Python
Creating a Custom Glossary Filter in Django
Learn how to create a custom glossary filter in Django, allowing users to filter lists of data by the first letter of titles or names.
Blog
AWS Managed Services
AWS Managed Services Dashboard - Part 1: The New Dashboard
Metal Toad unveils a streamlined Managed Services Dashboard, integrating tools like Graphite, Pingdom, and Nagios for efficient server monitoring and...
Artificial Intelligence
How To: Create a form show/hide password system in AngularJS
Numerous times during working with AngularJS there have been these moments of, oh, wow... OH, now that's cool... wow...
Git
Angular services and useable patterns
Discover effective patterns for using AngularJS services in your web applications, from singleton instances to reusable components and hybrid designs.
Drupal
Drupal 7 Tutorial: Using Entityqueue
Now that Entityqueue has been released, I wanted to give a quick tutorial on how to use it.
Drupal
What I Learned Today: Drupal #attached Awesomeness
Learn how to enhance your Drupal elements by using the #attached key to add CSS, JavaScript, and more, making your pages efficient and dynamic.
Drupal
The Drupal Entityqueue Module
If you're familiar with the Nodequeue module and you wanted to create a queue of other entity types, like users or terms, then you
Artificial Intelligence
Stage Gating to Avoid Project Failure
One of the newer processes we’ve implemented at Metal Toad is that of stage gating.
Content Management System (CMS)
Why More People Select WordPress than Drupal to Build Websites
Why do more people choose WordPress over Drupal for website building? Explore the factors of economics, scarcity, and familiarity influencing this...
Artificial Intelligence
Going Paper-less with Google Drive
As a technology company, we tend to go full-bore with any tools that can move us away from paper. When Google Drive (formerly Google Apps) made...
Design
Metal Toad Project Manager Profile: Katie Pitello
As part of our project manager application process, we ask applicants to respond to a number of questions about themselves focused on their approach...
Drupal
Some reflections on working with new-to-the-company Junior Developers
It all started the other day with a git pull from the development branch of one of our projects.
Drupal
What I Learned Today: Drupal Behat Scenario Cleanup
I've been doing a lot more Behat testing recently.
Artificial Intelligence
ToadCast 019 - An Interview With The Pug Master Himself, Tom Martin
In ToadCast 019, Metal Toad PM Matt Payton helps me interview Tom Martin who was recently promoted to Senior Development Strategist at Metal Toad. We...
Business
Metal Toad Project Manager Profile: Adam Edgerton
Learn from from Adam Edgerton on what makes a stellar digital project manager and his journey and strategies for successful project management.
Mobile Development
Switching from Apple OSX apps to Google Apps in the Browser
I’ve been using the Apple OSX suite of productivity tools (Safari, iCal, Mail) for as long as I’ve been using Macs (PowerBook G4 in ‘03).
Drupal
What I Learned Today: Drupal Behat Breakpoints
Today I learned that the Drupal Behat Extension provides an extremely useful step definition for debugging. Breakpoints!
Professional Skills from Raising a Newborn
This last month my wife and I had a new baby. Since this was my second child, I spent less time panicking and more time preparing for the bundle of...
Project Management
Sound "Bytes" From The Digital PM Summit
Highlights from the inaugural Digital PM Summit in Philadelphia, learn key PM strategies, expert insights, and the role of the digital project...
Project Management
My Takeaways on the Digital Project Management Summit in Philadelphia.
Insights from the inaugural Digital Project Management Summit, focusing on communication, collaboration, and skills essential for project management.
SaaS Application
New Relic Real user monitoring hooks for Drupal
If you are using New Relic for performance monitoring a Drupal project, you may have noticed a large discrepency between the browser throughput and...
Drupal
Fixing a segmentation fault in Drupal
Fixing a Drupal segmentation fault using XCode Instruments and Runkit to debug PCRE-related PHP crashes and improve code stability.
Git
ToadCast 018! PM Summit
The ToadCast has been revived! I talked with Adam Edgerton to discuss the Digital PM Summit.
Business
Metal Toad at the Digital PM Summit
Metal Toad attends the inaugural Digital PM Summit in Philadelphia to engage with industry leaders and enhance their project management processes.
Media & Entertainment
The Emmys Chooses Drupal 7
For those who watched the Primetime Emmys last night the content management system (CMS) used to support the website probably didn't matter all that...