drupal

Our Acquia Drupal Training series is coming up around the corner and what a better way to kick it off then with a 20% discount through this Friday (September 3rd, 2010)! Join us in Dallas, Austin or Houston - just enter the code OCD2010 and you will be on your way to enhancing those Drupal skills!

The South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and Drupal hold a special place in our hearts. After all, it was at SXSW in 2008 that LevelTen first discovered the awesomeness that is Drupal. Since that date, we've never looked back! In support of our favorite content management system, here are all of the Drupal related panel pitches we could find. Hurry up and vote, too, since public voting ends tomorrow!

It was a startling introduction to my LevelTen Interactive tenure.

Walking in with very little knowledge about Content Management Systems was a bit intimidating for a newbie at a Drupal shop.

Kayla quickly put LevelTen’s 2010 CMS Intelligence Report in my hands for a crash course on all things CMS-related.

Back in 2008, when LevelTen made the official switch to only supporting the Drupal CMS, one of the primary factors in our decision making was the marketing capabilities that Drupal provided. From a purely search engine optimization standpoint, Drupal was (and still is) heads and shoulders above other open source content mangement systems. Why is Drupal so much better?

1. Great coding.
2. Ease of content creation.
3. Modular functionality.

Great Coding

Drupal, by default, does not support automated logouts based on inactivity. Thankfully, there is the "Automated Logout" module, which allows granular control of automated logouts. And for browser exits, there is a value you can set in your settings.php file.

While the aggregation of content has been around as long as the World Wide Web and the ability to filter aggregated content has advanced considerably over two decades – as seen through search engines, news websites, personal feed aggregation, etc. The ability to disseminate content across multiple networks has seemingly been slow to develop.

Site performance is one of those oft overlooked components of a website that's more important then many think. In the scope of a web design project, typical requests tend to focus on looks and functionality. Rarely do conversations turn to requests for streamlined performance.

If history has taught us anything (which, quite frankly, is questionable), it’s that the power of a good underdog should never be ignored. Time and time again, the “no one believed in us” card is applied to produce a shake-up at the top of a hierarchy.

This week, the team takes their best stab at Nostradamus impressions, as we attempt to predict the future for Drupal in 2010. Joining us on this podcast are Rachel Scott, Chris Sloan, Dustin Currie, and Tom McCracken.

I'm proud to announce that LevelTen Interactive is now an official Acquia Silver Partner.

Acquia, co-founded by Drupal founder Dries Buytaert, provides products, services, and technical support for the Drupal content management system.

The team at LevelTen is extremely proud to be associated with one of the premier companies in the Drupal space.