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Making Sense of Drupal Development

I distinctly remember my initial impression of Drupal: “why in the world would I use this?” Roughly 2 years ago, Drupal was a confusing landscape of terminology, technology and arcane methodologies – to me, at least. For a time, I considered treating it strictly as a job requirement, and avoiding it on a personal level. Luckily, my stubborn nature got the better of me, and here I am, extolling the virtues of Drupal, practically on a daily basis. What prompted this radical shift in perspective?

Have you ever had the perfect name for your company or product but you couldn't use it because it was already taken? Gene Simmons was in a similar situation when he was originally putting his band together - tons of other groups were performing under the name "Kiss". Luckily, Gene had the foresight to trademark "Kiss" and "KISS" for use in audio recordings, which prevented any other band from releasing music under the same name.

Many people believe that managing your social networks can be as easy as having an intern or assistant post status updates or tweets. Oftentimes when I ask clients what their social media strategy is, the most common answer I hear is that simply posting updates is more or less their game plan. Ultimately, though, a good social strategy is more than just "shouting" online and hoping someone out there will hear you.

Debates keep arising about the importance of an artist or business maintaining their own website vs. utilizing only social networks, and for good reason. About a year ago, Digital Music News posted an article that outlined the top 16 reasons to own your own website. We at MCN have always stressed the importance of making your website the central hub and "end all be all&q

I recently published an article on my personal blog about using AJAX/AHAH in Drupal, and I thought I might reference it here, just in case it helps point anyone in the right direction. For the non-developer audience, the functionality I'm referring to has been widely popularized around the internet and is what allows you to create and retrieve content on a webpage without having to refresh it (think posting a Facebook status or Tweet).