Talking Drupal Newsletter #453
#453 Urban Institute
Today we are talking about Urban Institute, What they do, and How they use Drupal with guest Josh Miller. We’ll also cover Access Unpublished as our module of the week.
Topics
Tell us how you got started with Drupal
What does Urban Institute do
What do you do at Urban Institute
Number of people on dev team
Number of sites
How does Urban Institute use Drupal
Are you using a custom upstream
How many sites on Drupal 7
Are you doing Page builders
What kind of front end tools do you use
What is the preferred local development tool
Why did Urban Institute choose Drupal
What is the hardest part of using Drupal at a large non profit
What is the most interesting interactive experience you have built for Urban Institute
Resources
Urban Institute
https://www.urban.org/
https://datacatalog.urban.org
https://upward-mobility.urban.org/
Post-recording
Guests
Josh Miller - joshmiller
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Randy Fay - rfay
Module of the Week
with Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
This is an easy to use module that grants access to view unpublished content (node, media, anything that implements EntityPublishedInterface) to anyone who has a unique URL and appropriate permissions. This module is useful for proofreaders, content checkers etc. Webmaster does not need to create user accounts and can keep the website safer. Each content item has its own unique access URL.
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by John Picozzi
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The above quote summarizes the theme of this years DrupalCon Portland Driesnote perfectly. Not in the sense that we are going to build Drupal to go to the moon, even though at one point it did power NASA.gov. In the sense that bringing Drupal to the next level won't be easy, but it is a necessity to spur innovation and community growth.
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Continue reading at picozzi.com.
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71045-3
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