Consistency is the key to successful engineering teams. Here at Newmedia we are constantly seeking ways of providing tools to allow our engineers to be more efficient. The consistency is critical when understanding and managing the technical debt created by a team of intelligent people. One area we spend a fair amount of time focusing… Continue reading A Tool for Opscode Chef Cookbook Readme Generation
Better Living Through DevOps
A series of articles that cover how NEWMEDIA utilizes best practices to better secure and improve operational infrastructure. The DevOps movement is about enabling better collaboration between development and operational IT staff by automating operational processes. Done correctly, the implementation of DevOps methodologies enables increased productivity, allowing us to spend less time on the dreary… Continue reading Better Living Through DevOps
Walter White’s Blue Stuff: The Purity of Your Site
QA is the purity of your site. Just like Gale Boetticher could only achieve 96% purity of the meth, your ability to knock out the QA and wrap up your product only makes you a better website cook. Back Story: Breaking Bad is a series on AMC that deals with an ex-teacher turned meth chemist.… Continue reading Walter White’s Blue Stuff: The Purity of Your Site
Drupal PCI Compliance White Paper: Version 1.1 Released!
Version 3.0 of the PCI compliance standard becomes mandatory on January 1st, 2015 and will be a complete game changer for most Drupal eCommerce sites.Are you ready to meet the challenge? For those wanting to dive right in, simply click this link to download the white paper. Matt Kleve was spot on in his DrupalCon… Continue reading Drupal PCI Compliance White Paper: Version 1.1 Released!
DrupalCamp Colorado: My “Crossing the Rubicon” Moment
Contributing to and interacting with the Drupal community isn’t as scary or as daunting as you might think. My advice—take the plunge by attending a local meetup or camp and be open to the many opportunities that will start presenting themselves. It worked for me! Here’s my story… Looking back at my Drupal career, I… Continue reading DrupalCamp Colorado: My “Crossing the Rubicon” Moment
Working Through a Mixin: Part 2
In the previous post we setup a mixin that lets us create component layout styles where we can define how many components per row we want and how wide we would like the margin between those components to be. Now we’ll improve the mixin to work with different screen sizes with media queries! Part two of… Continue reading Working Through a Mixin: Part 2
Working Through a Mixin: Part 1
A step-by-step guide for working through the process of building a reusable Sass mixin. Part one of a two-part article: Working Through a Mixin: Part 2 The Back Story One of the UI design patterns that I often come across is a series of elements or components that sit next to and on top of one… Continue reading Working Through a Mixin: Part 1
Rems in Chrome: A Small Problem
Rems (Relative ems) are an awesome way of sizing text without using pixels. But there is an issue with rendering them in Chrome, which makes text wonky as can be. Luckily, there is a small workaround. If you are like us, you are using rems to define all your font size and falling back on… Continue reading Rems in Chrome: A Small Problem
Logo Size: Please stop.
A logo for a company is important, but it is not your site! A lot of people feel that their logo is the most important part of their site. And there is a point to this, it is that their logo is the only thing that represents their brand at this point. However, it is… Continue reading Logo Size: Please stop.
No Man is an Island
At NEWMEDIA, we pride ourselves on our ability to collaborate and work as a team. It is this mentality that has gotten us to where we are today and will lead us into the future as a successful company. During Drupalcon, the keynote on the first day talked about having a rock star on the… Continue reading No Man is an Island