Social Media and Drupal
Let’s face it we all hope that Social Media will one day be the answer to all of our website woes. That one morning we will wake up to a steady stream of high-quality traffic that hangs on our every word. Now, I would never want to dispel this myth. In fact, I am going […]
Back to the Basics: Typography and the Reader
In the bustling of trying to adapt content to various devices, companies have forgotten an important aspect: the reader. Nowadays there is so much emphasis on fitting content on mobile devices, tablets, and desktops that typography has been undermined. It’s time to get back to the basics and design for the reader, first and foremost. […]
Drupal’s the Best for Field Versatility
In today’s world, businesses and their websites go together like a monkey and a banana – when you see one, you just sort of expect it to have the other. When a business chooses the wrong style of website, it can kind of be like seeing a monkey with a carrot. Sure, it still makes […]
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 […]
