The World Domination of Drupal 8
Drupal’s creator, Dries Buytaert says that Drupal 8, which will be released later this year, will be the “boldest release to date.” What is going to be so great about it? Well, for starters it will contain elements of the Symfony2Web framework. Drupal will be transforming from a content management system to a unified Web […]
What’s Responsive Web Design Got to do With It?
Responsive design—did you know that responsive web design is incredibly fashionable these days? In case you are not sure what responsive web design is—check this. “Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, […]
Adding some SASS to Drupal’s Omega sub-theme
Like many Drupal development shops, we have fully embraced the excellent Omega theme. As a responsive base theme, it helps us efficiently turn out great Drupal sites. The only thing that it is missing is built-in support for Compass and SASS. I have been hearing rumors that the next version of Omega(4) will be adding […]
CKEditor Chosen For Rich Text Input Method for Drupal 8
Have you ever heard of CKEditor? Well, come to find out; it has been chosen as the default rich text input method for Drupal 8. Those who have developed CKEditor are thoroughly excited about being picked as the default editor for Drupal. Keep in mind that Drupal 8 has not yet been released. It is […]
Can I blog using Drupal?
Drupal has been around since January 2001, and now powers 2.1% of the websites in the world (source: Wikipedia) yet it still surprises me when I get asked simple questions like: Client: “Can you blog on Drupal?” Me: “Excuse me? Uh ya, you can blog on a Drupal site!” Client: “But can you really blog, […]
5 Reasons to Use Drupal in 2013
Maybe you know lots of reasons that you should be using Drupal, but today we are going to get down and personal with some true reasons why you should be using Drupal in 2013. #1. Easiest Out There Okay, our monkeys are some of the best developers out there, but we still prefer Drupal to […]
12 Days of Christmas — Cheeky Monkey Media Style
Christmas time is fun for everyone, but especially web designers. We get to dig into some of the coolest technology and also help deliver some pretty awesome gifts to our clients. One the first day of Christmas my truest web designer gave to me 1 new Drupal order One the second day of Christmas my […]
6 Ways to Deal with Negativity in Web Design
Working in web design and development is a guarantee that you will deal with some sort of negativity. Of course, we would rather all avoid it, but you can’t just ignore it. There are people out there who will spend their free time dragging you down. You can’t let it get to you and here […]
How to Get Honest Feedback
Hopefully, as a web development company, you are working hard to please your clients. Everyone knows that a company cannot be perfect 100 percent of the time. However, if at any point you “mess up” with a client, hopefully, you are doing your best to make it right. Before you ask for feedback from a […]
Attributes of a Successful Developer or Designer
Not everyone who sets out to be a designer or drupal developer is successful. While this is unfortunate, it also shows that there is a lot more to developing than just knowing how to work a computer. If you want to be a successful website designer, then you have to have what it takes. Here […]
