Avoiding common mistakes – admin menu
The drupal admin menu module is something I use every day. Recently, I ran into a problem with it. I needed to give some users access to some specific menu items, however, no matter what I did, that particular user role could not see the menu items. It only displayed an empty admin menu at […]
A Quick Look Back at BADCamp 2014
This year, I was invited to attend BADCamp 2014. No, I know what you are thinking, but this is not a camp for bad web developers. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. BADCamp stands for Bay Area Drupal Camp. This is a four-day, annual event held in the San Francisco Bay area. Basically, it’s a […]
Health & Happiness at Work
The importance of a great office environment is often overlooked. Company health starts with everyone on your team WANTING to come to work. It is ironic that to keep an employee productive and motivated, what they really need is some downtime to chill, relax, and spend a bit of time doing something fun. It could […]
The Creative Block and 5 Ways to Vanquish It
All creative professionals face the dreaded ‘creative block’. It happens to the best of us, it’s one of those unavoidable forces in life. Don’t worry, there are things we can do to deal with it when it does rear its ugly head. Creative block is a bully, but our Kung-fu is strong. Here are 5 […]
4 proven ways to save on website cost estimates
It is no secret that Drupal is transitioning, or already transitioned, to an enterprise solution. What this means is we are seeing larger and larger builds with massive budgets and hours. To muddy the waters even further we are dealing with clients that prefer flat rate quotes. As a Drupal company, or even an independent […]
Conversion Planning
Ever hear of Conversion Planning? As web professionals, we often tell clients time and time again to have an actual goal for the website. Be sure to have an idea of what the desired end result will be, and then work from there. Of course, much like the proverbial dead horse, this concept gets beaten […]
Drupal User Management
User management is an important aspect of a content management system. Thankfully, drupal has really good user management tools built in. Here are some of the cool things drupal can do for you out of the box. Manage Users Managing users with Drupal is fairly straightforward. If you navigate to the user overview page, you […]
7 Helpful Tips for Good User Interface Design
There are many factors that go into a good user interface design, I have rounded up 7 that I think are really important. Use of White Space Proximity defines relationships Quality of design improves credibility and forgiveness Using colour to grab focus Users like faces (and direction of eyes is important to lead views) Handling […]
CMS Battles: Drupal vs. ASP.Net
After looking around for sources on Drupal vs ASP.NET it became clear there is a lot of tension regarding which is the superior platform. So, to avoid creating even more, I am just going to lay out the facts and let you decide that Drupal is the better platform. Okay maybe I’m wrong – it […]
Keys to Marketing Success: Information Architecture
Have you ever felt frustrated not being able to find the information you need? Where is the bathroom? How much for this shirt? Where is a phone number so I can talk to a real person? Then you have dealt with Information Architecture (IA) – albeit in a less than perfect scenario. On the web, […]
