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Getting to Know Drupal 7

Friday, August 27th, 2010

In the process of beginning to redevelop this website in Drupal (this site’s portfolio is static PHP and this blog currently runs WordPress), I’ve decided to dip my toes into Drupal 7, the next-generation version of the venerable content management system (CMS). Might as well, right? Somebody’s got to be the guinea pig.

Although it’s not done yet– it’s just getting into beta– one can see what enormous changes the Drupal core development team has made. Although I found a number of the changes confusing, initial confusion is really fine with me if it represents an improvement in functionality or usability, and I’d argue that that’s what most of this is. So, in no particular order: (more…)

More slick design, including the Drupal.org redesign

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

http://www.matthamm.com

http://www.jccpgh.org - the new Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh. Very solid redesign of a previously outdated and hard-to-navigate site.

http://typekit.com - Amazing font collection at just $50/year. I think I’ll be using these. Sweet site, too.

http://www.markboultondesign.com/projects/drupalorg - This is the mock-up for the new Drupal.org homepage. Isn’t it much nicer than the current one?

Case Study: Social Networking on Peaceburgh

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Web 2.0 is a buzz-word, right? Which means everyone uses it and no one knows what it means.

Seriously, though, the term is often misused as a design style (”This website looks so Web 2.0!”) as opposed to what it truly is– “Web 2.0″ … is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs…” (source: trusty Wikipedia) (more…)

Case Study: Drupal as an Educational Platform

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Drupal, the ever-growing website management framework, has long been known in the web development industry as a content management system that allows website administrators to log into their site via a web browser– without special software, just as one would do with, say, a Gmail account– and keep their site up-to-date without knowing HTML or other technology.

When you dig deeper, though, it is much more, as we demonstrated with our redesign/redevelopment of Pittsburgh Prep– which included a move to the Drupal platform. Pittsburgh Prep is an educational company focusing on standardized test prep classes and private tutoring, and in early 2009 they made the decision to move towards a web-based solution for the selling and management of classes. In 2010, they plan to add online courses and Blackboard-like functionality that will include forums and quiz-taking. (more…)