Metal Toad Media is moving
It is with a light heart and a kick in our step that the Metal Toad team heads out to our new office. We're moving into Auditorium Building on SW 3rd...
Business
Metal Toad Corporate Values
Discover Metal Toad's core values that drive respect, curiosity, helping others, delivering great experiences, and providing value. Learn how these...
HTML & CSS
Why HTML5 Makes Sense for Business
Discover why HTML5 is essential for businesses, offering cost-effective, cross-platform development and competitive advantages over traditional...
Business
Top 5 Skills to be a Good Project Manager
Discover the top five essential skills for successful project management in an agency, including budgeting, communication, and process knowledge.
Business
How to talk to your customers about Drupal Security updates
With the recent release of versions 7.2 and 6.22, a significant Drupal security flaw in 6.x has been identified and fixed. While I feel strongly this...
Drupal
Drupal Service Providers: Get your Drupal Marketplace on
Discover the new Drupal Marketplace, a streamlined platform for listing and finding Drupal service providers, enhancing visibility, and connecting...
Business
Mobile Traffic is Up
Mobile website traffic is up. While this is hardly news, as a small case study I'm posting findings from metaltoad.com.
Drupal
Websites Don't Use Carburetors Anymore
Modern websites, like cars, have evolved in complexity. Drupal CMS replaces simple HTML tweaks, emphasizing vendor flexibility, cost efficiency, and...
Drupal
Top 5 Reasons to Choose Drupal as your CMS.
Discover the top 5 reasons to choose Drupal as your CMS, from flexibility and good governance to scalability and a large vendor pool, explained by...
Drupal
Drupal7 Spirit
Let it not be said that vosechu (Chuck Vose) has shied away from getting into the spirit of things.
Business
How to Select a Digital Strategy Agency
A lot of fuss is being made these days about a company's digital marketing strategy.
Artificial Intelligence
2011 Knight News Challenge
If you haven't heard (or applied) be sure to check out the 2011 Knight News Challenge. It's an opportunity to pursue $5 million in funding for your...
Artificial Intelligence
We've just selected our volunteer project for 2011. What's yours?
Every year we try to give back to the community in a real and tangible way.
Mobile Development
Tablets are the New PCs - or are they?
Analyzing the impact of tablet sales on web traffic and user behavior, revealing surprising insights about iPad usage compared to traditional PCs.
Mobile Development
Stop! You are doing mobile wrong!
Discover why the traditional approach to mobile web design is flawed and learn the new strategy for creating flexible, device-agnostic websites.
Artificial Intelligence
Top 5 reasons why web designers should love Drupal
If you are a web designer and you haven't worked with Drupal before, you should really give it a try. Here are the top 5 reasons why...
Artificial Intelligence
Who Owns Your Code? (hint: you should be using the GPL)
It's been a long time coming, but after a short talk with my Lead Drupal Architect, we've officially changed the idea rights in our default proposal...
Artificial Intelligence
How YouTube Could Still Win Big
YouTube is a cable network with nothing but public access on. There are literally billions of videos and with over two billion video views per day,...
Content Management System (CMS)
The Framework is dead. Long live the CMS.
Discover why frameworks are outdated and how open-source CMS platforms like Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress can speed up development and lower costs...
Business
Bad Ideas Don't Stick Around For Long - But They Still Get Funded
Explores why bad business ideas still get funded and the importance of creativity, interaction, and listening to digital experts in successful...
Drupal
How to Decide Between WordPress & Drupal
Find out how to choose between WordPress and Drupal for your next project by evaluating features, permissions, updates, and budget considerations.
Hey Google! All your base are belong to Facebook...
As a long time Google Ad user, I've been a big fan of the ability to submit ads on Google. It's (relatively) easy and allows you to tailor your ads....
Drupal
How to improve the default user list using Views in Drupal7
Enhance Drupal 7 user management by creating custom Views for a better admin experience with more user info, dynamic sorting, and easy navigation....
Drupal
Getting Content Administrators to Crush on Drupal
We're just getting back from a great weekend at DrupalCampLA. A lot of topics were raised there but the message that really came home for me was...
Drupal
Stop talking about scaling, make Drupal easier to use
Focus on enhancing Drupal's usability rather than just scalability to attract more designers and non-developers, making it an intuitive and enjoyable...