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Mark Conroy first certified Acquia Drupal developer in Ireland

News

An Irish person takes an Acquia Certified Drupal Exam; the results will astound you

So there I was, sitting in my batcave, minding my own business, wondering what to do with an afternoon. In truth I had plenty of work to do, but since I got paid yesterday, I felt as rich as Bruce Wayne himself and decided to take an afternoon off and splash out on an Acquia Certified Drupal Examination. Which one? Well, to start, the site builder one. Did I pass? Read on, my friends.

Google mobile-friendly websites from April 2015

Digital Marketing

Googlegeddon: If your website is not mobile-friendly, you are losing customers

Starting today, if your website is not optimised for mobile devices, Google will rank it lower than websites that are.

Strategy

COPE - Create Once, Publish Everywhere

A content management practice to allow content creators to add content in one place and then use it in various forms in other places.

Examples of things you can do with google maps in Drupal

Technology

Some recent fun we've had Mapping with Drupal

People love maps. People love being able to visually understand how locations relate to each other. And since the advent of Google Maps, people love to pan and zoom, to click and swipe. But what people hate, is a shoddy mapping experience. Mapping can be hard, but fortunately, Drupal takes a lot of the pain away.

Technology

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 5 of 5

Over the course of this series we have looked at how to add some pizazz, AKA added value, to your projects through the three prongs of technical knowhow, aesthetics and service delivery. Today we'll look at: Creating Wow - Transforming the ordinary into something special

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 3: Your services

Technology

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 4 of 5

In yesterday's installment of this series we looked at adding some wow factor through the aesthetics of a project. Today's we'll look at: Creating Wow - Service

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 3: Aesthetic - Drupal Commerce and Trello

Technology

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 3 of 5

In the first two installments of this series we looked at a general introduction to creating WOW with Drupal and adding some "Technical Wow". Today's let's tackle ... Creating Wow - Aesthetic

Technology

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 2 of 5

Yesterday, we began this series with a short introduction to creating the wow factor on a Drupal website. Today we'll look in a bit more detail at (drum roll) ... The Technical Aspect

Technology

Create the WOW Factor with Drupal - Part 1 of 5

Creating 'wow' is something we all need to strive for. This is part 1 of a 5 part series covering just how you can do that with Drupal.

Annertech presentation: how to use Apache Solr with Drupal

Technology

Enlightening - The Dark Art of Solr Search with Drupal

Often when asked to add a search function to a Drupal website using Apache Solr, many developers/site builders are of the belief that this is some kind of very-hard-to-master black art. They could not be more wrong.

Technology

10 Great reasons why you should attend your local Drupal meet-up

Drupal has a vibrant community supporting it. A lot of people around the world are involved in its development, way more than in a purely technical sense. How do they do it?

Design

5 Tips for a Responsive Website

This month we share our top tips for implementing a responsive website.