Autocomplete Deluxe Released for D8
I am excited to announce that the D8 port of the Autocomplete Deluxe module has been released in “beta”! What does it do?The Autocomplete Deluxe module provides a widget that enhances the default...
View ArticleBlockchain: Long Thoughts
First thoughts...It has always been said that “the book is better than the movie.” This blog post gives a behind-the-scenes look at the writing that inspired the Friday 5 video.Why?Due to the...
View ArticleThe Path(auto) Less Traveled
Building URL Aliases Based on Specific ConditionsHave you ever needed to generate URL aliases for an entity based on specific set of conditions? I was recently on a Drupal 8 project that needed the...
View ArticleThe Race for Mobile Traffic: Facebook Instant Articles, AMP, Apple News, and...
If you haven’t heard, Facebook’s often-criticized Instant Articles service recently received an update to support publishing to Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP for brevity) and Apple News (still not...
View ArticleInfographic: Drupal vs Adobe vs Sitecore
There’s a lot of information to sift through when comparing enterprise-level Content Management Systems (CMS) — features, functionality, cost, and more. In our recent whitepaper, we give you the pros...
View ArticleAsk an Open Source Security Expert: What Can We Learn From the Equifax Hack?
Although the most likely cause of the massive Equifax data breach was the firm’s own failure to patch a two-month-old bug, the inherent security of open source software has become a trending topic in...
View ArticleA Brief History of Google’s V8 Javascript Engine
Javascript has a reputation in developer circles as a terrible language. It’s classless, loosely typed, and plagued by cross browser issues. Douglas Crockford, author of JavaScript: The Good Parts,...
View ArticleRe-Learning Accessibility for a Decoupled Front End
Recently I was lucky enough to catch a workshop by Brian Sinclair entitled 'Accessibility: The Basics and Beyond'. The workshop was part of the DinosaurJS conference in Denver CO.As part of the...
View ArticleMediacurrent Wins Three Nominations at 2017 Acquia Engage Conference
Mediacurrent has been selected as finalists for the 2017 Acquia Engage Awards in the categories of Financial Services, Travel and Tourism, and Digital Experience. These awards recognize the amazing...
View ArticleWebinar Recap: Security by Design - An Introduction to Drupal Security
With cybercrime on the rise, securing data in Drupal has become a hot topic for developers and project stakeholders alike.In our latest webinar, we were joined by three Drupal security experts from...
View ArticleAnnouncing Mediacurrent Labs
Mediacurrent’s commitment to innovation has been clear since our founding ten years ago. From helping spearhead the Atlanta Drupal community in our early days, to architecting the world’s...
View ArticleDrupalCamp Atlanta 2017 Highlights
It's official: the countdown to DrupalCamp Atlanta is on. In just two weeks (November 2 - November 4), Mediacurrent will proudly sponsor another great camp in Buckhead, the tech center of ATL. Known...
View ArticleTop 4 Takeaways from Acquia Engage
This October, Mediacurrent was excited to participate in our 4th Acquia Engage conference in Boston. As returning sponsors we enjoyed connecting with friends, partners, customers and potential...
View Article7 Ways to Evaluate the Security and Stability of Drupal Contrib Modules
Keeping up with Drupal security updates is key to protecting your site, but assessing contrib module security before implementation is just as important. In a new guest post on the Pantheon blog,...
View ArticleContent as the Common Language of Web Development
If there’s one thing I learned while attending DrupalCon Baltimore 2017 this past spring, it’s that those of us involved in building the web are only getting more and more specialized in how we help...
View ArticleDiversity at Mediacurrent: A Path Forward
The issue of workforce diversity has been in the news a lot lately, and rightfully so. Diversity data is pretty dismal, particularly in the technology industry. Essentially, there is a long history of...
View ArticleAnnotate to Communicate
Someone once said, “if you have to explain the joke, it takes the fun out of it.” Well, the same can be said for designing a website. Explaining the important and sometimes technical details can be a...
View ArticleUX Design Evolution: Top UI/UX Design Trends for 2018
As we begin a fresh, brand-spanking-new year, several UX design practices and technologies stand out as the most exciting and relevant. While they are not all necessarily bleeding edge or super trendy,...
View ArticleDo Drupal and Digital Right in 2018: Know Where and How to Start
When you’re solely focused on Digital Strategy and Drupal as your open source website and web application development framework like Mediacurrent has been for the last 10 years, you’re deeply invested...
View ArticlePower your Drupal 8 Project with Docksal
Hello and welcome to my first blog post for Mediacurrent! Today’s post will be all about Docksal and how it can help you get up and running developing on Drupal 8 quickly and easily. This post was...
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