Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

I know a lot of pretty serious geeks read this blog, but I also know some folks who aren’t do too, and I figured it was time to do a quick outline of web application frameworks, and how they differ from things like a CMS. WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla are CMS systems that are written in PHP.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

After thinking and talking about it for a long time, this year we at NTEN are finally beginning a website overhaul and re-launch in earnest. After all, the nonprofit association for people working at the intersections of tech and social change should have a website to match that mission and vision.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal, Joomla and Plone! April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla.

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3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

The importance of optimizing Drupal cannot be overstated. Booster Pro’s SaaS platform utilizes a D7 multi-site architecture to generate and support hundreds (then thousands) of websites. We’ve integrated other technologies like Nutch, Solr, Hadoop and Mongo DB for web crawling, indexing, and high capacity storage needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

For more insights on branding, messaging, strategy, print and web design, sign up to receive Bureau for Good’s once-monthly articles here. How often do you revisit your nonprofit website with an eye to better engagement? As the technology landscape changed, the organization’s website needed to adapt. “We

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NTEN

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2011

There are some amazingly good blogs out there focused on the use of Drupal and other open source tools. You don’t need to hear from me about the newest web tools – you have ReadWriteWeb and Mashable for that, among others. WordPress vs. Drupal… Fight! The most popular pages are (these are fascinating!):

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

You want an attractive, functional website. You want an attractive, functional website. Tip 1: Assess the importance of your website. Is your website the lifeblood of your organization, mostly just gravy, or something in between? or only need a basic web presence, you can get by with a simple site.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

And, in my experience over the past 15 years, it’s where organizations are willing to spend the most money on technology – often more than on their website or other technology tools – for good reason. I’m excited about a new Drupal project called “ Red Hen CRM &# but it’s very fledgeling.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Which provide the most flexibility in setting up your website? Which provide the strongest features for website community features, workflow, or ease of maintenance? Which are easiest to use?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I saw a call for a ColdFusion developer on an email list I’m on, and I couldn’t help but think about technology choice and change, particularly in the website world, and how nonprofits deal with technology change (or, don’t deal with it.) A friend of one of the board members is a web developer.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2010

List of Nonprofit, NPO, NGO Websites Using Drupal » The ENGINE Blog » ENGINE Industries: Atlanta, Georgia Web Design. Amazon Web Services Developer Community : Amazon EC2 API Tools. AboutUseCaseMaps < UCM < Foswiki. multi-mechanize – Project Hosting on Google. Online Backup from Backblaze.

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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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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2016

If you’ve ever designed, built, managed or administered a website, you’re no doubt intimately involved with a Content Management System (CMS), a specific software application or set of programs used to create and manage digital content. But a newbie to web design and management may be asking themselves “what CMS should I be using?”

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Forum One

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Gesso is built with a focus on accessibility, performance, and scalability—ensuring our clients get a foundation that supports inclusive, visually cohesive websites and applications. Whether you’re building a small website or a complex portal, Gesso offers the versatility to scale.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Second to last in my series on CMS and CRM integration (I’m saving Drupal and Salesforce for last) is using web forms. Here are some examples of things I’ve done and seen done: A custom donation page that’s sitting on a service like Network for Good that is linked from the website, or framed within it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

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. The apps I use most on my phone include the Facebook app for Android and Tweetdeck. And I use hashtags in blog entries! ).

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Additionally, Carr Systems remains more committed than ever to Open Source solutions such as Drupal Gardens, CiviCRM, and WordPress. Custom Development – Carr Systems principally uses Open Source technologies to create custom technology applications (Web and mobile) for its clients.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

A strong nonprofit website engages supporters, educates visitors about your mission, and accepts online donations. Since your website is such a vital component of your online outreach strategy, you’ll need to choose the right content management system (CMS) to build and manage it. Work with a website consultant.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Ubercart – Ubercart is a module of Drupal , and the one of the bunch of these that I have the most experience with. Because it is a Drupal module, all of the vast array of features available with Drupal are right there – so the shopping cart system doesn’t have to have them. This is a big plus.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2009

There was a show-and-tell session for nonprofit websites (which I didn’t make it to). I think, also, I’ve completely drunk the Drupal koolaid. I’m psyched to be working with Drupal more intensely (I’ve got 4 Drupal projects going at the present moment.)

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2014

Whether it's making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or designing the architecture of a new website, attention to detail is critical, and clarity is king. We talked about the fundamental elements of a Drupal site, how they relate, and—most importantly—the order in which elements need to be determined. Chad Cappellman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. Using a CMS to Make Your Website Social by Laura Quinn. Though they make the day-to-day tasks of maintaining your organization’s website easy, installing and implementing a CMS is not a trivial task.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

of nonprofit organizations whose website is stuck behind a custom CMS – one that was written by some web development shop or another, and migration off of that custom CMS is going to be a nightmare. It’s also the time for web developers to let their babies go, and start building their business on a well-developed CMS.

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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’m quite excited about really getting my hands dirty working on some plug ins, or some such, really learning the ins and outs of Drupal.

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Forum One

MAY 12, 2021

An increasingly central MarTech approach to achieving this impact is through website personalization, a strategy that centers on the behaviors and interests of individual website visitors. What is website personalization? Personalization is important because it helps your website stand out.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

When technology systems like donor and membership management, email marketing, and website content management are selected without cross-department communication, they won't integrate. Drawing from experience, we have a few ideas about why that could be, and how Drupal can help. Drupal can connect to almost anything.

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2024

This post is adapted from a presentation at DrupalCon Portland 2024 , where Forum One and Metro showcase Drupal’s role in driving long-term digital modernization and multi-site integration. Metro’s team, while experienced with Drupal, was comfortable knowing they weren’t the sole technical experts. How did we do it?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

With individuals increasingly turning to search engines to help them understand health issues, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Consider your healthcare organization’s website — is it a useful resource that serves your community, or is there room for improvement? Assess website analytics.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

We can’t get out there and save snakes, leopards and bears, but we can help them with their web presence, e-newsletters, etc. A new website had been needed for some time and finally the money was available to get it together. Our developer, Heather Gardner-Madras can attest to this, our design was not necessarily web ready.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Websites have changed a lot over the past few years. Content management systems (CMS) have transformed standard expectations -- about posting news and updates without web design skills, managing donors and other constituents, opening up sections of your site to your community, tracking results, and more.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

Website personalization relies on data to optimize the content on a website to cater to a particular visitor. Optimizing website content requires analyzing the hierarchy of information on a platform to improve website traffic and outreach. These digital strategies work hand-in-hand to elevate a website.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

The integration between the web front end and the RE back end is bi-directional and sweet. I didn’t get a very close look at the CMS (I’m wishing in retrospect that I had), but the little bit I did see of it suggested to me that it was somewhat more limited than CMS systems such as Drupal or Plone. The demo was pretty cool.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

From targeted ads on social media to emails from websites they bought one thing from years ago, how can you ensure that your nonprofit’s online marketing efforts shine through the noise? One of the most vital tools that can support and bring your multi-channel marketing strategy to the next level is your nonprofit website.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

I’ll have to admit to my preference for Joomla, although Drupal is growing on me more and more. If you want to try and get a small website going for your organization – Joomla is a good place to start. It will take some time and effort to get a site up, but that’s standard for any website.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Be it web, mobile, social, or emerging technologies such as voice, AR/VR, or mixed reality, Composable Architecture allows for the creation of personalized experiences that are seamless to users and in line with how they’re interacting with organizations and their digital solutions today.

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