pdx web innovators cms showdown - drupal
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Drupal overviewTRANSCRIPT
What is Drupal? •Community Plumbing•Content Management System•Web Application Framework•Open Source - GPL license
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What is it Used For?•Communities•Brochureware•Online publishing
•E-Commerce•Blogging•Social Networks
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sky’s the limit ...
Why Choose Drupal?•Core features•Customizable•Performance
•Community•Support•Time to Launch
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Cons•Steep learning curve•Knowledge of PHP recommended•Lack of commercial support
− This is changing with founder Dries Buytaert’s new startup Acquia.
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Architecture•Core Framework•Core Modules•Contributed
Modules (2000+)
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source: James Walker, 2007 Fsoss Drupal Under The Hood
Architecture•Core Framework•Core Modules•Contributed
Modules (2000+)
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source: James Walker, 2007 Fsoss Drupal Under The Hood
System Requirements
•PHP 4 or 5*•Apache*, IIS or Lighttpd•MySql* or PostgreSQL
− Oracle support is coming
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Drupal can run in almost any hosting environment
* recommended
Community•Core Developers•Contributed Modules•Getting Involved
− participate on Drupal.org− contribute modules or themes− become a core developer
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Statistics (as of 2007)•900+ code contributors •200+ local user groups •200,000+ users on drupal.org •3 million+ lines of code (core+contrib) •100,000+ downloads/month•40+ languages
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Drupal.org Activity Doubles with Each Release
source: http://acko.net/blog/drupal-org-explosion-and-trends
source: http://buytaert.net/drupal-site-statistics
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High Profile Examples•The Onion - www.theonion.com
•New York Observer - www.observer.com
•Fast Company - www.fastcompany.com
•Sony / BMG Musicbox - myplay.com
•Warner Bros - www.warnerbrosrecords.com
•Get Firefox
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Install Demo
Questions
Lev [email protected]://levelos.com
Links:http://drupal.orghttp://drupal.org/handbookshttp://www.drupaldojo.com
Books:Pro Drupal DevelopmentDrupal 5 Themes