La Petite Nation: six weeks of work, and the first weeks online
Planned since early September and developed continuously since it went online. Here is what was accomplished on La Petite Nation, in order, with the actual numbers.
By Robert ScalesWeb design & development
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WCAG 2.2 Level AA: what it means for your website
One Canadian in four lives with a disability. WCAG 2.2 Level AA defines how to build a site these people can use. Here is what it requires, and why we aim for it on every site we build.
By Robert ScalesTwenty-five years online: lessons learned since 2001
Drupal in Vancouver, dive resorts in Bali, AI in a Quebec village: what has held true over twenty-five years of web work.
By Robert ScalesLaunching Petite Nation Numérique
A web and AI agency for the Petite-Nation: why here, why now, and what it offers the region's businesses and organizations.
By Robert ScalesDaveO Dispatches: a website for small printed things
A showcase and shop for a series of hand-made chapbooks, built with an AI app builder, for a former colleague from Raincity.
By Robert ScalesA bilingual website on a small budget
Planning a French and English site for a small web business in the Petite-Nation, without spending what a client would spend.
By Robert ScalesCommunity development in the Petite-Nation, online
Many local businesses in the Petite-Nation are still not online. This is not a criticism; it is where the opportunity lies.
By Robert ScalesBill 96 and bilingual websites in Quebec
In Quebec, French first is the law, and it is also a matter of courtesy. Here is what that means for a small business website that also wishes to welcome English speakers.
By Robert ScalesLovable: from an idea to a web app
Lovable makes the first version of a web app easy to produce. The second version, the one people actually use, still requires careful planning.
By Robert ScalesGoogle's free product listings for small retailers
Google now shows products from stores for free in the Shopping tab. How a small retailer gets in with Merchant Center, and the most common pitfalls.
By Robert ScalesCore Web Vitals announced: Google puts numbers on a slow site
Google states that three speed and stability measurements will count in ranking. What they mean, how much weight we expect them to carry, and where to begin improvements.
By Robert ScalesThe Medic update and why trust has become an SEO issue
A Google core update this month strongly affected health and finance sites. The question behind it is straightforward: who wrote this content, and why should readers trust it?
By Robert ScalesThe Speed Update: page speed is about to become a mobile ranking factor
Next month, Google begins using page speed in mobile rankings. The solutions for a small site are well established, yet most owners have not applied them.
By Robert ScalesStructured data for tourism businesses
Schema markup for a dive centre or guesthouse: LocalBusiness, events, courses, genuine reviews, and the testing that prevents markup from failing unnoticed.
By Robert ScalesMobile-first indexing is coming
Google will read the phone version of websites first. Many tourism sites hide half their content on mobile, which makes now the right time to check.
By Robert ScalesLet's Encrypt and free HTTPS for small sites
Free SSL certificates are no longer a beta experiment. Switching to HTTPS is now straightforward, provided one frequently overlooked step is handled: mixed content.
By Robert ScalesAccessibility basics for small business websites
Grey text, unlabelled forms and phone numbers embedded in images are common barriers. The accessibility fixes a small site can make in an afternoon, and why they help every visitor.
By Robert ScalesAMP and the need for speed
Many business owners are asking whether they need AMP. For most small business sites, the answer lies in lighter images, a lighter theme and consistent measurement.
By Robert ScalesCeningan Divers is open: building the first website
Ceningan Divers opened on August 1, and the website had to be ready before the doors were. Here is what a new business website needs on day one.
By Robert ScalesMobilegeddon: Google's mobile-friendly update is rolling out
Since April 21, Google has favoured mobile-friendly pages in mobile results. What small sites need to correct this week, and how to verify it.
By Robert ScalesMexicombi Collective Bali
We partnered with Mexicombi, Bali’s mobile Mexican cantina, to build their brand, social media presence and website.
By Holistic HybridHTTPS becomes a ranking signal
Google has given secure sites a small ranking advantage. The advantage itself is minor; the direction it indicates is significant.
By Robert ScalesHosting and speed for websites run from an island
A site may load well in Bali while the customer is in Zurich. Where to host, why a CDN helps, and how to test your site's speed from abroad.
By Robert ScalesResponsive rebuilds for dive centres
Rebuilding dive centre websites so they work on phones. The layout is the simpler part; the booking form is where the most important lessons lie.
By Robert ScalesBuilding Business Websites with WordPress
WordPress gives your business website some compelling advantages: it is optimized for easily publishing and changing content. Here are 10 reasons to use it.
By Holistic HybridThe Knowledge Graph: things, not strings
Google has begun recognizing entities instead of simply matching words. Here is why that makes your business name, address and phone number important.
By Robert ScalesWordPress for tourism operators: the setup we recommend
Why WordPress is now preferable to Drupal for small tourism businesses, and the lean setup of theme, plugins and backups we recommend.
By Robert ScalesMobile first: build the tourism site for the phone
Travellers are booking from phones on a single bar of 3G. Here is why tourism sites need a mobile layout now, and why responsive design is preferable to a separate m. site.
By Robert ScalesEqual height columns with css
Hubert Florin's CSS-only method for equal height columns: absolutely positioned background divs, content-first source order, and a small IE fix.
By Hubert FlorinGit for Drupalers in 2 Minutes
Installing and upgrading Acquia Drupal 6 from a GitHub repository in a few steps, plus a mini-FAQ on git, Drupal 5, contrib modules and submodules.
By Roland TanglaoTech Forms March 6, 2009 powered by Mobile Muse 3 platform (including Raincity's Sift Tool)
The Tech Forms event on March 6, a fundraiser for W2, is powered by the Mobile Muse 3 platform, which includes Raincity's Sift Tool.
By Roland TanglaoAcquia Drupal 6 version 1.2.1 checked into Github.com
Roland Tanglao learns git by checking the Acquia Drupal 1.2.1 release into GitHub, with step-by-step commands for checking in, cloning and updating.
By Roland TanglaoA simple Ajax image gallery system for Drupal
A step-by-step technique for building an Ajax image gallery in Drupal 6 with CCK, Imagefield, Imagecache and Views 2.
By Hubert FlorinSMS Framework + FeedAPI = SIFT awesomeness for Fearless and Whistler
The Raincity SIFT Tool, an SMS, MMS and RSS social media aggregator built on Drupal, has been used successfully by Fearless City and Whistler.
By Roland TanglaoBADcamp Goodness at UC Berkeley
A feast of Drupalish delights was enjoyed in Berkeley, California at the weekend: a session-by-session report from BADcamp 08.
By Katherine BaileyÆgir Beta1 released - Built for hosting and managing multiple Drupal sites
Adrian Rossouw announced Ægir 0.1 Beta1, a set of Drupal modules for hosting and managing large numbers of Drupal sites from one front end.
By Dave OlsonThe best of the tech and activist worlds
Conference notes from DrupalCamp Seattle, Drupal Camp Victoria, Digital Identity World and Drupal Camp LA on open source, OpenID and infocards.
By Audrey FooDrupal Camp Victoria: The Novice's Take
As Raincity Studios’ newly anointed Project Manager, my first line of work was to be formally christened to “Drupalism”.
By Vanessa Chu3 Conferences in 2+ Weeks
Recently I have delved a little more into understanding more about topics related to distributed search and identity.
By Audrey Foo5th Theme Contributed by RCS to Drupal: Painted Wall
Working on, with and thanks to Drupal everyday, it seems just normal to contribute to it as much as we can.
By Hubert FlorinBryght Hosting -- DNS Flaw Resolution
A flaw in the DNS protocol, published as CVE-2008-1447, allows an attacker to spoof a DNS response. Here is how it was patched.
By Narayan NewtonDrupal Camps around the Northwest and Beyond
A compendium of recent Drupal Camps in Seattle, Alberta and Portland, with recap resources and a pre-announcement of Drupal Camp Victoria.
By Dave OlsonAn Introduction to Drupal Unit Testing
What unit testing is, why it matters, and how to get started with the Simpletest module in Drupal.
By Harry WangThe Lowdown on jQuery in Drupal - Part Three
jQuery Update ships jQuery 1.2.6 for Drupal 5 and 6; Drupal.theme and Drupal.t() in JavaScript; and modal dialogs in the admin via the Popups module.
By Katherine BaileyRaincity Studios "Basic" theme on Drupal.org
Raincity's internal Base5 theme, renamed Basic, is contributed to drupal.org for Drupal 5 and 6: clean HTML, SEO-friendly load order, fixed or fluid layout.
By Steve KruegerDatabase Migration Part II
Detailed steps and PHP code for importing legacy data into Drupal: mapping tables, content ownership, CCK fields, import order and path redirects.
By Audrey FooA Nicer TinyMCE Interface, Based on WordPress UI, and New Smileys
I worked on a better User Interface for TinyMCE, inspired by the new Wordpress interface.
By Hubert FlorinNew base theme for Drupal 6
Hubert Florin explains Raincity's lightweight Zen-derived base themes, base5 for Drupal 5 and the new base6 for Drupal 6, with fixed or liquid layouts.
By Hubert FlorinDatabase migration
Audrey Foo on migrating legacy databases into Drupal with node_save() scripts, plus shell scripts to list, describe and sample MySQL and Postgres tables.
By Audrey FooThe Lowdown on jQuery in Drupal - Part Two
Katherine Bailey on updating jQuery Update, Drupal 6's Drupal.behaviors pattern, the jQuery UI plugin, and ahah.js and tabledrag.js.
By Katherine BaileyProject outline and UI Design for an AJAX-powered Image Gallery Module
Hubert Florin outlines a flexible, node-based, AJAX-powered image gallery module for Drupal, with UI design goals and a reverse bounty plan.
By Hubert FlorinThe Lowdown on jQuery in Drupal - Part One
Katherine Bailey follows up her Drupal Camp Vancouver talk: how jQuery entered Drupal core, and the jQuery Update and Interface modules in Drupal 5.
By Katherine BaileyDrupalCamp Vancouver - Drupal Theming, from Design Draft to Theme
Slides, the Base5 base theme and the Nautica example theme files from Raincity's Drupal theming talk at DrupalCamp Vancouver.
By Mark YuasaSHDUG me mucho!
The third Shanghai Drupal User Group meet-up drew 30+ people for a more technical session on nodes, taxonomy, CCK, Views and theming.
By Ronan BerderUI design for Drupal modules
Drupal 6 brought welcome usability gains; the Views 2 UI work shows why contributed modules now need good interface design, not just functionality.
By Hubert FlorinHow to use Drush Locally with MAMP
A walkthrough for getting Drush, the Drupal command line shell, working on a local MAMP install by pointing it at MAMP's CLI-enabled PHP.
By Steve KruegerDrupalcon Boston & the iPhoneUnlockcon
A first-timer's look ahead at DrupalCon Boston 2008: the theming, design and development sessions worth catching, plus an iPhone unlocking meetup.
By Steve KruegerDrupal Theming, From Design Draft to Theme
A free Vancouver League of Drupalers talk at Raincity's Gastown office on Drupal theming from the ground up, with the topics covered.
By Mark YuasaNetscape - the end is nigh!
Netscape was discontinued on December 28, 2007: a nostalgic look back at early browsers, Communicator's email and the golden age of email.
By Roland TanglaoWeb Directions North - Boris Mann to Speak about Dynamic Systems
Boris Mann speaks at Web Directions North 2008 on the three stages of dynamic systems, from simple CMS to full web applications.
By Dave OlsonParkbench Chat About Web Standards and Accessibility - Raincity Radio
At Bay Area Drupal Camp, accessibility advocate William Lawrence talks with Dave O about making websites usable by all people.
By Dave OlsonSpread Firefox - Now even more Spreadable!
Raincity Studios and the Mozilla Foundation deploy an upgraded, Drupal-powered SpreadFirefox community site.
By Dave OlsonOpera CTO Publishes Open Letter to Microsoft
Opera CTO Hakon Wium Lie recently published an open letter to Microsoft to encourage them to make their IE browser standards compliant.
By Peter GordonThousands of lines of code, millions of dollars
Inspired by Ohloh, I've started work on a static analysis / code metrics tool specifically intended for PHP / Drupal.
By Djun KimBadcamp Rolls on - The message: Drupal is big
BADCamp session notes: scaling Drupal.org under massive traffic, and a case-study tour of popular and high-profile Drupal-powered sites.
By Dave OlsonBAD Behaviour Encouraged at Berkeley Camp
A Raincity Studios contingent is southern-bound for BAD Camp, the Bay Area Drupal Camp in Berkeley: a community-built conference.
By Dave OlsonWhat Would Seth Godin Do?
I developed the What Would Seth Godin Do? module, a Drupal 5 block that greets visitors with a friendly message for their first few visits.
By Richard ErikssonDrupalCamp LA 2007 and California Final Thoughts
Thoughts on DrupalCamp LA and this part of California: people, Drupal install profiles, deployment, theming, the venue and more.
By Roland TanglaoVancouver *is* TechCouver - Get on the Map
Dave O, the newly minted ambassador and erstwhile evangelist for Raincity Studios, offers a bit of commentary on the Vancouver tech scene.
By Dave OlsonBarcamp Vancouver wrap up!
It was great to be part of the organizing team of the second Barcamp in Vancouver.
By Robert Scalesemail2 - Security through privacy
email2 is the tool for you if you are looking for a hosted, secure email solution that helps you to observe regulatory requirements.
By Roland TanglaoTwo OpenID Screencasts
OpenID is an open decentralized identity framework where you can get your own identity and re-use it across the internet.
By Roland TanglaoJoyent meetup and thoughts on virtualization
Notes from the first Joyent meetup in Vancouver: application hosting, OS-level virtualization, and shipping production Xen images for local dev.
By Boris MannWebvisions 07 - Improving Interface Design, Part 2
Part II of notes from Garrett Dimon's WebVisions 2007 session: document and code better, avoid specialization, cut features.
By Mark YuasaUser Experience Design: Why Understanding People is the Most Important Thing
Todd Wilkens of Adaptive Path on the revival of user experience: to create great user experiences you must understand people.
By Erik HermansWebvisions 07 - Improving Interface Design
Notes from Garrett Dimon's WebVisions 2007 session on improving interface design: understanding design, cultivating culture, thinking critically.
By Mark YuasaSXSW: A Decade of Style
Day one at SXSW Interactive: the CSS panel moderated by Eric Meyer on the history, rise and current state of CSS.
By Erik HermansFuture of Open Source Software Panel at Vancouver PHP Conference 2007
How does Open Source affect the future of the software industry? Has Open Source "won"? A panel at the Vancouver PHP 2007 conference.
By Roland TanglaoYahoo Pipes - Check out Bryght Pipe
Go Yahoo go! Unix pipes for the Web generation! A first Yahoo Pipe that combines all the Bryght RSS feeds together.
By Roland TanglaoAuthenticated Distributed Search (OpenSearch, OpenID)
Approaches for authenticated distributed search across a network of secure Drupal sites using OpenSearch and OpenID, from naive HMAC to OpenID extensions.
By Steven WittensAnother week, another release, breaking my head on install profiles
A new bryghtbase release on Drupal 5, and the case for a library of CRUD functions to make Drupal install profiles easier.
By Boris MannOpenID Mashpit Vancouver Recap
Last night's OpenID Mashpit went well: a demo of work-in-progress code, clarity on Attribute Exchange, and a Drupal-based OpenID Provider for Bryght.
By James WalkerKidzworld: One Of The Largest Ruby On Rails Sites Ever Deployed
Kidzworld launches: a fully moderated, safe and secure social networking site for kids, built entirely in Ruby on Rails by Raincity.
By Megan ColeVirtualization and you
Boris Mann on how Xen virtualization changes web app hosting: reliability, resizing virtual servers and scaling with virtual clusters.
By Boris MannMultisite and Mass hosting Drupal
How Bryght built HostMaster for mass Drupal hosting, why it went GPL, and where multisite, networks of networks and OpenID identity were heading.
By Boris MannjQuery Menu Scout
Out of a whacky conversation on IRC comes the latest treat for Drupal 5.0: find any administration page with a couple of keystrokes.
By Steven WittensMicrosoft Expression Web
Microsoft is releasing a standards-based web design tool, Expression Web, alongside Office 2007, meant to replace FrontPage.
By Megan ColeFirefox 2 and IE7
Reviews and talk on both sides of the browser coin as Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's IE7 launch in the same week.
By Megan ColeTen Steps to Organizing a Barcamp
A ten-step guide to organizing a BarCamp: date, wiki and mailing list, graphics, promotion, volunteers, sponsors, venue and lift-off.
By Crystal WilliamsPodcast on the North Shore: Andre Charland & Nitobi
A podcast with Andre Charland of Nitobi on the North Shore, talking Nitobi, Grid 3.2, Ajax, doglotion and skiing.
By Megan ColeCaseCamp Vancouver
Last night I attended Vancouver's first CaseCamp, an un-conference focused on marketing that makes use of technology.
By Megan ColeReflection on Barcamp Shanghai
How China’s first barcamp came together in under a month: planning, sponsors, a blocked wiki, and 60+ participants in 19 sessions.
By Robert ScalesGovCamp in Brussels
Steve and I spent the day at GovCamp, an un-conference for government bodies learning Web 2.0 and social networking.
By Erik HermansFirst Ruby Meetup "A Hit"
This past week saw the first meetup for the Vancouver Ruby Brigade, and seventeen Rubyists turned up.
By Megan ColeIBM developerWorks Feedback, Best Practices for Maintaining Drupal Installs
Feedback on IBM developerWorks' Drupal article series, and best practices for multisite installs: local modules folders, CVS checkouts and symlinks.
By Boris MannWelcome To Now
Raincity Studios and Now Communications announce the launch of Nowgroup.com, a Drupal site with a custom theme and Flash.
By Megan ColeBarCamp Shanghai - The First BarCamp in China
Raincity Studios and Bryght are headed back to China and are helping to organize BarCamp, bringing it to Shanghai this September.
By Kris KrugBuilding Better HTML Emails
Mark Wyner gave a great and thorough talk on all the aspects to consider in building a better HTML email for you and your company.
By Megan ColeMatt Mullenweg: Scaling For Your First 100K Users
Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress and Akismet, led a session on getting those first 100,000 users.
By Megan ColeBlake Ross: Firefox
Blake Ross at Gnomedex on why Firefox was created: simplicity, a user-friendly browser for the general population — specifically, their parents.
By Megan ColeDrupal Camp Seattle 2006: Day One
General consensus after Day One: Wow, there's a lot to take in, share, gain, learn, absorb.
By Megan ColeDrupalCamp Toronto and BarCamp TDot
A report from Drupal Camp Toronto — CiviCRM, a "CiviCRM.ca" idea, site recipes and the Liquid Wiki module — and the first day of BarCamp TDot.
By Boris MannGoogle Summer of Code : ImageMagick Support
This year I have made time to be a mentor in the Google Summer of Code program, with a proposal for proper ImageMagick integration in Drupal.
By Adrian RossouwSelenium Powered Drupal Black Box Testing
I have a dream: everything in Drupal is automatically tested with both user-oriented black box tests and developer-oriented white box tests.
By Roland TanglaoScalable Static File Hosting and Some Thoughts on Amazon S3
Static file serving in Drupal requires an entire bootstrap. Here is an architecture for highly scalable static file serving outside Drupal, plus Amazon S3.
By Boris Mannnew robert scales dot org website design
After nearly a month of neglecting my blog, I am re-launching robert scales dot org with a beautiful new header design.
By Robert ScalesNotes from first Vancouver Drupal Users Group Meeting
Boris Mann's notes from the first Vancouver Drupal users group meetup: introductions, a CCK demo, the Views module and TinyMCE.
By Boris MannBill Burnham's Unified Theory for Web 2.0
Boris Mann on Bill Burnham's theory of search, social networking, structured blogging and RSS, and why Drupal suits the "Active Web".
By Boris MannNew Website: Lundin for Africa
Raincity Studios and Richards and Chan launch the Drupal website for Lundin for Life, a non-profit fundraising site for a motorbike expedition across Africa.
By Robert ScalesThe sad state of weblog APIs
Weblog APIs are really CMS publishing APIs, and their loose implementations hold back clients like ecto, Qumana and MarsEdit.
By Boris MannBarCamp Amsterdam 2005 People
I've uploaded my photo video of the people of BarCamp Amsterdam 2005 to several video sharing services, most of which transcode the video.
By Roland Tanglao[Drupal Con AMS 2005] Chris Messina on Microformats and Drupal
Session notes from DrupalCon Amsterdam 2005: Chris Messina on microformats principles, rel-tag, XFN, hCalendar, hCard and what they mean for Drupal.
By Roland TanglaoWeb 2.0 Conference: Launchpad
Notes on the startups presented at the Web 2.0 Conference Launchpad, from Socialtext and Rollyo to Zimbra, Flock and PubSub.
By Will PateLive feed to the BNMI's Interactive Screen 0.5
How to follow the Banff New Media Institute’s Interactive Screen 0.5 conference through its live audio feed.
By Robert ScalesSleepless in Banff
I don't know what's up with me these days, but I have been having a hard time sleeping.
By Robert ScalesOpen Source Momentum and the greatness of commodity
TinyMCE lands in WordPress and Drupal bundles: how open source momentum turns features like WYSIWYG editing into commodity.
By Boris MannStrathcona BIA Site Launches
We've finished the major work on the new Strathcona Business Improvement Association website, built with Capulet Communications on Drupal.
By Will PateOSCON aggregator has a blended RSS feed as well as an HTML page
The Event Blogging OSCON aggregator offers both an HTML page and a blended RSS feed combining Flickr, del.icio.us, PubSub, Technorati and Feedster.
By Roland TanglaoMicrosoft's Dean Hachamovitch - Gnomedex 2005
Live notes from Microsoft's Gnomedex 2005 session: RSS in Longhorn, the IE 7 demo, Simple List Extensions and the audience Q&A.
By Roland Tanglao37Signals Delivers Basecamp for Your Mom
Ta-da List takes the To-Dos from Basecamp, keeps the usable 37Signals experience, and makes it free.
By Mark YuasaReverse Bounties Round Two: RFF Portfolio Module
The first reverse bounty was a success: the securesite module is live on Drupal.org. Here is my Request for Funding for a portfolio.module.
By Boris MannDrupal "Theme Garden"
Coinciding with the 4.6 release, Drupal.org has started the Drupal Theme Garden, an homage to Dave Shea's CSS Zen Garden.
By Mark YuasaFive new contributed themes courtesy of the guys at GoodBasic.com
The folks over at Good Basic have been converting brilliant templates from other CMS packages into Drupal templates.
By Adrian RossouwPreview: CS2, Not to be Confused with CSS
Like death and taxes, regular updates to Adobe's indispensible software are inevitable. This CS2 upgrade might be worth it.
By Mark YuasaWeb 2.0: The PHP Layer Cake
Notes from a Web 2.0 talk at the Vancouver PHP Users Group: the web application layer cake, with a Greasemonkey demo and user scripts.
By Boris MannReverse Bounties
A "reverse bounty" is a concept I was discussing at the 2005 Drupal conference.
By Boris MannDrupal and Raincity, Sitting in a Tree...
We've hit upon a brilliant platform in our pursuit of Web 2.0: it's called Drupal.
By Mark YuasaWeb 2.0 Definition - Under Construction
Roland pointed to the Web 2.0 Wikipedia entry and suggested some updates. I had a look and deleted some links to specific companies.
By Boris MannYahoo! To Launch "Mingle" Later This Month
Yahoo! prepares Yahoo 360, a service blending blogging and social networking with its popular features.
By Robert ScalesWikipedia Entry For Web 2.0 is almost right
I would define Web 2.0 as a web site or web app with clean URLs, standards-based code, syndication, aggregation, clean APIs and easy updating.
By Roland TanglaoAll "Not so Quiet" on the Browsers Front
New stats on web browser market share: Firefox climbs to 8.45 percent as Internet Explorer drops below 90 percent.
By Robert ScalesAny Computer, Anywhere
Web-based applications when away from your station: getting by with Basecamp, Blogger, Drupal and the Web Developer extension.
By Mark YuasaThe Future of SEO
Are home pages on their way out? In 2005, Robert predicted visitors would arrive through any page a search engine surfaced, and sites should be designed for it.
By Robert ScalesCSS: Creating Style With Standards, Part V
Columnar layout, the meat and potatoes of CSS: building a two-column page with floats instead of tables.
By Mark YuasaShane Birley and VB Creative
Shane Birley is working on a ton of Drupal-related websites, two of which are live today: Shanesworld.ca and Vicious Bunny Creative.
By Boris MannBook Review: Defensive Design for the Web
Defensive Design for the Web by 37 Signals is “Do’s and Don’ts” for Web User Experience.
By Mark YuasaEasy image insertion with HTMLArea and UploadImage plugin
Pretty much all the points in the Development Seed post are addressed by HTMLArea's UploadImage plugin for Drupal.
By Boris MannWebsite Optimizations for Better SEO
SEO starts long before submission: plan, design and develop with web standards, make your content indexable, and build it right the first time.
By Robert ScalesRaincity Studios Interviews Dave Shea, Part I
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dave Shea of CSS Zen Garden and Mezzoblue fame.
By Mark YuasaCSS: Creating Style with Standards, Part IV
Print designers often find it difficult to make the transition to Web for one primary reason: Typography on the Web sucks. Or does it?
By Mark YuasaCSS/XHTML Presentations
Microsoft's PowerPoint isn't a tool that will help you stand out anymore. Some key players in CSS are building presentations with web standards instead.
By Mark YuasaForecasting: Web Design in 2005
Forty Media has put together a short-and-sassy list of web design predictions entitled: Web Design in 2005.
By Mark YuasaThe Standard in Your Native Language?
In 2004, automated translation let The Standard reach readers in French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese. A Montreal-born author weighs in.
By Robert ScalesLesson: CSS, Creating Style with Standards, Part III
What if I told you that today, your site's source code could be reduced by two-thirds, saving you an equal amount of your bandwidth every month?
By Mark YuasaLazy Person's Guide to being a NewsMaster Part 3: How to be a NewsMaster
The process and how-to guide for being a NewsMaster: pick keywords, subscribe to them via RSS, and blog to join the conversation.
By Roland TanglaoHow Search Engines Rank Sites
Keyword prominence, placement and inbound links, plus what a month of standards-based development and blogging did for Raincity's own traffic.
By Robert ScalesLesson: CSS, Creating Style with Standards, Part II
One of the key philosophies of standards-based web design is the separation of Behaviour from Presentation and Structure.
By Mark YuasaReview: Basecamp Project Management System
How a two-partner studio juggling six clients found its answer to lost emails and slipping meetings: 37signals' Basecamp.
By Robert ScalesBook Review: Web Standards Solutions
I first came across Simplebits while searching for a layout solution to a job that meant real money to me. I came, I read, I learned.
By Mark YuasaBuilding 21st Century Websites with Weblogs and RSS with Darren Barefoot
Notes, reflections and redux from co-presenting Building 21st Century Websites with Weblogs and RSS with Darren Barefoot at New Media BC.
By Roland TanglaoLesson: CSS, Creating Style with Standards, Part I
What if I told you that today, your site's source code could be reduced by two-thirds, saving you an equal amount of your bandwidth every month?
By Mark YuasaSeminar: Building 21st Century Websites with Weblogs and RSS
The RCS team recently attended the NMBC seminar Building 21st Century Websites with Weblogs and RSS.
By Raincity StudiosBook Review: The Art & Science of Web Design
The book is admittedly dated (2000), but even in the aftermath of the "dot-bomb," Art & Science still has much to offer.
By Mark YuasaThe 'Fox Has Landed
Yay! Firefox 1.0 is here!
By Mark YuasaBook Review: Designing With Web Standards
Just what are Web Standards? This book answers that question with aplomb.
By Mark YuasaAudio of Dries' Presentation to the Vancouver PHP Association
Late last month, Dries Buytaert presented Drupal to the Vancouver PHP Association, and I recorded it on my Powerbook.
By Richard ErikssonBryght is a HOSTED open source stack using LAMP + D
Like SpikeSource, Bryght offers a stack of open source software; the Bryght stack is LAMP + Drupal, or what I call LAMP+D.
By Roland TanglaoTomorrow's Communities
Whether you're an open source project, a business, or an individual, your community is key.
By Boris MannDrupal theme garden - powered by the new template system.
The Drupal Theme Garden, built in the mould of the CSS Zen Garden, lets you test out the available Drupal themes.
By Adrian RossouwThe Impact on Them Is About Zero
People who know their business want to write about it without worrying about technical details: with HTMLArea in Drupal, the impact on them is about zero.
By Richard ErikssonJust say NO to internal email - use tools like Bryght sites that generate RSS!
Who needs email free Fridays when your organization doesn't use internal email every day?
By Roland TanglaoSocial reading
David Weinberger asks about "social reading". How does one build a social reading site with Drupal?
By Boris MannGeo-something
Today we aggregate RSS feeds based on our interests. Bring geographic information into it, and we might be notified of happenings in our area.
By Boris MannHypothesise a new competitor product
Reading Adam Kalsey's post on the future of Movable Type and Six Apart, a comment describes a competitor that sounds a lot like Bryght.
By Boris MannDynamic vs. Static
Feeds make blogs look like news sites to crawlers: dynamic, updated, relevant content keeps people coming back.
By Boris MannYour business deserves to be found.
Tell us about your project. We answer in English or French, and we travel anywhere in the MRC de Papineau.