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Oct 19 2009

Progressive Enhancement in Practice

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Published by Scott

It's one thing to talk about the importance of progressive enhancement. But how does it actually work in practice? Let's take a look at a specific example from a recently launched site.

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Sep 30 2009

Data Imports with Migrate and Table Wizard

Published by Brad

Many of the Drupal projects we're working on currently have large imports of legacy data. Brad walks through the process of the import he's recently completed for NewsU.org

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Sep 28 2009

Embracing the Iterative Design Process

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Published by Joel

As a new Senior Designer at Aten, our design process seems fairly similar to how I've done things in the past, with one clear exception: the attitude surrounding design revisions.

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Sep 21 2009

Party for Friends of Drupal

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Published by Jon

This Thursday, we are opening up the old Aten office once again to throw a party for friends of Drupal and folks who make other interesting things on the Internet. Everyone is welcome.

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Sep 14 2009

A Brief History of HTML

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Published by Scott

Introductory articles on HTML5 are popping up all over the place. The backstory, the process by which HTML5 came to be is an interesting story, and should be useful in understanding the why of HTML5.

Sep 14 2009

DrupalCon Paris Debriefing

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Published by Jon

A week after DrupalCon Paris, our team is still talking about the conference, and trying to find some good crêpes.

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Aug 13 2009

Safely Querying CCK Data Types

Published by Brad

Due to shifting data within the CCK schema, directly querying tables can be hazardous if not done correctly. Here's a look at how to safely query CCK tables, with a little help from the CCK API.

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Aug 12 2009

Nice like Elevators with Progressive Enhancement

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Published by Scott

Elevators are nice. But if an architect designed a multi-story building with no stairs, he'd be immediately identified as unprofessional and probably fired. Some day the web will similarly dismiss websites without progressive enhancement.

Aug 12 2009

Creating a site-map

Published by Eric

Site-mapping, sadly, doesn't always get the love and attention that it deserves. So, site-map, here's your fifteen minutes. Bask in it.

Jul 9 2009

Source Control and Frisbee

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Published by Scott

It's really nice to be working at Aten, where everyone cares as much about things like source control as I do. And frisbee is nice too.

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