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  • Aug 25, 2010
    Aegir's new home, release updates, and DrupalCon
    The Aegir Project has just launched its new home - aegirproject.org. Right now this site is just a placeholder, but we'd like to turn this space into a resource for documentation, release announcements, and community discussion. We'd love to hear...
  • Aug 25, 2010
    Open Atrium goes Kit compliant
    Yesterday we released Open Atrium 1.0 Beta 8 (aka "Seatbelts"). This release makes some of the biggest changes to Open Atrium since the Beta 4 release last winter, focusing on compatibility, accessibility, and stability. Compatibility Eight...
  • Aug 20, 2010
    Excited to talk Drupal distros, Features, Feeds, Kit, and more
    In the next few days a good portion of our team will be traveling to Copenhagen, where more than 1,000 Drupal developers will be gathering for the latest DrupalCon. We're looking forward to catching up with folks on what they've been up to since San...
  • Aug 9, 2010
    Come by to talk talk Drupal over some cold beers
    The August Drupal meetup in Washington, DC is tonight - August 9 - at 7:00 pm. We're taking a month off from our usual format of prepared lightning talks and instead will focus on having conversations over beers - more of a Drupal happy hour than a...
  • A look at the latest Aegir release and what's coming before a stable 0.4
    The Aegir project just released Aegir 0.4 alpha 9 and with it comes some exciting new features. The biggest, and which I previously wrote about, is multi-server support, meaning that Aegir now can host websites on any number of web or database...
  • Jul 27, 2010
    Deployment with a safety net
    We now write Drush Make files for even our smallest one-off builds. This discipline saves us time and makes us more efficient as a team by knowing what code actually powers a site. It also helps us transition projects to our partners or to the shops...
  • Jul 23, 2010
    Drupal Peru is hosting another Camp this Saturday, July 24
    Tomorrow I am headed to DrupalCamp Perú Invierno where roughly fifty Drupalers will get together to talk about topics ranging from installing Drupal to writing your first module to using Drush for simplified site building. I will present on how...
  • Jul 21, 2010
    HaitiAidMap.org opens up operational data
    HaitiAidMap.org launched this past week with a large data update. The site maps hundreds of projects in Haiti being run by dozens of NGOs operating on the ground. This visual linking of project data to organizations, clusters, and communes is key...
  • Jul 12, 2010
    The July Drupal Meetup in Washington, DC is tonight (7/12) at 7:00 pm
    The July Washington, DC Drupal meetup is happening tonight at 7:00 pm at Stetson's Bar and Grill. It should be a fun event, with three interesting lightning talks on the schedule: Jeff Eaton will talk about smallcore, the movement in Drupal to...
  • Summary of the architecture changes that will be in the next release of Aegir
    The next Aegir release will enable managing sites across multiple servers. This means that you no longer need to have Aegir on the same box as your site, and you can even migrate your sites between servers. Big sites can now also be spread across...