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Custom Storage Solution in time for Bike to Work Week

As the weather warms and we quickly head into summer, the office environment is changing here at Aten. On milder days we open the large bay door comprising the back wall of our common work area and enjoy the fresh air and cool breezes of Colorado. It’s a real privilege to work in such a creative space while enjoying the beautiful, natural environment.

Painlessly Migrate from Wordpress to Drupal

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to migrate content from Wordpress to Drupal.

Versions in use: Wordpress 3.3.2 & Drupal 7.12

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Painlessly Migrate from Wordpress to Drupal from Aten Design Group on Vimeo.

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Denver Drupal Meetup Recap, April 2012

The first post-DrupalCon meetup in Denver had a great turnout. Many new people, hungry for more Drupal. And pizza. Our pizza vendor kindly threw in an extra pizza to thank us for ordering so much. And the local Drupalistas rose to the challenge and ate it all. We ate it up.

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Changing Up to Drupal

The past month has been filled with so many exciting changes it has taken a few weeks for it all to settle in. Between taking a developer position with Aten, traveling out to Denver for my first DrupalCon and driving a truck full of my stuff across Kansas, the opportunities for change have been abundant.

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Return to Aten

After eight years of other work in other places, I have returned to Aten Design Group as the resident Studio Manager. I have a bit of a different role this time, and while there’s plenty of new responsibilities, there’s a lot of work I’ve been able to jump right back into, too. The team has gotten bigger, Denver is awesome, and I’m excited to be back.

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OpenAid: A Drupal Distribution for NGOs and Non-Profits

Today we published the first recommended release for OpenAid, a Drupal 7 distribution created to help non-profits, NGOs, and international development projects create program-focused websites quickly. The platform provides simple, baseline features commonly needed in the field of international development -- including home page image carousels, multi-author blogs, project profiles, mapping, image galleries, a basic responsive theme, and more. You can download the code, give feedback on OpenAid’s features, and contribute to the project at http://drupal.org/project/openaid.

DrupalCon Denver: Aten's Highlights

Last week the annual North American DrupalCon was held here in Denver. The Aten team was involved with DruplaCon Denver in a variety of ways last week and the months leading up to the event.

Aten Design Group was chosen by the Drupal Association as the design lead for DrupalCon Denver. We worked with the local community to create the branding, website design, and over one hundred other assets, including signs, banners, badglets and presentation templates.

It’s Spring in Colonial Williamsburg

In celebration of the change of seasons, last week we rolled out a spring map for Colonial Williamsburg’s Tour the Town. The map features updated colors, blooming flowers, and other features highlighting the beautiful spring weather in Williamsburg.

You should check it out at http://tour.history.org.

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Commemorating the International Day for the Right to Truth

Last week we helped the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) launch "Can You Handle the Truth?", a multimedia presentation honoring victims' rights to know the facts about human rights violations perpetrated against them.

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OMG IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!!!

Forgive us; it's hard to contain the excitement: DrupalCon Denver is less than a week away. That's right -- less than a week until the sessions, the BoFs, the parties, the reconnecting with old friends, the making of new friends, exploring business opportunities, seeing the next big Drupal thing... did we mention the parties? It's going to be great.

To celebrate, we're giving away a Denver-made Never Summer snowboard, and hosting a little soiree in our offices Wednesday night. Interested? Please read on...

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