Love it or hate it, math is everywhere. Sometimes math will even find it's way into your Drupal projects. One of our engineering clients required dynamically evaluated complex math expressions in an entity form based on other fields. The module most closely met these requirements was Computed Field ..read more

Especially in the Drupal world, there are Drupal shops that only do new development. They do not support what they have built. They move on to the next development project. They do development well and, for whatever reason, they call a site “done” and move on. I don't have a problem with this ..read more

There are many ways that Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) do not work for web development projects. In most cases, RFP’s don’t work well for support either. In one case, I had a client present us with a list of specific projects they needed to have completed. We talked through the projects and ..read more

We have found that organizations and individuals select a Drupal support vendor using a wide variety of rational (and sometimes emotional) criteria. I believe all of these different reasons are important, but it is critical to establish for yourself how each quality is weighted with regard to how a ..read more

It can be helpful for organizations looking for professional Drupal support to get a glimpse of how different vendors operate. In this article we share how a real company actually evaluated various Drupal developers to support and enhance a set of Drupal websites. Monarch is often approached to ..read more

Twig is a powerful templating engine employed by Drupal starting with Drupal 8. It's power can be seen throughout the codebase. Many modules and components more often than not employ Twig for their visual formatting. Even Drupal's Views can use Twig to rewrite the output of its fields. Twig can be ..read more

What Can You Expect When Evaluating Different Drupal Support Vendors? It can be helpful for organizations looking for professional Drupal support to get a glimpse of how different vendors operate. In this article we share how a real company actually evaluated various Drupal developers to support and enhance a set of Drupal websites. Monarch is often approached to provide support, complete, enhance or upgrade existing Drupal sites. The new client has this ghost of their previous developer overhanging our relationship. Sometimes, it was an overseas relationship that didn't work, a ..read more

How Best to Structure Drupal Support Agreements? There are many ways that Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) do not work for web development projects. In most cases, RFP’s don’t work well for support either. In one case, I had a client present us with a list of specific projects they needed to have completed. We talked through the projects and examined their website to provide them with estimates on their specific needs. As we did further research, we found that we inherited spaghetti code. Then, the more items we addressed, the more got added to our list. There are many ways that Dr ..read more

How to Choose the Right Drupal Support Provider We have found that organizations and individuals select a Drupal support vendor using a wide variety of rational (and sometimes emotional) criteria. I believe all of these different reasons are important, but it is critical to establish for yourself how each quality is weighted with regard to how a good Drupal support vendor can better serve you. In-house Team For organizations with their own IT staff, bringing Drupal support in house can be a viable option. Very commonly, the support and enhancement of a new Drupal site is added ..read more

What Are the Different Types of Drupal Support? Especially in the Drupal world, there are Drupal shops that only do new development. They do not support what they have built. They move on to the next development project. They do development well and, for whatever reason, they call a site “done” and move on. I don't have a problem with this, sometimes that is the business model that works best for a particular agency. But, is a website ever really “done”? As organizations grow and change, their websites must do so as well, and every software platform has updates and security issues ..read more