The Cheeky Monkey Media Blog
A few words from the apes, monkeys, and various primates that make up the Cheeky Monkey Super Squad.
Drupal Planet
There is no reason to wait until Drupal 9
June 10, 2019 / Treena Bjarnason Why? Because instead of building a radically new version of Drupal in a separate codebase, Drupal 9 is being built in Drupal 8. You might be thinking… “Huh?!” Well, what this means is that the upgrade experience will be as smooth as a monkey’s bottom.… Read more
The Drupal Checklist Every Developer Needs
November 8, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason Are you almost finished setting up your Drupal website? At a glance, everything might look ready to go. But, before you hit “publish,” you need to make sure you haven’t made any mistakes. A writer proofreads before they post an article. Similarly, a de… Read more
WordPress vs Drupal Showdown
August 11, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason Introduction In today’s technology era, now is the time to have an engaging online presence. As of 2022, there are over 1.3 billion websites on the internet, with more being updated and created each day. Selecting the right Content Management System(CM… Read more
Working Towards a Consistent Local Environment
April 6, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason The Situation That Prompted Change The monkey house (aka Cheeky Monkey Media) has been expanding a lot during the past few years. Our team has been growing. We’ve been working on more and larger projects, and we’ve been branching out to include more se… Read more
Serious Accolades Prove that We Do More Than ‘Monkey’ Around
February 27, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason At Cheeky Monkey, one of our goals is to have fun at work. After all, it’s been said that the average worker spends 5 hours and 41 minutes per day at their desk, so why not make the most of it? That being said, we take our work very seriously and it sh… Read more
Insights from the NHF on Building an Online Community Website
February 9, 2017 / Treena Bjarnason Two weeks ago, I had the chance to sit down with the National Hemophilia Association (NHF)’s marketing and education team: Jay Patel, Director of Online Marketing and Data Systems Beth Marshall, Director of Communications Kate Nammacher, Director of Ed… Read more
Making Your Online Properties Fast and Efficient with AMP
December 27, 2016 / Treena Bjarnason AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) The official definition: The Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project is an open-source initiative that embodies the vision that publishers can create mobile optimized content once and have it load instantly everywhere. Our… Read more
PHP 7 Improves Website Performance & User Experience
December 8, 2016 / Treena Bjarnason PHP 7 Upgrade Gives Cheeky Monkey an Extra Little Something When we decided to convert the Cheeky Monkey Media corporate site to PHP 7, we expected some improvements in web performance We expected the site to run faster and smoother. We expected the pa… Read more
Branding DrupalCon: A Stunning Brand & Web Style Guide
November 24, 2016 / Treena Bjarnason Cheeky Monkey Media has been involved in the design and creation of the Drupal Association’s North American DrupalCons since 2015. DrupalCon Los Angeles in 2015 inspired the work of Shepard Fairey and his propaganda/street art stylings. DrupalCon New O… Read more
Drupal SEO: Hottest Modules & Tools to Boost Organic Traffic
November 9, 2016 / Treena Bjarnason Wondering how to get your site to rank higher? Are you using Drupal or thinking about using Drupal? You’ve come to the right place! This definitive SEO guide for Drupal websites will give you tips on which SEO tools and Drupal modules you can use to ra… Read more
Cheeky Monkey Media Named Leading Digital Agency
September 21, 2016 / Treena Bjarnason Do you want to kick ass in the digital environment? We thought so! Our cheeky monkeys have been helping clients do just that since 2008—longer than many digital agencies have been around. Our work speaks for itself, but we really like it when our clien… Read more