Add CommentShareSource News25Friday, July 25, 2008By adminEvery year, I try to communicate the “Drupal Zeitgeist” in at least one of my “State of Drupal” presentations. To help me capture the State of Drupal for my presentation at DrupalCon Szeged next month, I’d like to invite you all to take part in the State of Drupal
Read MoreAdd CommentSource28Monday, July 28, 2008By adminhttp://www.waterandstone.com/downloads/2008OpenSourceCMSMarketSurvey.pdf The survey shows that three systems lead the race: WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal. The survey concludes that these three systems have opened up a large lead on the rest of the pack to become the dominant brands in the market. The author, Ric Shreves, states: “WordPress enjoys great brand
Read MoreAdd CommentShareSource Articles7Monday, July 7, 2008By adminYesterday, my Orphaned Works article hit the front page of Reddit, a popular social news site. Traffic instantly increased by a factor of more than 20. At peak, the site was serving over 15 requests a second, enough to take down most poorly configured Drupal sites. In this article,
Read MoreAdd CommentSource14Monday, July 14, 2008By adminDrupal 6.3 was released on 9 July 2008. Among other things, this release fixes the core issue that was affecting the Views 2.0 module. Read more about this release at Drupal 6.3 and 5.8 released, fixing security issues
Read MoreAdd CommentShareSource Articles24Tuesday, June 24, 2008By adminGoogle recently added a new feature to Google Trends: You can now compare websites to see how many daily unique visitors they’re getting. If there’s anyone who’s qualified to estimate traffic, it’s Google. They handle half the world’s search requests, and for the Drupal community, that number is probably
Read MoreAdd CommentShareSource Articles29Sunday, June 29, 2008By adminIn presentations I usually point out that Drupal is three things: A content management system: The forms you fill out, the buttons you click, and the content you work with. The stuff you interact with every day while you manage your site.A content management framework: The low-level APIs that
Read MoreA3 Atlantis: An Exclusive New Theme For DrupalAdd CommentShareSource Articles30Monday, June 30, 2008By adminA3 Atlantis is my newest contribution to the Drupal community. Designed from the ground up to be fast, elegant, and search engine friendly, this theme features a stunning visual design, beautiful typography, and a standards-compliant code base. A3 Atlantis Drupal ThemeA3 Atlantis
Read MoreAdd CommentSource Articles4Wednesday, June 4, 2008By adminI recently evaluated ExpressionEngine for viability as a CMS replacement for Drupal. ExpressionEngine (EE) is a commercial CMS tool built on PHP and mySQL by EllisLab. A client of ours was attracted to its clean interface, built-in features, and expandability. I was impressed by the well-designed UI and the
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