Author Archives: Gus Childs

Coming to NUAMPS from Bradley University in mid-2011, Gus is a web developer and works primarily in Drupal and WordPress.

All Drupal projects see updates

By Gus Childs on 30 Jan 2012 – 3:39 pm
Location: (-0° 0' 0"S x 0° 0' 0"E)

One of the key benefits of using Drupal is the constant evolution of Drupal Core and the modules used to extend it. To ensure our continued use of the latest and greatest, the Web team spent a significant amount of time last week ensuring that every Drupal project we maintain is fully up to date. This [...]

Posted in Drupal, NUAMPS, Web / Interactive

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Great Chicago Fire Website Permalinks

By Gus Childs on 14 Dec 2011 – 9:27 am
Location: (41° 52' 41"N x 88° 22' 12"W)

As described in a previous post,  alongside the improvements to the Chicago Fire iPhone app were a number of additions to the website, The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory. The primary focus of these updates were to create permalinks for every object found on the site. This was done for two reasons: To [...]

Posted in Drupal, General, NUAMPS, Project, Web / Interactive
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DrupalCamp Chicago 2011

By Gus Childs on 13 Dec 2011 – 10:28 am
Location: (-0° 0' 0"S x 0° 0' 0"E)

Andi, the NUAMPS web team’s newest addition, and I spent Saturday at DrupalCamp Chicago. The event featured eighteen sessions with about 300 in attendance; including professional developers, themers, project managers, hobbyists, and beginners. Many were from Chicago, though some, including presenters, had traveled from across the country. Neil Hastings of Treehouse Agency spoke on his [...]

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