Clayton speaks at events around the world on topics including Free Software, Platform Cooperatives and Cooperative Business Structures.

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Thanks Indieweb module for Drupal!

We received the go-ahead from Studio Daniel Libeskind to take their web site live a few weeks ago, but it was presenting here at Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit that we realized we should mention it to the world.

The architect partners and their one-woman public relations powerhouse are fantastic, as was the project's driving force and designer, Todd Linkner.  We'll be sharing much more about this project, but in the meantime, enjoy this bold site:

http://daniel-libeskind.com

Photo courtesy of Women of Color in Tech stock images. CC Attribution License

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Practical individual resources for opting out of surveillance

Things you can do personally and without too much difficulty to get a little more free from Nineteen Eighty-Four style government oppression and surveillance capitalism.  (But remember, the most important and impactful things will require collective action!)

• PRISM Break
• Electronic Frontier Foundation's Surveillance Self-Defense
• Micky's blog post on daily business operations using (privacy-protecting) free software

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Getting an audio player to show on your content nodes only takes a few steps. However, like many things in Drupal, knowing what those few steps are can be a bit of a challenge. This short guide will provide a basic introduction for anyone looking to use this core functionality on their site.

Step 1: Enable the Media module

The media module is available in Drupal core, and just needs to be enabled.

Step 2: Create a new Media type

In the admin toolbar, navigate to Structure > Media types > Add media type
You may or may not have specific needs that determine how you name your media type. I simply named mine Audio file, and then selected Audio file for the Media source selection field. Don't forget to click save.

Step 3: Create an entity reference field on the entity type that should contain your audio player

In the most basic case, you will add a field to the content type where you want an audio player. When you get to the field type drop-down, select Media (under Reference). Of course, label your field according to your needs.

note: If you are using the paragraphs module, you might choose to create a new paragraph type and add a field there instead.

Click Save and continue

Click Save field settings

Now you will be directed to the Edit tab for your new field. Select your desired settings. The important bit here is that you scroll to the REFERENCE TYPE field set, and click the checkbox next to your new media type (Audio file in my case).

Scroll to the bottom and click Save settings

If you added this field directly to your content type, then you should be all set.
If you are using paragraphs, don't forget to enable your new paragraph type on the paragraph field of your content type.

Being able to share an article via a social network is a common request on a project.

Fortunately for Drupal 8 there is a module for that called Social Simple. This module allows you to display a share button on a node for the most popular social media networks:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

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Steps

1, Add a relationship to content referenced by your entity reference field

Go ahead and click the Add button next to Relationships.

Full participation in Agaric's Drupal 8 migrations quickstart (half-day training) and Drupal 8 content migrations (full-day training) courses requires a working, local installation of Drupal 8.

The morning can be done online with a Pantheon.io free development site or SimplyTest.me (only web browser and working internet connection required).

Development Environment

The afternoon portion of the training requires a local dev environment— if you aren't able to get this set up ahead of time, we can help you during a break.  The two approaches we have tested:

• DrupalVM (requires VirtualBox and Vagrant)
• Alternatively and as a fallback, Drupal's quick start with PHP's built-in server

All of these approaches work on GNU/Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

Prerequisites

Although no prior Migrate module knowledge is required, it is expected that you have a basic understanding of nodes, content types, and fields. You can learn about these and other Drupal concepts by watching this session recording.

A working Drupal 8 installation is required. It is possible to follow some examples using a hosted Drupal service like pantheon.io To get the most out of the training a local installation is needed. Installing Drupal locally using composer is recommended.

Drush needs to be installed in order to run migrations from the command line. Xdebug and PHPStorm are used for the debugging example (techniques apply for other debuggers and IDEs).

It is recommended to use DrupalVM and configure it to use the drupal composer template.

Follow the quickstart guide to install DrupalVM with the xdebug extra package.

Install the following contrib modules:

• address
• entity_reference_revisions
• migrate_plus
• migrate_source_csv
• migrate_tools
• paragraphs

Assistance can be provided before the training starts, but it is better to come with your local environment already set up.

About the trainers:

Agaric builds websites and online platforms that give people more control over their technology, including working with Drupal for more than thirteen years. They bring their expertise in backend development and Drupal migrations to projects for clients in different sectors including government, education, businesses, and not-for-profits/NGOs. Agaric is committed to giving back to the community. Over the last few years, they have presented 40+ sessions and full day trainings in 16+ DrupalCamps and DrupalCons in the Americas and Europe.

Benjamin Melançon (mlncn on drupal.org) has been working with Drupal since 2005.  He led the 36 author project that produced the Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 and contributed dozens of modules to Drupal 5, 6, 7, and 8.  For client projects, Benjamin uses this deep understanding of Drupal internals along with more general frontend, backend, and infrastructure knowledge to make sure requirements and expectations are met. He is a frequent speaker at Drupal and other technology events in North America.

Mauricio Dinarte is passionate about teaching. He is creating educational material in English, Spanish, and French to help break the language barrier when learning Drupal and other technologies. Check out his educational project at https://understanddrupal.com.