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As part of our continuous Endeavour & commitment towards improving the Drupal Developers Community and the ecosystem at large in India, team at Monsoon Consulting has taken the following initiatives once again this year like the previous ones :

We think Drupal is one of the best open source Content Management Systems (CMS). It’s accessible in over 180 languages worldwide and its popularity is continually growing as the number one choice for developers. There are many high profile sites that are built on Drupal such as The White House, The Economist, Concern, Amnesty International, Oxfam, United Nations, Trocaire Ireland, Asthma Society Ireland and the Irish Cancer Society along with many more.

What can get your website an instant targeted click in a cost effective way? eMail Marketing! Are you using it for sales promotion, getting in touch with your customer base and on-going marketing activities? We know some of you may be sceptical about the benefits of email marketing but there is a ton of evidence out there that it really works!

Within recent years there has been growing popularity in Drupal technology, with over 800,000 people using this Open Source programme. Many well-known companies along with organisations within the non-profit sector, are using Drupal to build, manage and grow their online reach. Because of this growing popularity and our experience in this sector, we felt that it would be a great opportunity for us to host an event to educate the Charity and Non-Profit professionals about the power of Drupal and the philosophy of Open Source technology.

Have you tried the new ‘Schedule Post’ feature on your fan page? It’s pretty nifty!

From now on you won’t need to use third part apps to schedule posts on your fan page. Facebook has officially launched Schedule features for fan pages. Now you can plan, organise and schedule future posts up-to six months in advance.

As part of the "Hello Drupal!" training series planned by Monsoon Consulting in the state of Rajasthan, the first workshop was successfully conducted on 6th Nov at our Development Centre in Jaipur - India. This workshop and its learning materials have been designed by Boston based Acquia and was presented in collaboration with our team at Monsoon Consulting.

Recent studies of online browsing patterns suggest that site visitors are using a multitude of devices these days to browse websites. These can vary from desktops, laptops, netbooks to tablets (iPad, Kindle, eBook Readers) & Smartphones (iPhones, Android, BlackBerry). These studies also highlight the future growth of mobile devices. According to numerous sources, the future of the web will rely heavily on mobile devices, instead of desktops and laptops.

Zend framework is one of the most popular & robust PHP Frameworks available. It is implemented to embody extreme simplicity & productivity, the latest Web 2.0 features, simple corporate-friendly licensing, and an agile well-tested code base that any enterprise can depend upon.

Key Features

How would you feel when greeted by popup messages on your favorite websites asking you for your permission to allow them to place a cookie on your system; something that has been done for ages, is a mandatory requirement for a lot of online functionalities and that we come across on a daily basis. In the worst case if you decide to opt against it, the coolest features of the site may not be usable for you anymore.

This is exactly what the latest EU law is going to mandate, if one is to believe the hype.