Talking Drupal
Talking Drupal is a weekly chat about web design and development by a group a guys with one thing in common, we love Drupal. With hosts Stephen Cross, John Picozzi and Nic Laflin.

Topics

  • DrupalCon - Jason and John Preview
  • NewdCamp 
  • RestWS - what is Rest and Use Cases
  • Login/Logout/Reset Password - nuances and modules to customize.
  • Module of the Week

Resources

  • DrupalCon.com - www.DrupalCon.com 
  • NewdCamp.com - www.NewdCamp.com
  • Flood Control Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_control
  • Flood Unblock Module - https://drupal.org/project/flood_unblock
  • Simple Password Reset Module - https://drupal.org/project/simple_pass_reset
  • PRLP Module - https://drupal.org/project/prlp
  • Logintoboggan Module - https://drupal.org/project/logintoboggan
  • Generate Password Module - https://drupal.org/project/genpass
  • Administer User By Role Module - https://drupal.org/project/administerusersbyrole
  • Role Assign Module - https://drupal.org/project/roleassign

Module of the Week

  • Administer User By Role - https://drupal.org/project/administerusersbyrole

This module allows site builders to set up fine-grained permissions for allowing users to edit and delete other users — more specific than Drupal Core's all-or-nothing 'administer users' permission. It also provides and enforces a 'create users' permission.

Hosts

  • Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
  • Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
  • John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
  • Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
Direct download: TalkingDrupal051.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

In episode #50, Daniel J Lewis is the host and interviews the regular Talking Drupal hosts Stephen, Jason, John and Nic.  Technology, Drupal, Food and Marriage; Daniel went in all directions.

Topics

Daniel J Lewis - host for the day

  • Some Questions include:
  • What was your very first Drupal project and what was your very first website or software application? Why Drupal over other CMSes?
  • If Drupal disappeared today, what CMS would you use?
  • What is the project you most enjoyed working on? Not because of the profit or size, but your level of enjoyment.
  • What are three of your favorite tools for designing, coding, or managing Drupal projects?
  • Do you have any hobbies; what do you do in your spare time?
  • What is your favorite food and beverage?
  • You are all married, how did you propose to your wives?

Resource

  • The Noodle.mx Network http://noodle.mx 
  • Responsive Typography from O’Reilly http://responsivetypographybook.com
  • New England Drupal Camp - www.newdcamp.com

Hosts

Daniel J Lewis - http://noodle.mx  @theramennoodle

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan

Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental

 

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal050.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Topics

  • Wade Winger Bio
  • Definition of Assistive Technology
  • Crossroads and InData Project
  • Web Accessibility
  • Legal requirements for providing an accessible website
  • Impact of current technology
  • Getting help developing website

Resources

  • Easter Seals Crossroads Assistive Technology - http://www.eastersealstech.com/category/assistive-technology-update/
  • Making your website more accessible Video Series - http://www.eastersealstech.com/a11y
  • Wave Tool Bar - http://wave.webaim.org/toolbar/

Legal Resources

  • http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm
  • http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards
  • http://www.jimthatcher.com/law-target.htm 

Online References

  • www.w3c.org/wai
  • http://theweco.com/
  • www.a11yproject.com
  • http://www.webaxe.org/
  • https://drupal.org/project/accessibility
  • www.webaim.org/toolbar

Local resources (state assistive tech act projects)

  • Www.EasterSealsTech.com/states

Module of the Week

Trasliteration - https://drupal.org/project/transliteration

Provides one-way string transliteration (romanization) and cleans file names during upload by replacing unwanted characters.

Generally spoken, it takes Unicode text and tries to represent it in US-ASCII characters (universally displayable, unaccented characters) by attempting to transliterate the pronunciation expressed by the text in some other writing system to Roman letters.

Hosts

  • Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
  • Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
  • John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
  • Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
  • Wade Wingler - wwingler@eastersealscrossroads.org @INDATAProject

 

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal049.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Topics

  • About Chris Weber
  • Creating Google+
  • What is the Overnight Website Challenge
  • How are the non-profit organization selected
  • Who can join the challenge
  • What is the structure of the event
  • What happens during the 24 hours
  • What happens after the 24 hours
  • Old Site: http://homeforlife.org/
  • New Site: http://216.243.154.201/
  • Thoughts on Drupal 8  

Links

  • The Nerdery - http://nerdery.com/
  • Home for Life - http://homeforlife.org/

Hosts

  • Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross
  • Jason Pamental - www.hwdesignco.com @jpamental
  • John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com t@johnpicozzi
  • Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan
  • Chris Weber - https://plus.google.com/+ChrisWeber - @chris_m_weber
Direct download: TalkingDrupal048.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT