In Drupal-lamp we usually have a private virtual machine when in development. Under this scenario you can only access the site from the host machine where you spun up. However, there are situations where you would want the vm to be available to other devices on your network. (e.g., testing a site on a mobile … Continued
We have a need at NEWMEDIA for certain Drupal settings and configurations to be present in production, in staging, and while on a development machine. I will be outlining the problem and a solution we use here at NEWMEDIA. Problem We develop and release sites at NEWMEDIA in phased releases. During each iteration new functionality … Continued
NEWMEDIA has been honored with a recognition by Denver Business Journal in its selection of “Top Denver-Area Software Developers.” April 29, 2014– Announcing a special recognition appearing in the March, 2014 issue of Denver Business Journal, New Media Solutions was selected for the following honor: “Top Denver-Area Software Developers.” This is quite an honor for … Continued
NEWMEDIA has been honored with a recognition by Denver Business Journal in its selection of 2014’s “Top Denver-Area Web Developers/Designers.” April 29, 2014– Announcing a special recognition appearing in the March, 2014 issue of Denver Business Journal, New Media Solutions was selected for the following honor: “Top Denver-Area Web Developers/Designers.” In fact, we were ranked … Continued
A challenge faced by users of Open Source lies in understanding how to properly evaluate and use a given piece of code. Let’s walk through evaluating and getting set up to work with an opscode chef cookbook in the context of our ideal system. These examples will focus on our nmdbase cookbook from a development … Continued
Managing dependencies is a difficult task in any system. Bundler makes it almost enjoyable for Ruby! Bundler is a dependency manager for Ruby. Projects that are cognizant of dependency management are more favorable than those that rely on manual management. Bundler creates project (or folder) specific bundles of gems with specific versions for that project’s … Continued
In this post we learn to manage Ruby versions with the Ruby Version Manager or RVM. Ruby is a useful language and we use it extensively. As developers we need the ability to quickly move between installed versions of Ruby as necessary to work against. This need was recently highlighted by the release of OSX … Continued
People sometimes ask us why we have chosen to make Opening Day a NEWMEDIA paid holiday every year. For the answer, just look outside! Seriously, the answer is simple, and this year once again demonstrated exactly why. With neighborhood crowds estimated at around 100,000 people, swarming literally outside the front door of the NEWMEDIA offices, … Continued
Ahhhhh Awesome! It’s time to edit your content, said no one ever. Really, if one just sits in front of a computer and begins to type, something (be it relevant or not) is going to make its way on the screen. Which is really cool if you think about it. I can create when ever … Continued
A guide to interesting writing Hello. Is it that time again? Man, where do our lives go? So what is it that we are covering this week? Ohhhh, right. Adding voice to your content. Let me see, I have some stuff around here to help me with this lesson. Where is it……ahh here we are. … Continued
