Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences
an iFactoryEd webinar
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years experience•A division of RDW Group, a full-service agency•Designers, strategic consultants, information architects,
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colleges & universities | public & private
large & small | ivy league to community colleges
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What you’ll learn today:
• Configuring options for audience selectors
• Implementing different designs to distinguish areas of the site for each audience
• Using the Field Permissions module to deliver fine-grained customization of content delivery
Your presenter
Lisa Sawin Solutions Architect for iFactory
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
Audience gateways
• Group content for a specific audience
• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site
• Present content for a specific user type
Audience gateways
• Group content for a specific audience
• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site
• Present content for a specific user type
Audience gateways
• Group content for a specific audience
• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site
• Present content for a specific user type
Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
Altering the look & feel
• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes
• More complex section: use Context module
Altering the look & feel
• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes
• More complex section: use Context module
Altering the look & feel
• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes
• More complex section: use Context module
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of
these ideas
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interactivity.ifactory.com
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