Drupal.org downtime: 31st of October 2013, 15:00 UTC (08:00am PDT)
The Drupal.org D7 upgrade launch is confirmed. Today is Monday, 28th of October, we have 0 launch blocking issues and performance tests are looking fine. Therefore, we are going to launch on Thursday, October 31st, 2013.
What will the launch process be like?Drupal.org will be down for approximately 24 hours during deployment. It will be replaced by a static page with a download link for the latest Drupal release available. Sub-sites will stay online, but with user logins disabled. Both updates.drupal.org and ftp.drupal.org will stay online. drush make / dl will work fine, update status module as well.
We will start deployment around 15:00 UTC on October 31st. We expect the site to be back up by 15:00 UTC on November 1st.
We realize this will be a significant inconvenience for users who rely on Drupal.org, and will try to minimize downtime as much as possible.
What if there are problems? Do you have a backup plan?Yes, we do. If we encounter significant problems during migration, we will roll back to the Drupal 6 version of Drupal.org and restore with a backup made right before migration started.
How can I find out what’s going on during deployment?Twitter accounts to follow are @drupal_org and @drupal_infra . IRC channels: #drupal and #drupal-contribute.
What changes will I experience when the site comes back online?You can find information about the changes in functionality or UI in the Drupal.org D7 F.A.Q. Most pages on the site won’t change as far as layout or functionality. Our goal for this project was a straight port from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. The only place where you will see significant UI changes is the issue page. This blog post explains what is changing on the issue page and why in detail. In general Drupal 7 gives us more flexibility to implement new features and there will be a boost in performance for some of the pages.
Why aren’t we waiting and upgrading to Drupal 8 once it releases?The Drupal 7 upgrade began in March 2012. The upgrade took longer than we anticipated due to a variety of reasons that include the scale and complexity of Drupal.org and resource contstraints. We decided to push ahead and complete the Drupal 7 upgrade so Drupal.org can be on the latest release of Drupal, and so we can use the learnings in future upgrades.
Drupal 8 UX research studies: how you can help improve Drupal?
Usability studies are one of the best ways to keep improving Drupal 8. We want to speak with people who create or edit content on the web to take part in a UX research study to help improve Drupal 8.
This study will help us learn how content creators move between admin and non-admin interfaces. Editing content is a key part of working with Drupal, so understanding this interaction is essential.
Sign up for Drupal 8 usability study
There are a few ways you can help:
- You can help us recruit participants by retweeting the tweet below, post on your own social networks, and emailing friends to send people directly to the Drupal 8 usability study sign up form.
- You can sign yourself up as a participant.
- We also need people to help us observe, take notes and debrief after sessions (it’s a chance to get hands-on experience in UX research).
- If you have experience moderating usability studies, you can moderate some sessions too!
And, with a pool of willing participants, we'll have people we can reach out to for future studies.
If you’re interested in helping out on other Drupal User Experience issues, join us in IRC in #drupal-usability (particularly Mondays at 4:00PM Eastern Time) or follow along with issues posted in https://groups.drupal.org/usability.
Drupal.org Drupal 7 upgrade going live, prospective launch date and downtime
After a month-long Community QA, we are getting ready to deploy Drupal.org D7 upgrade. During the last couple of weeks we were limiting the number of ‘to-do before launch’ issues to those that are absolutely essential. Currently our launch blocker list consists of the 12 open issues.
We took a look at the upcoming Drupal events to find a quiet week, which won’t interfere with major camps and sprints, and..
Launch dateIf by Monday, 28 of October, launch blocker issue is down to 0, we plan to deploy the Drupal.org D7 upgrade on Thursday, 31 of October.
If by Monday, 28 of October, the launch blocker issue count is higher than 0, we will have to postpone deployment for a few weeks.
What will the launch look like?Drupal.org will be down for approximately 24 hours during deployment. It will be replaced by a static page with a download link for the latest Drupal release available. Sub-sites will stay online, but with user logins disabled. We realize this will be a significant inconvenience for users who rely on Drupal.org, and will try to bring it up as soon as possible.
We will start deployment around 15:00 UTC on October 31st. We expect the site to be back up by 15:00 UTC on November 1st.
Update: both updates.drupal.org and ftp.drupal.org will stay online. drush make / dl will work fine, update status module as well.
What if there are problems? Do you have a back up plan?Yes, we do. If we encounter significant problems during migration, we will roll back to the Drupal 6 version of Drupal.org and restore backup made right before migration started.
How can I find out what’s going on during deployment?Twitter accounts to follow are @drupal_org and @drupal_infra. IRC channels: #drupal and #drupal-contribute.
What changes will I see when the site comes back online?Most pages on the site won’t change. Our goal for this project was straight port from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. The only place where you will see significant UI changes is the issue page. Some time ago we wrote up this blog post, which explains what is changing and why in detail. We will also publish an F.A.Q. right before launch, which will list all changes you might encounter on the website.
How can I help?To ensure we are able to launch on time, you can help us by bringing launch blockers count to 0.
Here are the issues:
Drupal Core
#1289336: Calling node_view for the same node with multiple view modes on the same page does not correctly attach fields
#2001308: Node preview removes file values from node edit form for non-displayed items
Search API
#2110315: Specialized filter for users and terms
#1832356: Figure out how to dereference option lists with Search API
Project*
#2044475: D7: restore search page integration, or remove dead code
#2097927: Remove 'Update this issue' link next to main comment form when issue updaters are used to the new green button
#1991726: Move "Follow" button back to the sidebar
Other
#2090757: User timezone on git7site doesn't match the value on production
Работа drush блокируеться на сайте drupal.org
Меня заблокировали на сайте drupal.org после использования drush
Announcing Xtendify - Plugins and Themes Marketplace
We are pleased to announce Xtendify, a unique marketplace for plugin and theme developers. Its now easy to sell your awesome plugins and themes online with Xtendify.
- Get the most out of your plugins and themes with Xtendify's outrageous 75% commission. Become a featured developer to earn even more.
- Xtendify provides personalized profiles for developers. This will help create a brand among your customers.
- You can upload plugin and themes for multiple platforms - Prestashop, Magento, Bootstrap, Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress and many more. You name it we have it.
Sign up for Beta Account today!
Start SellingMail at support@xtendify.com in case of any questions.
Regards,
Xtendify Team
Update your Drupal.org profile with a gittip.com account, consider tipping on gittip
Gittip is a newish platform for paying people in appreciation of work they have done and continue to do. Payments are generally small (the average tipper tips $1.25 to 3 people) and are done on a weekly basis. The idea is to tip people a small amount on an ongoing basis in recognition of the small but real value you get from their work. Sound like a good match for Open Source Software? I think so too.
Compared to other systems like Flattr, Gittip has lower fees and is easier to find a community like the Drupal Community. We also now have a "Gittip URL" field on drupal.org profiles to make it easier to find people who you want to give to.
How can you leverage this new field?
- Go to Gittip.com and login with twitter, github or bitbucket Oauth.
- Enter a name for your account to get a url
- Go to your drupal.org account and edit your account, click on the "Personal information" sub-tab
How can you leverage gittip?
- Find someone on Gittip who does work in the Drupal community that you appreciate OR look at their profile on drupal.org to see their gittip url
- Start tipping them
- Smile at how easy it was to support some of the people who make Drupal successful
1 Million Users on Drupal.org!
If you have been on Drupal.org today, you may have noticed something interesting near the bottom of the page. At some point during the past 24 hours, the millionth user joined Drupal.org!
It is tempting to overlook those statistics at the bottom of the page because our eyes tend to skip over what they see repeatedly. But it’s worth taking a moment to think about it. 228 countries. 181 languages. And counting.
As Dries pointed out in his keynote at Prague, more than 1,600 people have contributed to Drupal 8. That's nearly double the number of contributors for Drupal 7!
The Drupal community is truly global and it's always growing, always moving forward, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Here's to the next 1 million!
At-Large Board Elections Announced
Congratulations to Mortendk and Matthew Saunders, our newly elected Directors at Large, representing the community on the board of the Drupal Association. Please join me in thanking all the candidates who put themselves forward to stand for election.
This was our third community election for the rebooted Drupal Association. We've learned a lot along the way and made some minor adjustments as we went, but it´s always good to reflect in the process, and perhaps reassess how we go about this in the future. We're excited to welcome Matthew to the board and have Morten continue on for another year.
In late 2011 we had a series of discussions on groups.drupal.org about how we should elect community representatives to the board. You can review those discussions online.
This year we've heard and share the community´s disappointment about the lack of diversity amongst the candidates and welcome everyone's ideas on how to ensure we reach out wider next time. If you know great people who would be willing to serve on the board, please help us and encourage them to nominate themselves next year.
We also need to encourage more people to vote. This year 668 people cast their vote. That is 0.36% of eligible voters, which compares with last year when 0.55% of eligible voters cast a vote. Voting was open for 6 days, as opposed to 2 weeks last year. So that may well be a factor in the lower turn-out. Nonetheless we should explore the reasons, and find ways to engage more of our community in this process in the future. We´ll be opening discussion on the elections on groups.drupal.org and invite all those interested to share their thoughts.
Finally, I'd really like to thank Tatiana, Neil and Holly for taking on the work of running the elections, and outgoing community board member Pedro Cambra not only for wrangling the election software, but for being so great to work with over the past year.
مشاهدة مباراة ريال مدريد والتش اون لاين بث مباشر
مشاهدة مباراة ريال مدريد والتش بث مباشر اون لاين بدون تقطيع علي النت يوتيوب فيديو مباشرة الان بث حي لايف بجودة عالية علي قناة الجزيرة الرياضية موعد ولقاء مباراة ريال مدريد والتش
اضغط هناااااااااا لمشاهدة المباراة
اضغط هناااااااااا لمشاهدة المباراة
Drupal Developer permanent position in Melbourne
Drupal 6/7 Developer 3yrs +
We are looking for a Drupal Developer to work in a solid team of relaxed and fun-loving creative professionals.
It is a key role in a small technical team, so you will need to be able to participate in scoping and development of all shapes and sizes (brochure sites to large budget solutions).
Skills required for the role:
3+ years experience with Drupal 6/7 including development of modules, themeing and deployment
MySQL, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript knowledge
Integration of Drupal websites with existing client applications and/or third-party platforms
Strong English language skills important
Scoping and accurate estimations
Experience with version control
Resolves or escalates issues in a timely fashion
mobile technologies would be great.
Please send a resume if interested to rob@wiserecruitment.com.au
Drupal Association At-Large Board Elections: 2 days left to vote!
Voting is now open for the 2013 At-Large Board positions for the Drupal Association! If you haven't yet, check out the candidate profiles and review the Meet the Candidate sessions (first and second) that we held. Get to know your candidates, and then get ready vote.
How does voting work? Voting is open to all individuals who have a Drupal.org account by the time nominations open and who have logged in at least once in the past year. These individuals' accounts will be added to the voters list on association.drupal.org and they will have access to the voting.
To vote, you will rank candidates in order of your preference (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). The results will be calculated using an "instant runoff" method. For an accessible explanation of how instant runoff vote tabulation works, see videos linked in this discussion.
Elections will be held from September 15, 2013 through September 19, 2013. During this period, you can review and comment on candidate profiles on association.drupal.org and engage all candidates through posting to the Drupal Association group.
Have questions? Contact Drupal Association Executive Director Holly Ross.
Drupal.org D7 Upgrade: Ready for Community QA!
It’s time! After almost a year and a half of work we are at the finish line. D7 Drupal.org is open for community QA. We invite you all to login to the site, look around, do some of the things you usually do on Drupal.org and report any bugs or problems you encounter. Community QA will last for at least 3 weeks. The launch date will be sometime after DrupalCon Prague and will depend on how many bugs you find. :)
Before You StartFor this upgrade project our goal was a straight port to Drupal 7. No major regressions, no major new features. And indeed nearly all sections and pages on D7 Drupal.org will look the same as they do now on Drupal 6. There is only one page which will change significantly - the issue page. Awhile ago we wrote a detailed explanation of the changes and why they had to happen. Please be sure to review the post before going to the QA site.
Note that patch testing on the QA site may be somewhat delayed relative to production, but with patience, should be fully functional.
Ready to Do Some QA?Great! We’ve set up a dedicated issue queue for the process. You’ll find instructions on the project page: https://drupal.org/project/d7qa.
We’ve also set up an #drupal-d7qa IRC channel on Freenode, a place for QA participants to talk to each other and the development team.
Any Video Tutorial Available?Good question. In preparation for the community QA Melissa Anderson and Neil Drumm held a QA orientation session, where they talked about our QA server, and where and how to report issues. They also briefly showed the new Drupal.org issue pages. The recording is available below:
Now go and check out D7 Drupal.org! We do hope you’ll like it.
Filament Games is seeking an experienced Web Designer!
9/9/2013
Filament Games is seeking an experienced web designer to help us launch an internal product line of learning games, as well as deliver on the quality expectations of our nation-wide client base. Our clients include iCivics, the Institute of Play, MIT, and other nationally prominent educational institutions with major web properties. Filament believes in making educational web resources that shine. This means we are looking for someone who:
-Can design on par with the top US educational sites
-Can design rich but usable user interfaces
-Knows the ropes when it comes to browser compatibility and mobile web development
Job duties include:
-Create designs based on current trends and best practices
-Define and enforce style guides for each site
-Mentor junior designers
-Collaborate with product owners to create unique web designs
-Revise designs based on user and stakeholder feedback
-Design typography, iconography, and visual accents to go with the core design
-Implement design in HTML and CSS
-Stay current on the latest tools and methodologies
A successful Designer will:
-Create designs that are aesthetically appealing to the target audience, thorough, and extensible
-Work collaboratively with other members of the web team
-Produce work with few obvious visual defects in the designs and implementations
Location: Our Madison, WI office or Telecommute
Required Experience:
-5 years of professional web development experience
-Two implemented designs for national or international brands
-One implemented design with rich interactivity or novel functionality
Required Skills:
-Expert in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
-Proficient in responsive design
-Proficient with HTML and CSS
-Capable of creating top quality designs and assets
Desired Skills:
-Proficient with SASS, LESS, or similar CSS processing language
-Familiar with new Adobe web design tools such Adobe Edge and Breakpoint
-Experience theming a Content Management System such as Wordpress or Drupal
Personal Characteristics:
-Highly creative
-Detail oriented
-Highly-developed aesthetic sense
To apply, please visit our website at http://www.filamentgames.com/jobs and click “READ MORE” next to the position in which you are interested. After reading through the entire job description, click the “APPLY NOW” button at the bottom of the job posting. Please note that specific information or materials are requested for each job posting. Be sure to include the requested information, or your application will not be reviewed.
Drupid 1.1.5 released: sync makefiles and sites
Hi folks,
I'm pleased to announce a new release of Drupid, a tool that helps you keep your sites synchronized with your makefiles! This release has some new features and a lot of bug fixes.
http://lifepillar.github.io/drupid/
Happy syncing!
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