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Building a AWS Headless CMS
PM, UX, and engineering are frequently able to produce the same features faster and cheaper than using Drupal, Wordpress, Salesforce, and Adobe.
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Saas vs. Cloud
Discover how the Cloud has disrupted the software industry, from the rise of Open Source to the emergence of SaaS applications. Learn why the Cloud...
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How Much Does a Website Cost? 2 of 3: Rebuilding
In my last article, I addressed the age old question "how much does a website cost?" from the stand
Drupal
Anatomy of a Drupalgeddon attack
Before working at Metal Toad, I saw an email from Acquia. A strange email. It went something like this:
Database
WordPress Deployments: Example of Database Changes in Code
How do you update the database of a WordPress site that's already in production without a lengthy content freeze or losing your client's data?
Artificial Intelligence
CoverOregon goes Open Source
Ten months since my open letter to Oregon Governor Kitzhaber, challenging him to fix CoverOregon and to use more local companies and more open so
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Seeing Long Term Technology Adoption as Evolution
Much like an evolutionary tree our goal in technology adoption is too continue to move forward and evolve, rather than getting caught in a dead end....
Artificial Intelligence
The Challenge to Innovation
Recently inspired by Peter Thiel's excellent book Zero to One, I've been reflecting on the software industry as the preeminent place where we can...
Drupal
Drupal vs. WordPress? Who Cares?! They Are Both Open Source.
Debating WordPress vs. Drupal? Both are powerful, open-source CMS options. Learn why investing in open-source platforms offers better value than...
Database
Metal Toad University #10: Real Time Word Press
In this episode our intrepid adventurers embarked on a quest to install WordPress. I have to admit, this was quite easy and didn't take nearly as...
Artificial Intelligence
How (and Why) Google Needs to Invest in Open Source
As more and more people start using the internet, and as websites get increasingly full featured Google continues to see growth in its userbase. Open...
Git
Quick & Dirty WordPress Plugin Benchmarking in Debug Bar
At tonight's PDX WordPress Dev meetup (thanks for the pizza Digital Trends) Daniel Bachhuber had some questions about benchmarking a plugin....
Drupal
How to Jumpstart Your Programming Career
If you've felt yourself stagnating as a programmer recently, I have a cure for you. That's right, a ticket out of the back room or cubicle you've...
Drupal
New Competition: Will WordPress and Drupal Learn to Share?
Can WordPress and Drupal stay ahead of closed platforms like SquareSpace and Adobe? Discover how open-source communities can innovate and adapt to...
Drupal
How Drupal is more welcoming than WordPress
I think we've all heard a few things about how Drupal and WordPress compare to each other.
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WebVisions PDX Interview Series 2012
The WebVisions Conference came through Portland last week - and Metal Toad was there to capture as many interviews as we could.
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Simplify your WordPress Deployments
Deploying code to WordPress installations has always been a bit of a struggle. Although there are a few WordPress plugins that help in deployments,...
PHP
WordPress Tutorial : A unique dynamic sidebar for each page - or not!
The last few websites I've built have had sidebars that the client *may* or *may not* need to customize on every page. Some pages don't require a...
Drupal
Ranking Drupal Modules on Drupal.org
One of the biggest dilemmas I faced as a new Drupal developer was figuring out which module was the best to use in any given situation.
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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...
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.
Drupal
What's in a framework, experiences from Rails and Drupal
I've now been working professionally in Drupal for a year and have learned a lot about it; I have some patches into contrib but I've not really done...
Drupal
How We Upgraded Metal Toad to HTML5 and Drupal 7
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