Talking Drupal Newsletter #354
Talking Drupal Newsletter #354
Episode #354 OpenSource.com
Today we are talking about OpenSource.com with AmyJune Hineline.
Topics
OpenSource.ccom
Content on the site
RedHat
IBM
Is OpenSource.com open source?
Who can contribute
What makes a good article
Are contributors financially compensated
How large is the community
Drupal
Lifecycle of an article
Outdated articles
Publishing schedule
Resources
To submit an article or ask AJ questions: open@opensource.com
Guests
AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick
Hosts
Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Donna Bungard - @dbungard
Module of the Week
Only One
The Allow a content type only once module allows the creation of Only One content per language in the selected content types for this configuration.
Upcoming Episodes
#356 Book Module with Chad Hester. Recording on July 12.
#357 GraphQL with Alexander Varwijk. Recording on July 19.
#358 Project Browser Update with Leslie Glynn and Tim Plunkett. Recording July 26.
#359 Ryan Price’s Topic of choice. Recording August 2.
Chad’s Book Corner
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek wrote several books about leadership. "Start with Why" is a great starting point to lead with empathy and purpose. Learn how to develop fundamental understandings to shape more success!
by Chad Hester @chadkhester www.chadkhester.com
Project Browser is Alpha
“We are happy to release an alpha to the community so we can get feedback on the UI and have some folks start to kick the tires” — Chris Well.
Demo:
The Project Browser makes it easy for site builders to find modules. Once selected, instructions are provided on how to install the modules on your site. This browser lives inside the Drupal site itself, which means you don't need to leave your site in order to look for modules.
The UI is intended to be faster and easier to use, with enhanced filtering capabilities to provide a streamlined view of projects. This is a decoupled component that queries the Drupal.org API in real time to ensure that the content is easily accessible and up to date.
Our goal is to make it easier to find and install modules for people that are (1) new to Drupal and that are (2) site builders. Developers will also find this valuable since it provides them with the composer commands to get the modules.
New Module: Views User Term Filter
View User Term Filter allows a site builder to build a view whose results will be automatically filtered to a taxonomy term set in the visitor's profile.
For example, if a site categorizes content by region, that site can allow registered users to specify their own region in. their profile. This module provides an easy way to show each user content that has been tagged for the region they've specified in their profile.
For anonymous users, this filter will show all results.
It's also worth noting that this module doesn't (yet) perform any validation that the vocabulary targets for the two taxonomy terms reference field actually align (e.g. use a common vocabulary), which could mean that no results would ever show for the view.
If instead of filtering results you'd prefer to boost search results that align to a user's profile, check out Search API Solr Boost By User Term.
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