BarCamp Manchester 2009: What Can Drupal Do For You?

Sat, 09/26/2009 - 12:43am — michelle

What Can Drupal Do For You?

“Drupal is wildly popular because it provides a powerful, scalable, low cost, high value solution to manage and grow an internet presence. ” ~cmswebsiteservices.com

Introduction
- Michelle Lauer
- drupal.org: miche
- twitter: @lauermichelle
- blog: www.cybelledesign.com
- Internet Engineer at CommonPlaces e-Solutions
  - http://www.commonplaces.com
What is Drupal?
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1X12PE6PY&feature=channel_page
Benefits of a CMS
- Separation of Design, Functionality, Content
  - Each layer can be edited independent of the other layers
    - Make your website look completely different without losing content or functionality
- Allows content editors to create, edit and publish without technical skills
- Create roles with different access permissions
- Allow visitors to create their own content
- Easily organize your site categories or content types
- Navigation can be dynamically generated
Why Drupal?
- I am a developer:
  - Easy to install and get running - drupal.org
  - Possible to accomplish anything
    - Robust platform with APIs
    - Easy to extend
    - 4000 contributed modules - drupal.org/project/modules
  - Open source software means incremental releases tested by the community
  - Well structured system allows for new features to be added in phases
- I am an IT decision maker:
  - Open Source means no licensing fees
  - Possible to accomplish anything
    - Robust platform with APIs
    - Easy to extend
    - 4000 contributed modules - drupal.org/project/modules
The Community
- Incredibly talented and passionate
  - drupal.org/support
  - groups.drupal.org
- DrupalCon twice a year (North America and Europe)
  - drupalcon.org
- Regional Drupal Camps
- Local Drupal Meetups
  - groups.drupal.org
Who uses Drupal?
- ubuntu.com
- amnesty.org
- dev.aol.com
- corp.aol.com
- flex.org
- research.yahoo.com
- myplay.com
- harvardscience.harvard.edu
- dead.net
- recovery.gov
- theonion.com
- mylifetime.com
- nowpublic.com
- labs.sonyericsson.com
- pearljam.com
- winchesterhomes.com
- totalbodycare.net
Drupal Growth
- Current version = 6.14
- Version is in feature freeze.
- http://buytaert.net/drupal-6-growth
What can Drupal do for you?
- DamienMcKenna@lauermichelle select * from {the_world} where `type`='awesome';
- himerus@lauermichelle how about.... #drupal can jump & bend like a gymnast?! And it has sexy muscles!
- sethcohnRTish @lauermichelle: I want to discuss What can #Drupal do 4 you? @BarCampNH Sat Your answers? Me: It's a floor wax & a dessert topping!
- alexander_allen@lauermichelle It can help pay your bills and 5 children!
- alexander_allen@lauermichelle Have you seen Open Atrium? It is made with Drupal. It is an basecamp like software made to enhance team communication.
- lauras@lauermichelle If my coffee maker had an API, #drupal would make my morning pot.
Demo a site.
- http://www.cybelledesign.com/demo/