3 blocks of events, and the model that builds the logic

Show a mix of future and past events


Another automation we did for Programming Librarian, a site for librarians to plan educational programs, involved events. They wanted to always feature 3 events on the home page, and the most important events were in the future. If their schedule is full, they wanted 2 future and 1 past event visible -- but they don't always have upcoming events, so there might be 0, 1 or 2 future events, and 3, 2, or 1 past events.

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ECA model to remind customers of abandoned carts

Remind customers of abandoned carts


Sometimes a simple reminder can spur a sale. If you have repeat customers that log into your commerce site, you may be able to remind them if they did not complete a checkout.

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ECA model to send notifications to boat owners as their documentation is nearly expired

Automatically track documentation requirements


One of our clients is a yacht club that has their own moorage, which they lease out to members. With several hundred slips, their insurance requires them to maintain proof of insurance, up-to-date vessel registrations, and regular electrical inspections for all boats moored at their facility.

In Washington all vessel registrations renew in June, but insurance and inspections can expire any time of year. The office needs to keep copies of these documents on file.

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Configuring an automator for tags

Automatically tag articles


Today, another automation using the Drupal #AI module -- automatically tag your articles.

With the AI module, its AI Automators submodule, and a provider configured, you can add an automation to any field. With a Tag field on your content, you can edit the field definition and "Enable AI Automator". Give it a reasonable prompt, and it will tag your content for you.

Like most of the AI integrations, the great thing is you can easily edit the tags later if you want to highlight something specific, or if it comes up with something inappropriate.

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An ECA diagram showing a send to Matrix action

Automatically send notifications to Matrix


When you work on a team, it's useful to have notifications go to a chat room where you can coordinate any necessary action. Reviewing a comment before publishing, seeing stories as they are written, getting notified of new orders are the kinds of things we like having in a shared room.

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AI-generated image with a variety of charts, icons, phones, hands surrounding a head with a stylized brain visible

Automatically generate or find images to go with your content


Today's website designs tend to use photos and images to make them look good. If you have your own photography or in-house illustrator, that's almost always going to give you the best result. But if you don't, this is something that can be automated with Drupal's AI module.

The AI Pixabay Automator can search Pixabay for relevant stock images that are free to use, and attach them to an image field.

The AI Image Generator can take your content and feed it into an image generator.

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Colleagues looking at a sheet of graphs and charts

Measuring Results with Analytics


August 2024

Hi,

At Freelock we're kicking off our long-anticipated "Vision" program, a series of newsletters, blog posts, and videos about website effectiveness. Before we get into the meat of things, we're setting the stage with the question, "How do we know if it worked?" And the answer is -- data.

So this month we're looking at a primary source of data, Website analytics.

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