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Examiner.com Case Study Migrating a Top 100 Website to Drupal 7 and FOSS Michael E. Meyers [email protected] Friday, November 12, 2010

Michael Meyers Presents Examiner.com's Migration to Drupal 7

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In this presentation, Michael Myers, CTO at Clarity Digital Group walks through Examiner.com's migration to Drupal 7. With over 42,000 content contributors, Examiner.com has enjoyed some of the fastest year-over-year growth of any online media company. Examiner.com has demonstrated a long-term strategic vision to leverage social media for improving online news distribution models. This commitment has directly led to the large-scale migration of the entire Examiner.com site to open source Drupal. This case study highlights how Examiner.com's migration to Drupal 7 has effectively improved their search engine and page load performance, community interaction and user engagement, and the elimination of all costs associated with server licensing fees.

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Examiner.com Case StudyMigrating a Top 100 Website to Drupal 7 and FOSS

Michael E. [email protected]

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Migrating to Drupal

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Unless You are a Well Known Success Story...Friday, November 12, 2010

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A Sprint to funding...

...Before You Drown in Debt

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FRAMEWORK

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Between us girls...Friday, November 12, 2010

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All we needed was a working, live, site...

alexander graham bellFriday, November 12, 2010

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NowPublic.com Aug. 2009 by the Numbers...

• Over 120,000 members• in over 1,000 cities • and more then 100 countries• 500 New Stories Everyday • Several photos uploaded every minute• a Quantified top 1000 website

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be kind... rewind

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Examiner.com Aug. 2009 by the Numbers...

• 30,000 Examiners (writers)• 140 Major US Cities • Over 1 Million Articles• 3,000 New Stories Everyday • More then 1 Million Photos• a Quantified top 100 website

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They had an immature and weak toolset Friday, November 12, 2010

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immature product and development processFriday, November 12, 2010

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A Great Fit

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“Facebook has not once bought a company for the company itself. We buy companies to get excellent people.”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/19/mark-zuckerberg-we-buy-co_n_767338.html

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Getting Hitched

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HANG ON!

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it’s a juggling act

and you don’t want to get burned

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6%

25%

50%

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Acquisition & Integration (1M)Planning, Scheduling, Budgeting (4M)Build-out (8M)Go-Live & Cleanup (3M)

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Phase 5Our Go Forward Strategy

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Taking a Closer Look

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RUNNING LATEFriday, November 12, 2010

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Setting Expectations Upfront is Critical to Success

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Eliminating Bottlenecks

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You need to be a fearless

leader

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TRUST

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Too Many Cooks...Friday, November 12, 2010

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It’s a balancing act...

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CUT FEATURES!

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contract (re)negotiationsFriday, November 12, 2010

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Who on your team can make the transition?

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Who on your team can make the transition?

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HIRING TOP

TALENT

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In Conclusion...

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Examiner.com Case StudyMigrating a Top 100 Website to Drupal 7 and FOSS

Michael E. [email protected]

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