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How to Transfer files from Acquia to an External Server

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Technical Solution | 1 min read
One of our project requirement was to transfer files from our server to an external storage space. This could be basically done by connecting to the server using SSH or FTP and then transferring files. We initially decided to use the libssh2-php library for creating SSH tunneling with the server and transfer file. Our server was hosted in Acquia server and libssh2-php was not available in Acquia stack. Read on to know how we tackled the problem of file transfer to an external storage space in Acquia environment.
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Question Bank for Evaluating Drupal Developers as Part of the Drupal Open Curriculum Initiative

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HR | 3 min read
We have been involved with the Drupal Open Curriculum initiative under the Curriculum and Training group in groups.drupal.org for the last few months and have been helping build up the content for the initiative. One of the important pieces of content that is expected to be developed as part of this initiative is the question bank with objective type questions that can be used to evaluate the progress of the training of Drupal developers.
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[Drupal] How to use Clientside Validation in Drupal?

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
As part of form creation process in one of our recent project we came across one module called 'Client side Validation'. As the name implies the module supports basic as well as most advanced sort of validation methods. Validating the form user inputs is the one task we could not ignore on developing forms for a web project. Let's find out how the 'Client side Validation' will make life easy.
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Automating the Testing of Checkout Process in Drupal Ubercart

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Testing | 3 min read
Zyxware as an organization is trying to introduce cost-effective measures that can save time, resources and bring value to clients, as part of that we have introduced automation of checkout process in Drupal Ubercart. On the analysis made in many eCommerce websites, we have concluded that the checkout process is the main functional flow that is critical to the client and it was to be automated to keep a check on the stability of the checkout process flow.
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List of Government Regulatory Compliance items for Companies in Kerala, India

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Business Insight | 3 min read
Every country has a legal framework that regulates its businesses. While this covers a host of aspects to regulate the externalities of businesses, some of the more common ones pertain to taxation and labor laws. Compliance with these laws takes the form of a set of periodic returns/reports filing and associated payments (taxes and contribution to labor welfare schemes). The periodicity and the nature of payments vary across different countries and at times across different states.
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Standardized Curriculum for Drupal Developers - Phase 1 - Completed Publishing Content

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News | 4 min read
We are happy to inform that, we have completed the the first phase of the project on creating a standardized Drupal curriculum for Drupal companies as planned. We have compiled and published our Drupal training curriculum on the groups.drupal.org wiki under the Curriculum and Training group. We are now looking to get feedback from other Drupal companies and Drupal developers on the curriculum and the training materials.
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[Drupal] How to Implement Popups using Ctools Modal forms in your Drupal 7 Site

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Drupal Technical | 3 min read
One such feature used widely throughout the site is the use of popups for alerting users. Popups are nothing new to web development. In fact Drupal provides multiple tools to create popups including the more widely used Colorbox plugin. For this project we chose to go with Ctools modal popup as it provided more options than Colorbox. Read on to know how to implement popups using Ctools. Follow the steps below to implement the pop-ups
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Software Engineer (PHP / MySQL) 2-5 yrs @ Zyxware Technologies (SE021411)

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Job Openings | 3 min read
We are looking for more Software Engineers to join our fast growing web application development operations. Selected candidates will be expected to develop web based applications using Drupal, a PHP/MySQL based CMS. They will also have to interact with clients and analyze requirements as and when needed. They will also get opportunities to mentor new developers. It is an opportunity to evolve as a well rounded software professional. We are looking for the following attributes:
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Senior Associate : Business Development (IT Infrastructure Solutions)

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HR | 3 min read
We are looking for a Senior Business Development Associate (BDA) who will be responsible for driving the growth of our IT Infrastructure Solutions Operations. The BDA will be expected to contribute to the formulation of a strategy for marketing, implementation of the strategy and driving sales growth. BDA will be placed at our office in Thiruvananthapuram. APPLY ONLINE
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Checklist for Cross Browser Testing

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Quality Assurance | 2 min read
Cross browser testing is the type of testing in which testers ensure that the application is compatible to latest versions of the commonly used browsers (commonly used browsers list can be obtained from browser statistics). Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer are some of them. This article includes a checklist that can be referred while performing the cross browser testing.
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Drupal for your business: Why it is the best CMS for SEO?

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Drupal Business | 4 min read
An efficient online sales and branding strategy requires an attractive, professionally designed website. Your business website goes a long way in creating an impression on your customers and prospective buyers. In addition to sales, your corporate website should also convey the appropriate brand message across to your target audience. A combination of website aesthetics with higher search engine rankings is necessary for an excellent web strategy.
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Digitization: Fueling the growth of Media & Entertainment industry in 2016

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Business Solution | 5 min read
The process of converting information into a digital format is known as Digitization. Here the information is organized into units called bits which can be individually addressed. This binary data is processed by computers and other devices having the capacity to compute. Digitizing information makes it easier to save, access and share across various platforms to any place in the world.
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The Future calls: Social media marketing trends for 2016

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Digital Marketing | 5 min read
Marketing directors have been keen on designing their strategies for 2016 while keeping in mind the social media marketing trends that are going to have the biggest impact on their efforts. If you are in the middle of developing your social media marketing strategy for 2016, then you should definitely take some time to review the social media marketing trends for the year as predicted by experts.
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Gear up for amazing Digital Experiences with Drupal!

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Drupal Solution | 3 min read
Drupal is one of the most preferred Content Management Systems in the world, and needless to say, Drupal 8 is greatest release of Drupal till date. When it comes to Drupal 8, it makes things a lot easier for the digital marketer, with its power, easy usability and superior technology. According to the official website Drupal.org, Drupal 8 offers the following options for marketers:-
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Testing Using API Endpoints

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Quality Assurance | 3 min read
In API testing there is no front end available for testing. A logic layer will be build for the application on which we perform testing. Here emphasis will be on functional flow. It is basically a black box testing of various functionalities based on the response generated for an API call. These Responses for the API calls are used to validate the interactions.
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