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Theming in Drupal 8 is a lot different. This article gives you a comprehensive insight into how to port your Drupal 7 theme to Drupal 8.

The key to the success of any IT business is their competency to complete projects within a given time frame as per the specifications provided by the client. It is also critical for the company not to overshoot the budget allocated, as this could unbalance the entire project. In case of any of the above slip-ups, the reputation of the organization will be severely affected. Many organizations also consider putting together an in-house team to run the project, but there are a few inherent risks that need to be considered. Moreover, it could also add to the overall cost of the project budget.

Colleges and universities were the early adopters of web technology. The education sector, especially the higher education sector, designed customized websites to promote their educational activities, news and events online.

The health sector in our country is undergoing rapid growth, throwing up a whole lot of possibilities and challenges for the industry. It is one of the largest sectors in India, in terms of employment as well as revenue. Today, the Indian healthcare market today is pegged at US$ 100 billion and is expected to touch US$ 280 billion by 2020.

With the proliferation of new technologies, the entire business model in the entertainment and media industry has undergone a dramatic change – this has facilitated the creation of new business needs, and customization has become the latest mantra that fosters communication, sharing, originality, and pro-activeness. The tremendous growth in digital communication has spurred an increase in the audience, while throwing up numerous bottlenecks that need to be effectively addressed.

As one of the largest exclusive Drupal agencies in India and having trained close to 200 employees over its 10 year history we are probably one of the very few Drupal firms in India in a position to take this effort that could in turn help a lot of other Drupal companies. We are looking to compile and publish our Drupal Training Curriculum in an effort to come up with a standard approach towards training developers in Drupal companies. We are looking to complete this exercise by March 31, 2016 and will be publishing the learning objectives, syllabus and curriculum under GFDL license.

You all know that, unlike a normal website, an e-commerce website sells its products or services online. Customers visit these websites not only to gather information but to also make a purchase, and this calls for an extremely user-friendly experience.

Ecommerce has grown exponentially over the last twenty years and has become an integral part of our lives. Today, with the proliferation of Internet and mobile devices, consumers have multiple options to browse through before choosing a product. Hence, it is important to provide consumers with a user-friendly experience and easy payment methods.

Migrating content to a Drupal site is usually a painless experience because Drupal is quite well structured. Even if we were to move the content from non-Drupal database to Drupal database without the help of any API or migrating services, all that is required is to understand the database structures of both sites and then write a series of SQL queries that copies the content from any non-Drupal database to Drupal database; which can be done by any above average Drupal developer.

The term ‘Migrate’ in the context of Drupal means re-creating the content and configuration of a source site (usually Drupal 6 or Drupal 7) in a new Drupal 8 installation. In earlier versions of Drupal, the common practice was to provide an upgrade path. i.e., update the code to the latest version and then upgrade the database structure according to the code. Once it is done, the content is updated separately.

Have you ever found it difficult to access a private file within drupal, then read on. Below are the steps I followed to create and access the private file.

Websites have become an integral part of any organization; they are your brand’s first impression. Since first impression is the best impression, every organization needs to rope in the best skills and technology to design and develop a website.

Drupal has been the core of our business at Zyxware for over 9 long years now. Everyday, this brilliant CMS continues to surprise us with its never-ending choices of vibrant themes, multi-functional modules and tools. We have built thousands of Drupal websites for numerous clients across the globe.

We would have came across many Drupal sites run down into performance issues and we always start blaming the Drupal framework or MySQL queries, PHP versions. You need to debug into the actual cause for the issues rather than pointing on some non-even solutions.

Businesses have been approaching their consumers with a new-found confidence ever since mobile commerce or m-commerce revolutionized the way business transactions are carried out. M-commerce is a relatively new concept and can be defined as “Business transactions that are made through or by using a mobile device." In fact, with the rapid surge in the use of mobile devices over the past few years, businesses have made mobile commerce a top priority.

A decade ago, it would have been really impossible to imagine that you could use your petite mobile phone to shop for products available in different parts of the world. With the advancement in technology, our shopping habits have changed significantly. Today, you can take your own time to browse products without bothering about the pesky salesperson, compare prices, and make a quick and sensible purchase with a single swipe or tap on our mobiles.

Finding the best of anything is always a tricky question especially if you are likely to have a bias in the decision and the decision is a subjective one. So we are not going to try to answer the question about which is the best Drupal company in India. Instead we can easily list out three of the oldest Drupal companies in India and let you make a call on which of these suites your requirements best. I have to add a disclaimer that we are the second oldest exclusive Drupal company in India.

One thing we have to keep in mind when asking around for the largest Drupal company in India is that we are only looking at exclusive Drupal companies. There are several aspects that we have to be aware of before we set out to list these Drupal companies.

If you had asked for the best Drupal company in India then the answer would have been a lot more difficult than the one to this question. This is a straightforward question and does not have to depend on subjective opinions and biases or the authors of this article. Drupal is fast growing into one of the most popular enterprise CMSes out there and every other vendor is trying to see if they can build their own Drupal teams but nobody can really go back and claim the spots in the list of the oldest Drupal companies in India.