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Static site generators and the JAMstack: Liberating tools for fast and secure websites

Websites have long been run by database-driven content management systems such as Drupal and WordPress. Unfortunately, the digital vulnerabilities of such systems are significant and require frequent maintenance to maintain security. Static-site generators, such as Jekyll and Gatsby, take a different approach by entirely removing slow and risky databases from the live site. The results […]

Drupal and Microsoft Azure together in harmony

Microsoft Azure is the environment of choice for many higher ed institutions. It provides a lot of really great services to remove the burden of building web sites that are both easy to deploy and scale well. Drupal is the content management system of choice for an even greater number of higher ed institutions. Together […]

How to extend WP-CLI for fame and fortune

You’re using the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) to automate your workflows, WordPress site set-ups, adding users, etc. You’ve even added it to your CI/CD pipelines to automate behavioral testing and configuration of your testing environments. Recently you added a new plugin to your site that dramatically improves the functionality, only to discover that its […]