Awakened Voice

I’ve long believed that Drupal would make a great platform for everything from a single podcast to an entire network of podcasts. In general Drupal has been a bit short on modules that make podcasting easier but that has changed recently so now is a good time to point out what I’ve learned.
Why Drupal Is [...]

I think that WordPress would be a lot more useful as website and blogging tool if two areas of the functionality were improved.
WordPress sidebar widgets are a big step up from earlier versions where you had to code by hand to place and arrange different items in the sidebar. But what I really like to [...]

I want to congratulate Dries Buytaert and his team over at Acquia on the news that they have gained funding for their Drupal focused startup. According to their website, “Acquia is a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal web collaboration and publishing platform.”
Acquia is much like [...]

I’ve said before that I believe there will be millions of social networks on the web in the future. These networks may consist of just a few people up to thousands of people. If you think about it every family could have a social network. Every sports team could sprout a social network. Fans of [...]

I’m a big fan of both Drupal and WordPress. So it was great to see via Weblog Tools Collection that a module has been developed to integrate WordPress into a Drupal install.
Key features are single sign-on and synchronization of user profile data. I haven’t tried it yet but will be interested in doing so soon. [...]

What can I say? I can’t help but document processes that I see as important in building sites around Drupal. The result is a video tutorial on creating a custom content type (via CCK) and a corresponding view using Drupal.
You can find the full resolution QuickTime version over in the Awakened Voice Learning Center. Or [...]

One of the things that absolutely blows my mind is how passionate members of the open source community are about the tools that they make and use. When I started doing screencasts last summer I didn’t really have any road map with respect to the tools that I would cover. I decided to focus on [...]

I have added a new tutorial to the Learning Center. This one shows you how to add video to a site based on the Drupal content management platform. Check it out here.
[tags]Social Media, Drupal, Video, Screencast, Educational, How To, Open Source[/tags]

Are rumors of the death of the traditional webmaster greatly exaggerated? Maybe not. I’ve stated previously that a new type of webmaster is needed in order to leverage the powerful new tools available to those doing business via the web.
This video features Drupal founder Dries Buytaert speaking at the Open Source CMS Summit at Yahoo! [...]

A post on Drupal.org has announced that a book titled Pro Drupal Development is now shipping.
Based on the comment in the announcement that, “Many heavy hitters in the Drupal community contributed to the book by reviewing drafts and offering suggestions and improvements.” I’d have to say that this book is worth a look for anyone [...]