JMeter is a useful tool for performance testing and profiling of your web applications, determining problematic pages, and identifying the realistic amount of traffic your site can be expected to handle. On the downside, in the Drupal space, it's an outside tool and oftentimes something that is - as a result - less approachable. On the positive side, there's always time to learn, and...
Case Study Hunter Industries – Drupal Isn’t All Wet
Challenge
Hunter Industries is a leading manufacturer of irrigation systems for homeowners and commercial property owners such as golf courses and sports fields. They sell 1,900 products. Their previous site was developed with static pages, and contained a lot of mismatched information; old pages weren’t being...
Achieve Internet Releases the Drupal 7 ApacheSolr Media Module
This module allows website administrators to index files of any type so they can be included in site-wide search results. This is very useful for enterprise websites that need to manage a large number of files, such as videos, PDFs, documents in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as images. ApacheSolr Media module can index any...
Do Fashion with Drupal
Worldwide media company Advanstar Communications runs the worlds two largest fashion shows every year. The Magic Show is held in Las Vegas twice a year and attracts the world’s largest designer and retail brands. In addition to their Las Vegas shows Advanstar also provides events, publications, directories and websites in 11 diverse industries,...
Part II of My Blog on the Tesla/Apple Model of Top-tier Engineering Married to Exceptional Design.
Read Part 1
Here are the three big things I see Apple and Tesla do that Achieve Internet is striving to emulate in order to become obsession-worthy:
1. Focus on Usability and Design as Much as Engineering
As with many Drupal development shops, my team is predominately...
Tesla and Apple - Obsession-Worthy Part 1
I'm utterly and completely obsessed with the Tesla Model S.
So obsessed in fact, that I think we should take a moment to just admire it:
I'm so obsessed with this vehicle that I keep trying to convince myself to put a deposit down on one. All my cars work fine, but that hasn't kept me from trying to figure out a way I can justify a...
You Know What Would Be Cool...?
You know what would be cool? Six simple words that have led many a Drupal developer to endless sleepless nights.
Well, here we go again... wouldn't it be cool to get some smart people together and build some apps? Sounded good over beers, so the team at Achieve ran with the idea and convinced our friends at Phase2, ImageX and Treehouse (more...
Why We Should Build Drupal Apps
A Drupal app takes the functionality from a group of modules or features, wraps it up in a meaningful and extremely user-friendly fashion, and then makes sure it plays well with other apps. Since it can be powered by modules and features, a Drupal app includes all the right roles and permissions, as well as content types, taxonomies, views,...
A lot has been said about the positives and potential negatives of introducing apps into the Drupal ecosystem, yet it appears that the value of apps still isn't widely known, since we still haven't seen a surge in the number of Drupal apps available.
Simply put: Drupal apps are bundles of convenience
To Achieve, Internet apps mean going the extra mile. Our clients often ask us for...
Give the New Stickynote Module a Try!
When Volacci, well-known Drupal SEO experts, approached Ron Huber from Achieve Internet with an idea for building a suite of powerful SEO modules, Ron jumped at the chance. “These modules will change the way people think about their content and SEO, and we’re proud to be part of this game changer.”
Achieve Internet and Volacci...
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