getting started with drupal and acuqia
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Getting Started with Acquia Drupal and the Acquia Network
Bryan HouseMarketing Director, Acquia
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Drupal Gaining Market Momentum
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Choosing the Right Technology
A Social Publishing PlatformDrupal “… is as much a Social Software platform
as it is a web content management system.”
CMS Watch, The Web CMS Report 2009blogs
/wikis
forums / comment
s
socialranking
social tagging
users
social networks
workflow
taxonomy
semantic web
RSS
content
analytics
ContentMgmtSystems
SocialSoftware
Tools
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Drupal Basics: Nodes
Nodes are data
Pieces of content stored within Drupal– Text– Images– MP3s– more
Node 7 Node 9Node 8
Node 4 Node 6Node 5
Node 1 Node 3Node 2
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Drupal Basics: Content Types
Define the data components within a node – Fields, images,
integers, date, reference, etc
Configurable out of the box
Unlimited flexibility
No programming required
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Drupal Basics: Modules
Plugins that extend Drupal functionality
More than 4,000 community modules available
Often controlled by role-based permissions
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Drupal Basics: ViewsControls content display– Nodes, comments,
users, taxonomy, and more
Smart query builder for lists of information– Table, grid, list,
custom– Sorting, filtering– Define relationships
Create pages, blocks and RSS feeds
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Drupal Basics: Profiles
Connect users and assign roles
Configure information capture
Build social networks
OpenID support
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Drupal Basics: Security, Roles & Permissions
Define custom roles
Set granular access controls by role– Task / object-based
Configure user behavior:– Registration– Email– Profiles– Pictures
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Drupal Basics: Themes
Content presentation layer– Separate from data
– Defines how content is displayed
Flexible, customizable
Components include CSS files & PHP files with HTML
Can be displayed by user role
Supports sub-themes
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Drupal Basics: Multisite Configuration
Share modules and themes across many sites– site1.com– site2.com– site3.com
Simplify site rollout with reusable site components
Turn on/off modules and themes at site level
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Drupal Basics: Availability Architecture
DB Master DB Master
Web1 Web2 Web3
Load Balancer1Load Balancer2
Load balancers for higher availability & hardware efficiencyMultiple web servers increase page serving capacity, memory sharingMaster/master or master/slave DB configuration for high availability
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Acquia is Your Drupal Guide
What modules should we install?
Where do we get professional support?
How do we keep our site up-to-date?
...Where do we start?
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Acquia, the Drupal Support Company
Enterprise & Drupal expertise
– Dries Buytaert, Drupal founder
– Many leading community contributors in engineering, support, and consulting
– Executive experience @ IBM, webMethods, Broadvision, EMC, HP, Baan, Documentum, Interleaf, Mercury
• 40 employees
• $15M in capital
– Closed $8M Series B in Q2 09
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Supporting Customers, Not Modules
Full Drupal 6.x support
All modules, themes, & custom code
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Packaged Collection of Drupal Essentials
On-ramp to Drupal
Essential modules
Create new sites fast
FREE
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Operate and Extend Drupal Sites
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Unlocking Content with Acquia Search
Built on Apache Solr
Faceted navigation
Content recommendations
No server infrastructure
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Faster is Better
Drupal test siteHardware:•3.2 Ghz processor•1.7 MB RAM
Site:•10,000 content nodes•300 millisecond page load speed
Drupal core search
Acquia Search
Query result time:
1.5 - 7.7 seconds
Query result time:< 500
milliseconds
Performance gain with Acquia Search3x - 16x faster
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Drupal Optimized Cloud-based Hosting
High availability shared clusters
Tuned for high performance
Integrated with developer workflows
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one-stop shopDrupal hosting + application
support
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Drupal + Acquia = Customer SuccessThe Drupal AdvantageRapid assembly approach
reduces custom programming
Modular, extensible architecture optimized for social publishing
Thriving development community
Vast module library
Zero software acquisition cost
Industry standard LAMP stack
Strong security track record
The Acquia AdvantageFull lifecycle technical support
Best practices advisory support
Drupal essentials, conveniently packaged
Fitness & diagnostics via the Acquia Network
Optimized Drupal hosting
Extend sites with cloud-based services
Confidence from an enterprise partner
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Benefits
Accomplish more with less
Harness community-driven innovation
Reduce costs with turnkey infrastructure
Engage your audience