getting the most out of your drupal website
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Presentation given to OSU Extension FCD Statewide Conference - March 2009TRANSCRIPT
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Getting the Most Out of Your Website
Jeff HinoLearning Technology Leader
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Getting the Most Out of Your Website
Jeff HinoLearning Technology Leader
Drupal
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• Why Drupal• Best Practices• The Future
Getting the Most Out of Your WebsiteDrupal
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• “Your website isn’t something people read, it’s something they do. Visiting your site is an activity.”
– Industry newsletter
Getting the Most Out of Your WebsiteDrupal
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• TV is a “Lean-back” medium• The Internet is a "lean-forward" medium…
Getting the Most Out of Your WebsiteDrupal
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Why Drupal?
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Why Drupal?
• Drupal is an open-source, web-based Content Management System (CMS)
• Database content storage• Allows content control, editing, and uses of
templates• Requires very little programming to maintain
content• Centralized training and support
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Why Drupal?
• Consistent look & feel across all of Extension• Reinforce image as a unified organization• Efficient updating of links and content• Easy to navigate • Robust search engine• Ready for the future!
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A New Look for Extension Websites
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A New Look for Extension Websites
LEFT RAIL: Local site information
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A New Look for Extension Websites
TOP RAIL:
Primary navigation (same for all sites)
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A New Look for Extension Websites
RIGHT RAIL: Publications & events (same for all sites)
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A New Look for Extension Websites
Local Content Area
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Best Practices
• Planning your website• Writing• Designing• Maintaining
Successful Websi
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Planning
• Goal analysis• Audience analysis• Content audit
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Planning
• Goal analysis– Your content has to have a goal!– Does the content help the audience quickly
attain the goal?• Audience analysis
– Current audiences– Potential new audiences
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Planning
• Redeveloping your website: Clean out your attic!
• Do your pages need to be revised, or deleted?
• Identify topics & navigation
Content audit
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Planning
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Writing for the Web• “If you’re talking about writing, that’s easy; write in
English, using proper punctuation, capitalization, etc., and simple words. Tell the whole story in the first sentence of no more than three lines, one sentence per paragraph.
• Get to the point quickly; write concisely, in the active voice; avoid redundancies; write in the past tense; attribute properly; when you change speakers, attribute first.
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Writing for the Web• If you’re talking about appearance online, use a sans
serif type, 12-point (for ease of reading), write no more than five lines per paragraph and skip a line between paragraphs. No need to indent the first line.
• Every four paragraphs, insert a subhead telling what’s coming next.
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Writing for the Web
• “Remember, the Bible describes creation in fewer than 800 words, so be wary of writing more than 300 words on almost any topic. What else do you need to know?”
Dr. Tom Knecht, HeadAgricultural Communications
Mississippi State University
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People browsing the web don’t read; they scan and skim.
Writing for the Web
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Writing for the Web
• Avoid Information Overload• All text = B-o-r-i-n-g!
– Break up the paragraphs with headings, subheadings, captions, images, videos, etc. Make your content visually interesting.
– You can always link to a PDF document for those who want more in-depth information.
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Designing for the Web
• Each element…both text and images…should help the reader understand your message.
• Less is more. Use white space.
• Have a strong home page.
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Designing for the WebYour home page should:• Successfully communicate what your website is
about.• Be short & sweet. • Put compelling, interesting information before the fold • Grab their attention…or lose ‘em.• Keep them awake!• Tell your visitor where to go • Be awesome.
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Designing for the WebCreate dominant elementsCreate dominant elements
Follow nature’s spiral shape pattern to create a coherent look and feel.Follow nature’s spiral shape pattern to create a coherent look and feel.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• How do you get the search engines to give a high ranking to your website?– Drupal does this well…– Layout– Keyword density– Choose a meaningful title -->URL
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Where Are We Headed?
• “Your website isn’t something people read, it’s something they do. Visiting your site is an activity.”
– Industry newsletter
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Where Are We Headed?
• Interactivity• http://thisisthefuture.com:• We're building the infrastructure in
Drupal
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Where Are We Headed?
We're building the infrastructure in Drupal• Social Media (Web 2.0) features
– Blogs
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Blogging
• 15.5 million active blogs • Use social media as a means of going
where people are in order to connect and communicate.
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Blogging
• Robert Emanuel, Extension Water Specialist
• H2ONCoast blog– Uses OSU blog service
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Where Are We Headed?
We're building the infrastructure in Drupal• Social Media (Web 2.0) features
– Blogs• Easy to post video
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Where Are We Headed?
We're building the infrastructure in Drupal• Social Media (Web 2.0) features
– Blogs• Easy to post video• Pachyderm
– Pachyderm is an open-source web-based, media-rich interactiveflash presentation authoring andpublishing system.
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The Three C’s…
• Communication• Content• Commitment
FCD
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Commitment…
Then…
Now…
Next…
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Where Are We Headed?
We're building the infrastructure in Drupal• A seamless, easily shared online
centrally managed database that links Oregonians to trusted, research-based sources of Extension information…you!
FCD
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Thank you!
Jeff HinoLearning Technology LeaderEESC Kerr 422(541) 737-3381