by tim  //  April 18, 2011
Fun in the Sun with Drupal – Drupal Camp Central America San Diego, CA - Achieve Internet is sponsoring one of its own, Lead Developer Roberto Montero, as a team member of the third annual Drupal Camp Central America, scheduled for June 2 through 4, 2011, on the beach in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Roberto has spearheaded camp organization efforts from the beginning and is a key...
by tim  //  April 4, 2011
Project Profile Penton Media, Inc. is a 125-year-old business-to-business (b2b) media company that produces digital and print publications, and coordinates live events designed to provide buyers, sellers, and industry experts with the information they need to make decisions. Penton has deep and long-running experience in over a dozen industries with an online reach of over 90 million unique...
by tim  //  August 2, 2010
Drupal.org Team Meets In Portland The Drupal.org redesign team, including recently hired contractors, met in Portland last week to coordinate their efforts and generate a workable project plan. Among the agreements in place are the scheduling of a development release on August 7th, and the planning of subsequent releases every two weeks after that until project completion.  Additionally,...
by tim  //  July 31, 2010
APQC.org Goes Drupal     APQC is a best practices organization that provides information and research on benchmarking, knowledge management, measurement, and process improvement to its approximately 40,000 members. APQC’s somewhat rare in the web world because its product is its content. Obviously, a robust and flexible content management framework is critical....
by tim  //  July 28, 2010
Drupal Solr Integration For large Drupal deployments, performance is key. One way to improve site speed is to unload search functionality onto a dedicated platform, called Solr, that provides better performance and more options. Here are the top five reasons to integrate Solr with your Drupal site: The White House did it! Drupal and Solr have existing integration paths and modules to...
by tim  //  July 23, 2010
Drupal - Using the Webform Module For our client Bella Pictures, we’ve been working on a sweepstakes component that allows site visitors to design and win their dream wedding package. The sweepstakes will provide Bella sales representatives with an excellent source of leads.The leads are captured in Drupal, then packaged and sent to Eloqua, a software product Bella uses to manage...
by tim  //  July 20, 2010
(This is part 3 of a comparison of Joomla! and Drupal in the enterprise. See parts 1 and 2 of Joomla! and Drupal in the Enterprise.) Drupal vs Joomla! Drupal and Joomla! benefit from sizable and energetic communities with high coding standards, and both platforms have clear and well-documented guidelines for extending the functionality of the core software. Joomla! has guided those who...
by tim  //  July 20, 2010
Drupal.org Names Achieve Lead Solr Developer Achieve Internet has been leading Solr development for the Drupal.org redesign for a while, and we were officially named lead Solr developer last week.   One general goal for the new site is to efficiently deliver useful and relevant content to the user. Technically, this involves several important tasks: Defining how content will appear on...
by tim  //  July 19, 2010
Continuing the comparison between Joomla! and Drupal in enterprise settings, this article addresses how each technology separates administrative functionality from public-facing content. Drupal vs Joomla!- Content Listing. In the current versions, Joomla!’s back-end is more distinct from the visitor-facing pages than is Drupal. The Joomla! administrative area is a GUI control panel,...
by tim  //  July 15, 2010
Drupal vs Joomla! In various published comparisons, including CmsWire and and Top Notch Themes, between Joomla! and Drupal, the common conclusion is that Joomla! excels in allowing web developers to quickly produce high-quality and attractive small and medium sized websites while the strength of Drupal is providing a framework for larger customized sites that serve many users. Some of the...