Drupal sites have a life cycle. Module support shifts from one version of Drupal to the next. New solutions are identified, and old solutions are refined.

For GHSA.net, updating to D7 meant improving mobile support and implementing a cleaner, more regular presentation, and simplifying content management workflows.

This is a discussion of techniques used throughout the project, challenges, and lessons learned.

Apache Solr is a Java application that gives you a more full featured search experience than the default Drupal search. It provides tools to allow your users to narrow down the search results and adjust the sorting. Solr can be very confusing initially due to the new terms it introduces as well as the sheer number of configuration options. This guide helps you plan out the items that you need to think about before you ever install the module.

Don't worry if this doesn't make sense, we have an upcoming webinar that should help fill in all the blanks. Be sure to check out our free Intro to Solr in Drupal webinar.

The Omega Drupal 7 Base Theme is a highly configurable HTML5/960 grid base theme that uses built-in media queries to make the site responsive. Each zone, or group of regions, can be configured for content-driven layouts that reformat depending on the device’s screen size.

Mediacurrent recently partnered with Acquia to record this webinar. In it Kendall explains the theory behind Omega's mobile-first approach, helping achieve best results whether on desktop, tablet or smartphone.

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Application programming interfaces (API’s) are proliferating across the Internet, becoming the standard format by which information is traded.

ProgrammableWeb.com keeps count of new and existing API’s, currently cataloging around 8,900 and growing. 

For those that don’t know really know what an API is, it’s simply an interface (not a graphical user interface) that allows a websites to send to data to-and-from other third party systems or websites. When you’re viewing a news feed or writing a Facebook comment on a site other than Facebook, an API is moving that data across the Internet behind the scenes.