All the Avid tips are still here, and I've even added some tutorials there too (with more planned for the future).

Some content has been removed in order to streamline the site. If there's something you'd like to get that's no longer posted, feel free to contact me and I'll see if I can make it available for you.

I hope you like the new design. While it was a lot of work on my part, it couldn't have been done without a significant amount of assistance from others in the Drupal Community (BTW, that's the Drupal logo over there).

If you have any thoughts about the site's transformation or ideas for improvements / additions, send me an email.

Cheers!

Benjamin

    
Below are miscellaneous items that may be of interest...

From TechPresident.com:
"WhiteHouse.gov has gone Drupal. After months of planning, says an Obama Administration source, the White House has ditched the proprietary content management system that had been in place since the days of the Bush Administration in favor of the latest version of the open-source Drupal software..." Read entire story »

From C&L.com:
"So what does this change at whitehouse.gov mean for all of us? Well its the first big step towards a more robust whitehouse.gov website. A perfect explanation comes from the founder of Drupal, Dries Buytaert:

First of all, I think Drupal is a perfect match for President Barack Obama's push for an open and transparent government -- Drupal provides a great mix of traditional web content management features and social features that enable open communication and participation. This combination is what we refer to as social publishing and is why so many people use Drupal. Furthermore, I think Drupal is a great fit in terms of President Barack Obama's desire to reduce cost and to act quickly. Drupal's flexibility and modularity enables organizations to build sites quickly at lower cost than most other systems. In other words, Drupal is a great match for the U.S. government.

Imagine a new way to communicate with the White House that is as simple as sending a message on Facebook? That possibility will be very simple with the power of Drupal behind them.

This change also signifies what happens when we have a tech-savvy President sitting in the Oval Office. As matter of fact President Obama was the one who personally directed the powers to be to make the change:

The move from the old proprietary CMS which has been used by WhiteHouse.gov since the Bush Administration was a result of several months of planning as instructed by none other than Pres. Obama himself.  It was a much needed switch as the Obama administration gears up for a more socially relevant and interactive government through the use of online social media tools.

Instead of paying a single company major dollars to develop software, the White House has made a move towards major savings and being able to use that money to give its citizens better tools to find out exactly what is happening.

The government is a prefect consumer for the open source model. Instead of every member of Congress, government agency or court house having to pay programmers to build private software, they can save money and make more robust sites by using open source software. In turn they can also give back to that software by releasing any custom code they might use. Read entire story »

Hershleder.com has some new features. On "The Humor Page" as well as the "Avid Information, Tips & Tutorials" page, I've added the ability for visitors to rate, comment on, and link directly to entries.

I'll also be adding at least one video tutorial each month or so, along with any other Avid news or stories that seem like they might be of interest.

If you have a suggestion for any section of the site, let me know.

Cheers,

Benjamin

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