drupal 7 unleashed
DESCRIPTION
Drupal 7 brings in a lot of new features. The presentation explores some of themTRANSCRIPT
Drupal 7The power is with You
Mukesh Agarwal
What to expect withDrupal 7?
Usability
• Administration UI becomes simpler
• Drag and drop makes life easier for site builders and content editors
• Default text format on a per-role basis
Flexible Content
• Custom fields can now be used across content types, users, comments, terms..
• Data can be stored in SQL, NoSQL, or remote storage
Extended DB Support
• Added in-built support for SQLite
• Support for SQL Server, Oracle via modules
• Support for master/slave replication, transactions,etc
Better Theming Support
• Render API allows better control over page elements
• RDF module supports semantic web markup
Security
• Secure implementation of scheduling cron
• Modules can be updated from web
• More secure password and login system
Performance
• Better CSS and JS optimization
• Caching system more pluggable – enable caching HTTP headers, improve compatibility with reverse proxies and CDNs
Improved File Handling
• Files are now Drupal objects with functions & hooks
• PHP stream wrappers used to support public, private and remote storage
• In built file upload support
Distribution Support
Installation profiles to aid distributing custom Drupal product
Extended Community
Celebrating the release party, a large number of developers have turned up for active participation in the community
Drupal 7 Released
Parties around the world
Branding a bonanza
Community strengthened
Thank You!Happy Drupaling!! :-)
Mukesh Agarwal