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12 Mar 2013, by Mike C

Calling the Drupal API on the command line

If you're trying to trouble shoot problems on a Drupal site and need to get some information out of Drupal then using the command line can get you answers quick.

Traditionally calling any of the Drupal API functions to diagnose something would require peppering your modules with temporary debug code, or writing a whole new module to call API functions and display results.

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25 Feb 2013, by Steph H

A New look for New Teachers in 2013

We have recently launched a revamped site for Times Education targetting newly qualified teachers with the NUT.

New Teachers is a core asset of Times Education, providing teaching tips, resources, online live advice chat and the latest job vacancies for new teachers.

Ixis have worked with Times Education for 4 years, providing development and consultancy support to a range of sites including assets for headteachers and the provision of careers guidance for schools. We also provide a hosting and support infrastructure that ensures the sites are secure and performing especially under heavy traffic loads at peak times.

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24 Feb 2013, by Mike C

Drupal Sprint Weekend Getting Closer

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Drupal 8 needs as much prodding along as it can get to make the anticipated winter 2013 launch.

With the launch in mind the next worldwide sprint weekend is coming up just after the London DrupalCamp weekend - on the 9th & 10th of March. Yes Mothering Sunday is also on the 10th in the UK so make sure you don't forget those ladies in your life inbetween git pushing code.

The global Drupal event calendar Drupical is doing a nice job of keeping a record of the sprint events coming up over the next few months.

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30 Jan 2013, by Chris H

Drupal Karting

At Drupalcamp North West it hit me that we don't actually see other Drupal companies as much we should outside of a Drupalcon/camp, so I decided to do something about it.

The first Drupal Social event was Drupal Karting, which saw a few Northern Drupal companies get together on a weekend away from work.

The guys from Livelink were a few seconds a lap quicker than the rest of us, with Jonny Glancy and Richard Lyon leading joint first into the final with Chris Cohen from Tigerfish 3rd and myself and Ashley Wright ending up 4th and 5th.

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22 Nov 2012, by Chris H

Ixis acquires Leafish

We have agreed and completed an acquisition of fellow UK North West based Drupal agency Leafish.

This latest move marks the culmination of a significant 12 months for Ixis, which has been appointed to the UK government’s G-Cloud I and II procurement programmes and secured significant contracts with the British Council and charities VSO and International Alert.

The deal will see Leafish directors Paul Byrne and Dylan Sides join the company as part of the acquisition to expand our Drupal hosting & development skillset with their combined experience of over 16 years dedicated to Drupal.

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5 Nov 2012, by Steph H

Ixis are backing DrupalCamp NW 2012

Ixis are delighted to be sponsoring the forthcoming DrupalCamp North West, which is being held at Salford University’s business school at MediaCity UK.

The event is the brainchild of the North West Drupal User Group, bringing together developers, themers and those using, or interested in, Drupal and will be held on 23-25 November.

Friday is entitled Drupal Means Business - giving delegates and businesses the opportunity to network with potential partners and learn from enthusiasts in the digital industry. The business day is aimed at Digital Managers, Marketing Managers and IT Procurement Managers.

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1 Oct 2012, by Steph H

Working with the Public Sector on Open Source

September saw our ‘Helping the Public Sector with Open Source’ campaign kick-off at the Efficient ICT 2012 conference in London.

As well as launching our hugely popular pocketsize guide to open source (OS) and Drupal, Ixis teamed up with the British Council to deliver a seminar detailing the view from both sides of the coin – the supplier and the public sector organisation switching from proprietary frameworks to OS.

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10 Sep 2012, by Steph H

Ixis has a delivery of little ones

Ixis has taken delivery of a new batch of little ones being welcomed into the family as we speak.  

The new set of limited edition Druplicons are pantone matched to the Drupal logo and in my opinion, superior to their brothers. We will be distributing these along with our pocket sized guide to Drupal at our roadshow events, starting this Thursday at Efficient ICT 2012 in London.  

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6 Jun 2012, by Mike B

Drupal 7 subfolder multisite install

Recently we had to create a Drupal 7 multisite install that used subfolders of a single domain, rather than the standard sub domain approach.

This proved to be quite the challenge but we found the following solution courtesy of some lengthy discussion on the #drupal-uk IRC channel.

We were surprised about the lack of documentation or blog posts around such a set-up so for the future we're documenting the process.

Setting up each sub-site

In your Drupal document root create a symlink for each of your sites to the same document root folder:

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17 May 2012, by Mike C

The EU Cookie Crunch Update

Following on from last months initial release of the Cookie Control module for Drupal 7 there has been an increase in blog posts and talk both in and outside of the Drupal world about the implications and solutions to getting sites compliant in time for May 26th 2012.

This week the UK Government revealed that their own sites (some running on Drupal) will not be compliant in time for the deadline! While government websites do not carry advertising, cookies are still used to carry out various tasks, such as helping site administrators monitor levels of traffic.

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