Aug 19, 2010

Drupal Commons

Drupal Commons is a Drupal distribution billed as “social business software.” That means that Acquia is distributing Drupal bundled with some other modules preconfigured to work as a company’s interactive user-facing website. Drupal Commons 1.0 was released on August 5th. read more »


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Aug 5, 2010

DrivenByYou.com Home pageDrivenByYou.com represents a new approach to buying cars online. Traditional online car buying guides users to shop for automobiles by selecting a make, model or year as the first step of the buying process. Autotrader.com decided to take lessons learned from shoppers at brick-and-mortar auto dealerships and apply them to an online car buying experience. Realizing that most brick-and-mortar car buyers seek out local dealership offers and specials prior to selecting a make and model, Autotrader.com sought to make online car shopping easier and more intuitive. By applying the same "first step" that car shoppers normally take when shopping local dealerships in person, DrivenByYou.com facilitates a quicker method for buyers to drill down to a vehicle that's within their purchasing budget. read more »


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Jul 26, 2010

The yellow brick road

Recently I’ve given presentations on Social Networking in Drupal. In my mind, status updates are a central tenet of any successful social networking platform, which is why I built the Facebook-style Statuses module for Drupal. There’s more to social networking than status updates though. In this post I’m going to go through some of the standard features of social networks to identify some of the places I hope Drupal will grow. read more »


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Apr 16, 2010

Building Large-scale Publishing Sites with Drupal Mediacurrent and Phase2 Technology are proud to co-release and announce the availability of a white paper titled Building Large-Scale Publishing Sites with Drupal. First and foremost, this was truly a collaborative effort between two Drupal-centric firms who share a common interest in building world-class Drupal sites for the publishing industry. The impetus started months ago when we both recognized there was a need to help educate publishing and media personnel about Drupal.

The paper is particularly targeted towards those evaluating various content management system (CMS) options, and need validation that Drupal is the right platform for their specifications. In the 29-page paper, we delve into a variety of fresh topics that are on the minds of the publishing sector. Our goals for what the reader will take-away include:

* Explaining how Drupal aligns with publisher’s web needs.

* Showcasing two use cases of publishers that have successfully adopted Drupal.

* How OpenPublish, a Drupal distribution is being successfully leveraged.

* A better understanding of the present-day challenges publishers face. read more »


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