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14 May 2013Like the ’90s, Drupal really is alive in Portland, the city made popular again from the much-watched TV show, Portlandia. Portland is the homebase for the Drupal Association and host for this year’s DrupalCon, Drupal’s largest North American conference. This will be Forum One’s biggest presence at DrupalCon since we went to our first conference in Washington, DC, in 2009. We’ll have 17 web developers, project managers, and strategists attending the event...
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10 May 2013I’m excited to announce that Riccardo de Marchi Trevisan has joined Forum One as a Project Director. In his new role, Riccardo will help us expand Forum One’s work in delivering digital solutions to support organizations focused on international development. Prior to joining Forum One, Riccardo spent the last seven years as a product manager and partnership manager for Development Gateway, an international nonprofit that “delivers information solutions to the people on the...
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25 Apr 2013Health Datapalooza is fast approaching! The event, June 3-4 in Washington DC, is the largest and most consequential national conference focusing on health data. With everything from a coding sprint to a health data apps expo, everyone has his or her own reasons for attending. My top five reasons for going include: Big Data is changing everything. Health is a three trillion dollar economy. The Affordable Care Act has opened the doors for massive reform. Wow. Talk about a...
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24 Apr 2013Black Duck Software recently released the results of its 7th annual “Future of Open Source” survey, and one data point in particular caught my eye. When you think of the world’s largest and most recognized open source communities, they tend to focus on projects that are either lower on the computing stack and organized to address infrastructure needs (think Apache’s & Redhat’s projects), or consumer-focused (like Mozilla’s projects), or issue-focused (...
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22 Apr 2013Recently, Forum One and our client, Center for Global Development (CGD), re-launched their website, CGDev.org, as a more intuitive and interactive experience on the content management system Drupal. CGD is an organization that works to reduce and reverse inequality and poverty trends internationally through a combination of research development and influence in the policy community. They have amassed a team of respected and invested resident experts. These experts provide compelling and...
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22 Apr 2013Two months ago, I moved from Forum One’s headquarters in Washington, DC to Charleston, SC and now I work as a full-time remote employee. When I was making my decision on where my life should next take me, I stumbled across an article in Fast Company entitled "Introducing "Silicon Harbor": Charleston, SC, Home Of TwitPic And Amazon's CreateSpace," by Shane Snow. It reinforced that Charleston is not only a great place to live, but would be a great place for me to take my...
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19 Apr 2013Last week, at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Minneapolis, Forum One attendees were busy making the most of the annual nationwide meet up of technologists and non-profiteers. Our conference presentations included data strategy, mobile strategy, Drupal upgrades, and Drupal Administration. We exhibited, spotted industry trends, learned from others and drank beer. Below are our key insights from this year’s conference and our expectations for future NTCs. ...
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16 Apr 2013Whenever you migrate your website, it’s easy to spoil your search rankings. Whether moving to Drupal from another CMS or a previous version of Drupal, there are a number of steps you can take to preserve your site’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Take a look at the steps and resources we've identified to help keep your site the top result for relevant searches. Step 1: Minimize changes to key site and page attributes Avoid making any changes to the following three during a...
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15 Apr 2013Sites using shared databases for tables like shared users are great for sharing users between sites. It works for many other entities as well. The tricky part is using Solr indexing on this content. The way Solr indexes things is when a new entity that should be indexed is added it is marked for Solr indexing as well. This works great but it's limitation is that the Solr index itself is stored in the current site's database. This means that if you have Site A and Site B and Site A adds a user (...
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15 Apr 2013On April 17 Brian Verhoeven will speak at the fourth annual Clarvit Design Week at the University of Maryland. His talk will focus on Design as communication and it how visual design decisions can impact ‘truth.’ He will provide the a framework to craft and evaluate their visual communication artifacts. This series of design events is made possible through the generous contribution of the Clarvit family. The UMD Department of Art faculty and students are grateful for their support...
