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3 Months Later:An (Almost) Beginner’s View of Drupal
Christoph WeberDialog Consulting
dialogconsulting.biz
formerly at the Scripps Research InstituteSr. Application Analyst
IT Services department
Rebranding of department from Research Computing to IT Services
Basically an Intranet site
but mostly open to the internet at large
New Web Presence
The Team
Alexa Cain - Team lead, Admin - 5%
Jim Keais - Webmaster - 5%
Tofan Rafati - Sysadmin - 20%
Amy McDonald - Helpdesk - 5%
Nancy Fournier - Software Lic. Coordinator - 5%
Christoph Weber - Sr. Application Analyst - 30%
~ 600 pages of content
~ 150 nodes created in Drupal, rest “retired”
dozens of PHP and CGI scripts
(Almost)Complete Separation of
Content and Presentation
Database
Drupal
Web page
raw text
filter
display
No more formatting headaches when composing content
No issues with menu restructuring
No link updating
Only minor issues for site facelifts
Drupal
Joomla
also had some exposure to:
Wordpress
Vignette
Sharepoint
CMS evaluation
Reputation:Drupal is hard
Reality:Drupal IS hard
Drupal is harder to grok than many competing
systems.
Do you want:A Playmobil toy?Or a Lego set?
Drupal Pluses
Clean architecture
Clean code
100% XHTML and CSS 2.0 compliant
Very versatile system
Countless modules freely available
Received patch for FAQ module within 12 hours!
Drupal Minuses
Versatility demands abstraction more complexity
Administration could be reorganized
Missing module updates for Drupal 6
Getting Started section for Drupal 6 needs serious love
incl. PDF version
Resources:
Getting Started sectionat drupal.org/handbooks
specifically v.5 PDF
Rest of drupal.org/handbook
Get an account on drupal.org
Lullabot.com podcastsspecifically #40 and #60
Pro Drupal DevelopmentJohn VanDykApress, 2008
CategoriesTaxonomy
(Tags)
Taxonomy is cornerstone
Each story is tagged with all applicable Categories
Navigation based on
Categories
No story is ever lost
InformationAbout Us Contact Info Forms / ApplicationsService Fees BillingSoftware License Info
Platform (mandatory!)Windows
Windows 2000Windows XPWindows Vista
MacOSXMacOSX 10.4MacOSX 10.5
LinuxUnixCitrixGeneral Information
ServicesCitrixEmailHelp DeskMailing ListsNetworkingRemote AccessSecuritySoftwareStorageSupercomputingSystem SupportTrainingWeb Support
Taxonomy VTN module
Theme:tweaked Marinelli
Other themes evaluated:Andreas02
Pixture
Modules
AnnouncementsFAQFCKeditor and IMCEPathauto and TokenRefreshTaxonomy VTNXML Sitemap
Sitenotes
Modr8Revision_moderationDiff
Authoring Policy
All department members can create and edit content
Use all available expertise
All new or revised content goes into moderation
Guarantee Quality and Accuracy
Spiffy Little Features
Configurable Blocks
Rotating Banner
Outlook
More features
CCK and Views 2 modules
Dynamic lists of new or most popular content
Other navigational improvements
Help users find answers fast
Migrate other subsites to Drupal
Institute leadership is on board
Aim: Ease workload on webmasterPut departments and labs in charge
Thank you!