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Goodbye media browser - welcome media library

18 Feb 2020

Sector roadmap and updates

With the Drupal 8.8 release, one of the last Sector media roadmap milestones is met - the new stable media library in core!

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Sector 9 roadmap

5 Feb 2020

Feature Sector roadmap and updates

The good news upfront - the update from Drupal 8 to 9 will be much easier than major point updates in the past!

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Sector rockets over to Hobart for DrupalSouth 2019

20 Nov 2019

Feature Sector roadmap and updates

DrupalSouth is one of the longest running Drupal events in the Asia-Pacific region, and this year it is taking place in Hobart, Australia. Naturally, Sparks Interactive's Sector team is making the trip across the ditch to talk Drupal.

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Sector Ecosystem - contribution and governance model

22 May 2019

Feature Sector roadmap and updates

Sector is open source and the Sector Ecosystem is open for contributions. In this post, we share our ideas on how we see an open Sector contribution and governance model working while keeping a strong and maintainable product.

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Best practice for email sign-up forms

14 May 2019

Content strategy and creation Compliance and best practice

Setting up a website form where people can sign up to receive your exciting email communications? You might be tempted to gain as many email sign-ups as you can - but you should read on and learn why it's best to go with quality over quantity.

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Creating online content - how to make it useful, usable, and unique

13 Feb 2019

Content strategy and creation

Online content and printed content is read by different audiences, with different mindsets, in different contexts. In short - they are not the same thing.

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When to update to Drupal 8?

7 Feb 2019

Sector roadmap and updates Content strategy and creation Compliance and best practice

Drupal 8 is the new Drupal! If you own a Drupal 7 site, now is the time to think about moving your site to Drupal 8. Here is the what, when, and why.

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Sector - an award winner at the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2018

24 Oct 2018

Sector roadmap and updates

Sparks Interactive are delighted to accept the Open Source Use in Business award for Sector and the Sector.nz open source platform.

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Content audits - where to start

20 Jun 2018

Content strategy and creation

A content audit is an inventory of your site, and can help you on your quest to publish useful and usable content that meets both audience and business needs. But content audits are hard - so where to start?

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10 obstacles between your user and your content*

9 May 2018

Content strategy and creation

Focus groups and user research can highlight obstacles between your audience and your site. But, be careful what you tell your participants in advance and how you phrase your questions.

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Understanding information architecture

7 Mar 2018

Content strategy and creation

Information architecture is a process to sort, organise, and label data in a way that your intended audience can grasp quickly.

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Roadmap for media in Sector D8

1 Mar 2018

Sector roadmap and updates

Media is incredibly important to Sector. It is a core part of Sector D7 - maybe even the heart and soul of it.

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