Drupal Basics

Legal Aid Drupal Users CollectiveDevelopers Webinar #1

Agenda

1. Introductions 5m2. What is Drupal? How is it used in legal services? 5m3. Installing Drupal 40m4. Questions/Discussion 10m

Introductions

Presenters

Abhijeet ChavanChief Technology OfficerUrban Insight

Ki KimSenior EngineerUrban Insight

Brought to you by...

Legal Services Corporation

http://lsc.gov

Technology Initiative GrantTIG 15019

About You

1. Who you are

2. Your website responsibilities

3. Web development expertise

4. Your Drupal use

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Wednesday Sept 28 10am Pacific (Tomorrow)

September Meetup: Project Showcase and Drupal Resources

https://goo.gl/IQgbrn

Thursday Sept 29 11am Pacific

WriteCleary, ReadClearly, and GuideClearly: Tools for Legal Services Websites

https://goo.gl/HMFZIG

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2017 Technology Initiative Grant Conference

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drupal.openadvocate.org

Drupal is a Content

ManagementPlatformdrupal.org

Who uses Drupal?

Drupal isOpen Source“Come for the code,

stay for the community”

Developed by users from around the world:

100,893 contributors

33,876 modules

1,028 distributions

Drupal in Legal Services

LSC Invested Early In Open Source & Drupal

2009Technology Initiative Grant (TIG) To Build

Open Source TemplateStatewide Legal Aid Websites

DLAW is a Drupal

Distributionopenadvocate.org/dlaw

Free to:

● Download● Customize● Share

OpenAdvocateopenadvocate.org

Complete, hosted and supported solution for DLAW websites

● Optimized web hosting● System maintenance● Technical Support

Operated by:Urban Insight, Inc

Legal Aid Drupal Users Collective

Idaho Legal Aid Services

Urban Insight / OpenAdvocate

Pine Tree Legal Assistance

BDSWorks

Illinois Legal Aid Online

Northwest Justice Project

http://drupal.openadvocate.org

Expanding Delivery of Legal Help

Through Open Source

Illinois Legal Aid Online

illinoislegalaid.org

Drupal is the top choice for legal services websites

21%Of Legal Services Websites

Use Drupalhttps://goo.gl/OcvPqI

Why Drupal for legal services?

1. Open source2. Strong and helpful Drupal legal services community3. Modular architecture provides flexible framework

Installing Drupal

LAMP: Softwares needed to run Drupal

● LAMP stack○ Linux operating system○ Apache web server○ MySQL database system○ PHP scripting language

● MAMP for Mac● WAMP for Windows

Popular LAMP packages

● MAMP: for Mac only○ https://www.mamp.info○ https://drupalize.me/videos/installing-mamp-web-server

● WAMP: for Windows only○ http://www.wampserver.com

● XAMPP: for Mac, Windows and Linux○ https://www.apachefriends.org

Discussion

Upcoming Webinars This Week

Wednesday Sept 28 10am Pacific (Tomorrow)

September Meetup: Project Showcase and Drupal Resources

https://goo.gl/IQgbrn

Thursday Sept 29 11am Pacific

WriteCleary, ReadClearly, and GuideClearly: Tools for Legal Services Websites

https://goo.gl/HMFZIG

Upcoming Webinars In This Series

Developers Webinar #2: Drupal Website Building

Architecture, modules, building, theming

October 2016

Developers Webinar #3: Custom Development

Building custom modules

November 2016

Legal Services Drupal

Hackathon Legal Services Corporation

2017 Technology Initiative Grant Conference

January 2017

Drupal.openadvocate.org

https://goo.gl/Dodqge