagnose a bloated Drupal database
Drupal websites use a database to store content and configuration relating to the running of the website.For most installations (i.e., not large scale deployments), the database will be relatively...
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A Git Workflow for Drupal Modules
Years ago now, the Drupal community adopted Git as a version control system to replace CVS. That move has helped development since the distributed nature of Git allows better tracking of work privately...
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