Drupal

In case you missed it, Drupal 7 Alpha was recently released for testing. That means all Drupal developers who want to get involved in fixing bugs and kinks can help out with making Drupal 7 the best release to date. If you are interested in helping the greater good, visit www.drupalgardens.com for more details.

Our friends over at learnbythedrop.com have put together a preview of Drupal 7 Alpha in the video below. Enjoy!

Yesterday, Dries Buytaert announced the upcoming Drupal Association 2010 election on his personal blog. On March 1st, 2010, elections will be held for new Permanent Members to the General Assembly (Applications are due by February 22nd). The General Assembly will then select the Board of Directors, who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations. More information on who the Drupal Association is, what they do, and why you should care, are after the jump. Read more »

By now, you should be familiar with the popular “Hitler Meme” or “Hitler finds out” video meme involving the addition of new sub-titles to the dramatic scene of Hitler’s final meltdown from the German movie, Downfall, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The subtitles are altered with humorous English subtitles surrounding current events.

Below is the Hitler meme about Drupal 7, which has recently hit the Internet around the time Drupal 7 Alpha 1 was released for testing. This appears to be a compliment for the Open Source sensation reaching video meme parody status! Enjoy!

Just last Friday, Drupal celebrated its ninth birthday. Not too shabby, seeing as Drupal 6 was recently anointed as the runaway success story in Open Source of 2009. Since 2001, Drupal has released 6 full versions and is on schedule to release Drupal 7 in 2010. They would like to release it sooner rather than later and, in fact, have asked for its developer community’s help to expedite the release. Drupal 7.0 Alpha 1 has officially been released for download and testing.

The Drupal 7 Alpha 1 is an alpha version, which means that it should not be used for production sites. They expect at least one more alpha version, followed by a few beta versions, before Drupal 7.0 is finalized and released. After nearly two years of development, the alpha version includes tons of new features and improvements for both users and developers. Here is a quick overview of what changes you may expect to see from Drupal 7: Read more »

Today marks the day, nine years ago, that founder Dries Buytaert released Drupal 1.0.0., the first of what is now 6 full releases, the last release being deemed the runaway success story in open source of 2009. It started as a hobby for Dries and is quickly turning into a social publishing, digital revolution. Happy birthday, Drupal! from all of us at Volacci. Read more »

Yesterday, Acquia, the enterprise guide to social publishing and almost all things Drupal, announced their new ‘Social Publishing for Open Government’ program. This program is designed to provide agencies a seamless platform to successfully meet the requirements of the new Open Government Directive (OGD). Read more »