Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I’ve been working with Drupal a fair bit over the last few weeks, with the ultimate goal to basically be able to really work with it to create sites. I converted my (very simple) consulting site to Drupal, without any bells and whistles.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Drupal gets a “Solid&# on Scalability and security.

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3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates. Affordability – Open Source is free of licensing fees. Proven – Open Source platforms like Drupal, WordPress, CiviCRM, etc., Yes, millions.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Michelle Murrain , Drupal Developer, OpenIssue. x something, and a developer and user of Drupal since 4.7, I figured that with the release of Drupal 7, this would be a great time to do a comparison of the two. Drupal started out primarily as a web content development platform, with a strength in community features.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

The Drupal community is awesome and other takeaways from BADCamp, et al. I’ve been fortunate to attend some of the biggest Drupal events in the U.S., Months ago, NTEN afforded me the space here to sing the Drupal community’s praises and I haven’t stopped since. drupal Drupal Day Open Source thinkshout Web Sites IT Staff'

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JULY 20, 2021

We’ve put together this handy guide to preparing for Drupal 9. As Drupal 8 prepares for its end-of-life this November 2021, with Drupal 7 following along in November 2022, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 9 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Intro to Coding’s website features animated geometric shapes in the hero area of their site (aka the “above the fold” area), in-line with 2020 geometric shape and animation trends. Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I spend some amount of my Drupal and WordPress development time, both for my clients and for myself, in setting up one or two-way integrations between websites and social media sites.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

After an action-packed Drupal Day event at the 14NTC, Stephanie Gutowski shares her key takeaways for those looking to dive into Drupal. I spent the last four months preparing for Drupal Day , a Drupal-centric, day-long workshop that ThinkShout coordinates as part of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running. They just released version 1.5, which, I must say, rocks.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Web sites powered by Drupal. The fact that I had the opportunity to write that sentence is itself an example of the power of Drupal!). Drupal has been out of the tech hobby shed for awhile now, of course. March 23: Getting Started with Drupal Theming. March 30: Good Maintenance: Upgrading your Drupal Site.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve already talked on this blog about Salesforce integration with Drupal , Plone , and others. The native capability of something called “Sites&# – which is a publicly facing version of what’s called “VisualForce&# – a markup language that includes HTML as well as APEX code (Force.com coding language).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

I think it is one of the long list of unpredicted successes that resulted from the near-ubiquitousness of open source software on the server side. We’ve been using it for “offsite&# backup for drupal sites for a while now. Tags: CMS Linux amazon aws backup drupal s3. There are a number of ways to do this.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

If you didn't have enough reasons to attend the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , here's one more: the first ever Drupal Day for Nonprofit IT Professionals. ThinkShout is facilitating an NTC Drupal Day on April 3rd, 2012, the first day of the NTC. 12-1 pm: Drupal BOF sessions during a working lunch. 10:45-11am: Break.11-12

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

Deciding how you will build your site, how you'll maintain it, and how you'll host it, are three separate, but related, decisions. Deciding how you will build your site, how you’ll maintain it, and how you’ll host it, are three separate, but related, decisions. You want an attractive, functional website.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

And as such, it’s vital that certain elements of your site have an ease-of-use available to you: for the ability to make quick changes to content and page designs; to tweak donation or payment platforms; to move your site to another platform should you choose; and so on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. MPower Open is now on Sourceforge , they released their product under the GPL v3. Thanks for a great site!!

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NTEN

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware Idealware's first report on Open Source Content Management Systems for nonprofits, published in March of 2009, covered WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone. However, WordPress doesn't scale as intuitively as the other three systems to support complex sites.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

They hire that web developer to put a new site together. Then in months, or years, they want to add some new pages, or a new section to their site, and a widget on the side. I have a few suggestions: 1) Assumptions: First, assume the person/people who develop your site might not be around in a year or so. How many people use it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Also, it coincides with a new installation of Drupal for my consulting website , using the same basic template (called “ Blueprint “). I’d been working with Drupal for NOSI (we’ve had the site in Drupal for a while now,) but I’d never installed and configured and messed with Drupal from scratch, so I did that.

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JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. We talk much more about the value and values that free and open source software bring to the table.

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JULY 1, 2022

You may be considering revamping your website by migrating it to a new system or creating a brand new site from scratch. Mobile responsiveness , allowing you to edit your site in the mobile view. Search engine optimization (SEO) tools to help your site pages rank on search engine results pages. Comparing both platforms.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. at 8:40 am It is certainly possible to migrate any website to a CMS like Drupal.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Carr Systems’ growth has prompted us to redesign our site to better reflect precisely what it is that we do for our customers, who those customers are, and the unique approach that makes us an ideal solution for SMBs, nonprofit organizations and public agencies.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. The report is available once you register (for free) at Idealware's site. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web Building Web Building.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. WP as a blogging tool rocks my world, and although I certainly could move blogging to Drupal, since I seem to be becoming somewhat of a Drupalista, it’s just not worth it. I’m somewhat of a latecomer to Drupal. WordPress.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2009

I am thinking that this might be a good model for how we can do it with Drupal, but that’s a subject for another post. at 7:46 pm Like everything in Drupal land, there is code for that… though the quality varies widely. With joshk as the maintainer, the quality should be better than average. Be Helpful.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Also, what may work perfectly well for a blogger may be a bad fit for someone launching an e-commerce site. The stalwart of open-source platforms, WordPress has dominated the CMS world and will absolutely continue to do so in the next year. Like WordPress it’s an open-source platform, allowing users to modify and share code freely.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Costs vary as well -- and there are even some Free and Open Source options. The system integrates tightly with common Web site content management systems with online payment and form-building functionality, like Drupal and Joomla. by Fund for the City of New York. Orange Leap MPX. by Orange Leap. Organizers Database (ODB).

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We’ve put together this handy guide to preparing for Drupal 10. As Drupal 7 and 9 prepare for their end-of-life in November 2023, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 10 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal 10 builds on the success of Drupal 9.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We’ve put together this handy guide to preparing for Drupal 10. As Drupal 7 and 9 prepare for their end-of-life in November 2023, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 10 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal 10 builds on the success of Drupal 9.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

One purpose is to allow users to modify their own information (if the site allows logins.) I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

However, the tools continue to get better and better, and we are excited to begin working with Acquia's Drupal Commons , a recent entrant into the enterprise collaboration fray. Similar to Open Atrium and Jive , Commons blends web content management and enterprise 2.0 All that said, there are still plenty of rough edges.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

The nature of how these sites are hosted creates tremendous benefits when it comes to performance (site speed) and security (the attack surface is greatly reduced). The nature of being pure JavaScript, as opposed to CMS-specific libraries, means a much larger developer community and a larger pool of open-source libraries to pull from.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2013

The 12 different CoPs are made up of people who meet here on our site to discuss shared interests all year round. For example, Ivan Boothe and Johanna Bates, the moderators of the Drupal CoP, host a monthly Q&A phone call about all things Drupal for practitioners at all skill levels. And those are just two examples.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Gregory Heller, CivicActions Not long ago, open source software was seen by most as the choice of fringe geeks with political motivations. Either the Grammys and the White House are now run by fringe geeks, or there's been a groundswell of open source adoption. Grammy.com and Whitehouse.gov are Drupal sites.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

One of the most effective tools we’ve developed to achieve this is Gesso, an open-source front-end starter kit and design system, built entirely in-house by the Forum One team. The solution, built on Drupal, supports hundreds of websites and 300+ content managers, with a focus on scalability, efficiency, and Section 508 compliance.

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