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Drupal huh yeah, what is it good for?
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• Drupal basics and history
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• What it’s good for
• And what it’s not
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• Project started by Dries Buytaert in 2000 at the University of Antwerp
• The name originates from “dorp”, Dutch for village.
• First came to prominence during the 2004 Dean campaign
Origins
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Coming of Age
• Recognition
• Community, online and off
• Downloads
• Usage
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Source: http://drupal.org/project/usage/drupal
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Source: http://buytaert.net/drupal-download-statistics-2008
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What is Drupal? • Core
• Modules (core, contrib, custom)
• Themes (PHPTemplate)
• Community
source: James Walker, 2007 Fsoss Drupal Under The Hood
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System Spectrum
credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruthhb/3408333830/
custom code -> frameworks -> Drupal -> plug and play
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Strengths
Developer: extensibility, theming, filters, security, jquery
End user: SEO, taxonomy, users / permissions, content management
Both: rapid prototyping, community, Acquia
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Building Blocks
credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmtucker/3355551036
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Weaknesses
• The Drupal Way learning curve
• Documentation
• “Drupal lacks an intuitive, easy administration user interface”
• Updates / backwards compatability
• Migration
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When not to Use• Site focused around blogging
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When not to Use• Site focused around blogging
• Dedicated e-commerce
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When not to Use• Site focused around blogging
• Dedicated e-commerce
• Application with a singular focus and/or very high traffic
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Drupal makes less sense the more focused the app
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Drupal’s Great For• Brochureware / content
management / multi-media
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Drupal’s Great For• Brochureware
• Social network / community
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Drupal’s Great For• Brochureware
• Social network / community
• Member management
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Drupal’s Great For• Brochureware
• Social network / community
• Member management
• Publishing
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Drupal’s Great For• Brochureware
• Social network / community
• Member management
• Publishing
• Structured content
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Drupal makes more sense the
more features you combine
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Sites that bring it all together
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Questions?
Lev Tsypinlevelos.comdrupal.org/user/54135 .com/loubabe
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