Friday, October 16

How to win a fight with Solr

Sometimes configuring the set up with Solr on various platforms seems like going toe to toe with Mike Tyson. In this talk I would like to give you an ear full on how to set up solr config with your local development (Docksal) and make sure the configuration can smoothly transition to your hosting services (various).

Facets in Drupal 8: supercharged filtering of listings

Facets is in many ways an alternative to views exposed filters – although they can work together as well. When integrated with the SOLR Search Api, Facets can also provide performance benefits.

Can Drupal be the de-coupled CMS that marketers also love?

If you look at Google search trends for "De-coupled CMS" or go through the agenda of various Drupal Cons/Camps, you will see a steady rise since late 2015. Yes, we know that front end developers who have a preference for modern JS frameworks such as React and Angular love the idea of de-coupled Drupal. But what about marketers or other CMS users? Are they on board with loosing traditional CMS features such as drag & drop page builders, content preview etc, which they have been using for a over a decade?

Lessons from the trenches of a veteran PM who went remote

Life as a remote PM has its own challenges. It can be stressful and hard to adapt especially after working in an office environment. I had to change a lot of my own processes to have successful projects and happy teams when transitioning to remote project management three years ago. Come commiserate and learn solutions!    In this session we'll: 

Implementing a top notch search and social media meta tag strategy

Do you want to enhance the look of your content on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest? Do you want to get included in rich search features in Google? Do you want to be prepared for what comes next? Configuring the correct metadata on your content can help boost the chances of it outperforming its competition in search results and on social media sites, and help your organization achieve its goals.

Mic Check! How life as an activist prepared me to be a Drupal PM

The skills of an activist and the skills of a Drupal PM are less disparate than they may seem. Activists motivate and coordinate large groups of people, often with differing ideas, without the resources agencies possess. Before becoming a Drupal project manager, Lily Berman (among other similar endeavors) led a political canvass office and a traveling nonprofit organization.

Making a better community, better software, and a better world

In 2020 there can be no denying that we live in a culture that is deeply unjust in ways that impact all of us in ways large and small. In spite of the best intentions, inequality persists and grows. Why is bias so pervasive, even in communities built on principles of openness and accessibility to all? And why is it critical that every member of the Drupal community understand and do something about this?

Layout Building in Drupal

When Drupal 8 introduced it's Layout Discovery API the manner in which Drupal websites were designed, built, and maintained drastically shifted. With that quickly came solutions like Layout Builder, Entity Reference with Layout, and Layout Paragraphs that allowed editors to not only manage the content on their websites, but to also manage that content's presentation.

How to get involved in non-code contribution

This session will be about volunteering and open source contribution. A journey about what you can do for Drupal and what it can do for you. 

Managing People: The Art & The Science

As a project manager, I’m often tasked with managing client schedules, timelines, meetings, tasks and recaps. However, the most complex and difficult deliverable I’m responsible for every day: managing people. Fortunately, I've found a way to manage people combining the art of the individual and meeting them where they're most comfortable utilizing the science behind why they're comfortable there.