OpenLayers Tutorial for Drupal 7

Submitted by nathaniel.hoag
on February 27, 2012 - 6:23pm

The documentation for how to set up OpenLayers in Drupal 7 is sparse. Here's a first run set of steps to build a location-based view that utilizes geofields from a custom "Location" content type.

Tags: 
openlayers
drupal
tutorial
geofield
overlay
views

Getting Acquainted with SASS and Compass

Submitted by nathaniel.hoag
on February 27, 2012 - 4:20am

A few weeks back I decided to take the plunge into SASS (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets) and the amazing SASS companion framework, Compass. A recent CSS preprocessor convert by way of LESS, I was compelled to pick up SASS through a presentation at Western Mass Drupal Camp given by Claudina Sarahe (@itsmisscs). In her presentation, Claudina demonstrated basic SASS and Compass concepts, along with the take-away that Compass is largely the thing that makes SASS stand out from other CSS

Tags: 
SASS
Compass
mixin
framework
CSS

rST: More than Meets the Eye

Submitted by nathaniel.hoag
on February 13, 2012 - 2:29pm

rST (short for reStructuredText) is a simple document syntax from which you can rapidly generate rich PDFs, link-laden HTML pages, and a variety of other formats on the fly. One of the optional projects for Acquia U has been to review and update an internal course manual on Drupal 7 Module Development, which is written in reStructuredText.

Here's a Gist with sample rST. I used TexLive to convert the code from this Gist into the below PDF (added as an attachment).

Sphinx is a library that

Tags: 
rST
reStructuredText
documentation
acquia

Acquia U: The Fire-hose

Submitted by nathaniel.hoag
on February 6, 2012 - 4:54am

Two weeks of Acquia U have gone by in the blink of an eye. The program's immersive style coupled with mountains of information has kept us on our toes and helped us to pick up lots of information at a very fast clip. There have been times that I've felt the rising water level of project deadlines and information overload, but the Acquia U team is doing a great job of distributing the load and generally exceeding expectations.

Tags: 
acquia
cli
drush
sql-sync
rsync
git
devcloud

Acquia U: The Beginning

Submitted by nathaniel.hoag
on January 24, 2012 - 2:25am

Week One of Acquia U has been a very rich experience. Our group of eight "Ubies" have collectively gained a lot of new skills and a much better understanding of the various moving pieces at Acquia. I can already sense that our group is emerging as a diverse and high-functioning team.

The energy at Acquia is absolutely amazing. To be part of such a highly productive and successful company is a great feeling, and highly motivating on a personal level.

Tags: 
acquia
training
new staff