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Namaste Publishing Online Global Community and Store

by Erik Hermans - Apr 30/2010

Over the past few months, The Jibe has been hard at work on the re-launch of Namaste Publishing's website. We are proud to say that the site is now live!

Namaste Publishing: Homepage Screen Shot

Background

Namaste Publishing is a successful Canadian-based publishing house with a worldwide presence. Their goal was to have a website that could be easily updated, with an online store and space for their customers to learn and share. Drupal, with its flexible content management and social media capabilities, and Übercart, a great contributed e-commerce suite, were an excellent match for this project.

The development and launch of Namaste Publishing's website was a collaborative effort between Boxcar Marketing, Raincity Studios, Lift Studios and Namaste Publishing. The Jibe was brought on to assist with the implementation of Übercart, as well as other development components such as data import, performance optimization, Views, and content type setup (requiring complex content relationships and specialized categorization and taxonomies).

MyMacs.ca - Customer Engagement through Social Media

by Ben Holt - Jan 25/2010

The Jibe is very pleased to have recently launched the MyMacs.ca web site. The site was produced in conjunction with 612 Creative, who were the lead contractor and provided project management and graphic design, Blackwave Creative, who developed the Flash-based pirate game, and ourselves, who did the back-end web development, implemented the design, and provided the server system administration.

My Macs Website

It is still early days for MyMacs.ca, however it has already enjoyed important successes. Most impressively, in the two months since launch over 5500 people have created an account on the site!

Sending Emails with Attachments using Messaging Framework in Drupal

by Francis Pilon - Jan 19/2010

Recently, a client of ours asked us to provide functionality to their site that would automatically send out emails with an attachment on a regular basis. Quick research on email file attachments with Drupal proved to be very slim and inconclusive until I caught a related thread for the Notifications Add-ons project.

Final Week to Register for Front End Drupal Training with Emma Jane Hogbin

by Steve Krueger - Jan 04/2010

Today marks the 1 week deadline to register for the Front End Drupal Training session with Emma Jane Hogbin which will be taking place at the W2 Community Arts Centre in Vancouver on January 11th. If you haven't registered already and are interested in taking a bigger leap into the Drupalsphere, I'd suggest you go register! All registrants will receive a free copy of Front End Drupal: Designing, Theming, Scripting.

What to Expect

Front End Drupal is 100% focused on issues of site design, behavior, usability, and management. The focus is to show how to style Drupal sites, make the most of Drupal’s powerful templating system, build sophisticated community sites, streamline site management, and build more portable, flexible themes.

  • Prepare and organize content so it’s easier to integrate into Drupal Web sites
  • Structure Drupal page templates that are easy to work with
  • Configure Drupal with the modules and browser tools you need to customize your site
  • Utilize Drupal’s Starter Themes and themes converted from WordPress, Joomla!™, and Drupal 5.x
  • Maximize the power and usability of Drupal’s content editing forms
  • Build usable community sites with user profiles, comments, and user-generated content



If you need more information regarding this event, please check out the registration page. See you there!

Big thanks to...

Irwin Oostindie (aka Dutchphoto) and W2 (http://www.creativetechnology.org/) for their generous accommodation on such short notice.

W2 is a world-class community media arts centre in Vancouver's DTES (Downtown Eastside) opening in Spring 2010. W2 will feature a 150-capacity performance space, community TV studio, FM radio station, gallery, social enterprise café, letterpress studio, telepresence and mobile media programs, and more.

Until we open at Woodward's, we are based at the Perel Building across the street (112 W Hastings), and running programs and media arts residencies.

Front End Drupal Training with Emma Jane Hogbin in Vancouver

by Steve Krueger - Dec 16/2009

Emma Jane Hogbin, author of Front End Drupal, is coming to Vancouver and we want you to have the opportunity to learn and interact with the best. If you're just starting out or eager to take your Drupal skills to a new level, be sure to join the Vancouver Drupal community for a day of theming fun.

For Event Signups, please visit: http://frontenddrupal-vancouver.eventbrite.com/