DrupalCon LA Spotlight
The Drupal community gathered in Tinseltown for the 2015 DrupalCon, and Promet Source was there to partake in the all the lights, camera and action. Check out some of our photos from the event below!...
View ArticleA Break from the Ordinary at DrupalCon Los Angeles
Normally I’m sitting at home in Iowa, rocking the boxer shorts on the couch. The Xbox controller is in arm’s reach. Or maybe I’m tearing up a single track course on my mountain bike. But this week,...
View ArticleManaging Remote Team Members The Promet Way
Managing a remote team isn’t remotely easy. While many people get excited about the perceived freedoms of working at home (no dress code! building your own workspace! unfettered access to the couch!),...
View ArticleOpen Source's Impact on Government
.GOV Websites Declare Independence from Proprietary CMS Solutions Relying on proprietary CMS solutions in the government space would inevitably lead to disgruntled users who consistently remark on the...
View ArticleBetter Debugging: Conversations with Duckie
Learning to Strategize & Plan with Help from an Inanimate Friend Ever wondered what the best sounding board for a debugging plan might be? If you could describe the ideal listener, which qualities...
View ArticleFeature Branch Workflow the Promet Way
When you’re wrangling a slightly larger team of devs as we do here at Promet, the importance of strict naming conventions becomes apparent pretty quickly. Take the commonly referenced Git workflow from...
View ArticleResponsive Design Testing the Promet Way
Responsive design is a watchword for many web design gurus, and it has become a kind of unspoken rule for online experiences: If your website can’t respond to users on every device, then it is an...
View ArticleWHITEHOUSE.GOV Puts Open Source on the Map
Obama's presidency has been marked by a number of technological firsts: Obama's been unofficially dubbed the "social media President" as he was the first sitting US president to have a twitter account,...
View ArticleLessons from #INBOUND15 for a Drupal Shop
The INBOUND 2015 conference rocked downtown Boston last week with a lineup of insightful speakers, hilarious headliners like Amy Schumer and an overall electric atmosphere that was further amped up by...
View ArticleIlluminating a Path to D8's Stable Release Version
A Commitment to Drupal Promet Source is proud to have a longstanding commitment to Drupal that dates back to 2009. The release of Drupal 8 was greeted with a sense of relief and hard-earned...
View ArticleThanks for a great camp, Ohio!
Drupal Talks, Training & Code Sprint in Columbus The community gathered on The Ohio State University campus in Columbus to share ideas about a wide range of topics, including:- Tips on building...
View ArticleThe Drive for Open Government
White House Reveals Action Plan for Open Source Projects Can the government be as open and accessible as a git repository? That’s the aim of an ongoing program that’s being touted by the Obama...
View ArticleA Guide to Working with Your Drupal Support Team
There’s a familiar refrain to many group discussions. The speaker will encourage participation from all peers, but gets no response, then reminds everyone that “there’s no such thing as a stupid...
View ArticleA Different Look at Drupal 8 for Executives
A Powerful CMS for Powerful Sites A content management system for the masses. Sounds almost too good to be true, doesn’t it?The issue with a mass-marketed CMS is that content needs and workflows will...
View ArticleDrupal 8's Chicago Connection
Chicago is Drupal 8's home sweet homeThat's right, Drupal 8 was born in the City of the Big Shoulders, that Midwestern metropolis where monsters roam the midway, hot dogs never come with ketchup and...
View ArticleTuning Drupal Site Performance with Load Storm and New Relic
When load testing, we simulate user interaction with a website, increase the frequency or the number of interactions and collect the results of system usage, then analyze them to aid system improvement...
View ArticleOur Experience Building Production Sites on Drupal 8
The Promet Source team put together a Drupal 8 site for DrupalCamp Cebu. The camp was going to happen some time before the official release of Drupal 8.0.0, a date that was still unknown to us when we...
View ArticleHow Drupal 8 Improves CI and Automated Testing
The End-to-end Testing Revolution in Drupal 8When we discuss Continuos Integration, one of the core principles is a process for self-testing your Drupal site build. Automated testing was a thorny...
View ArticleYour Guide to Drupal Support for 2016
If 2015 was a good year for your Drupal site then first let me say kudos. Well done! If it wasn't such a good year then you have my sympathy. More importantly, you have support -- Drupal Support!Use...
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