Getting started on Drupal 8 with the Web Starter Kit

PHP is nearing another milestone when 5.4 goes out of security updates. PHP 5.5 adds some significant language enhancements, things like finally and generators, as well as a first-class opcode cache in the form of the OpCache module. There's also the teeny detail of Drupal 8 requiring PHP 5.5 or… Read More

Solr Search: How to Avoid the Black Box

A question that comes up often in terms of Solr Search is, "why are my search results appearing in this particular order?" You can play with the Boost and other UI configuration but how do you know what Solr is actually returning to determine that order? This blog post aims to… Read More

Technology & Passion for a Cooler Planet

Climate change is – if you’ll excuse the pun – a hot issue this year, and that’s not likely to change.   Events have aligned to create what political scientists call a policy window: a confluence of an identified problem with a policy to address it and the political… Read More

Get the Best Data from Your Outreach: Google Campaign Tagging

Your team has dedicated time to put together a regular e-newsletter, run a social media campaign, start dabbling in online advertising, or run a good ‘ol print campaign. So how how did it perform? How do you plan to make it better? For more on our analytics work, take a… Read More

Taking the Devil out of the Details

Turning Complex Constructs Into Compelling Storytelling If you’re working for a mission-based organization, NGO, or humanitarian federal agency, chances are you’re really smart, altruistic, and incredibly passionate about advancing important social issues to improve people’s lives. You know the issues inside and out. And, you can spend hours talking… Read More

The Federal Government Wants to Change the Way It Procures IT Services and it’s a BFD

GSA. RFQ. BPA. MVP. ADS. The federal government is all about acronyms, and we’re pretty excited about the hearty alphabet soup recently served up by the General Services Administration’s digital service agency, 18F. In fact, it’s a BFD. 18F was created last year to change the way the government creates… Read More

Empowering Content Managers via Google Analytics Dashboards & Training

In addition to reporting your site’s performance to leadership, it’s vital to empower your content managers/contributors with the real-time data they need to make key decisions. For more on our analytics work, take a look at our recently-released White Paper, Universal Analytics: How Will You Get the Most Out of… Read More

Community Contribution: Our First Official “Sprint Day”

One of the biggest challenges for companies in the Open Source space, is how to make sure they contribute back to the community. Contribution is a core value at Forum One, but that doesn’t mean that it’s been any easier for us! This year we are testing a new structure… Read More

Evolving the Nation’s Report Card – Improving Data Visualization Through Usability Testing

In a recent post, Evolving the Nation’s Report Card – A Study of Designing New Reports, I discussed the design evolution reflected in two recent interactive reports for the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) program, the 2013 Puerto Rico Mathematics report and then the 2013 Vocabulary report. After developing… Read More

5 Rules for Leadership Analytics Reports

For more on our analytics work, take a look at our White Paper, Universal Analytics: How Will You Get the Most Out of It?   When helping organizations set up new web analytics reports, they frequently ask:, “Which data do I need to include?” I always answer with… Read More