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Introduction to Drupal for Libraries An Webinar

druplicon. Introduction to Drupal for Libraries An Webinar. August 28, 2009 12 pm-1 pm. Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy.com. Some content & graphics courtesy of Isriya Paireepairit.

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Introduction to Drupal for Libraries An Webinar

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  1. druplicon Introduction to Drupal for Libraries An Webinar August 28, 200912 pm-1 pm Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy.com Some content & graphics courtesy of Isriya Paireepairit Infopeople webinars are supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

  2. Agenda • What is Drupal? • What can you do with Drupal? • Examples • Practical realities • Live demo

  3. What does “Drupal” mean? drop {English} {Dutch} druppel pronounces Drupal {English} means

  4. What is Drupal? • Content management system (CMS) • Open source (GPL) • Mostly/entirely W3C compliant • Extremely extensible

  5. What’s behind Drupal?

  6. Award-winning CMS

  7. CMS vs. development framework • Drupal is both! • Provides the building blocks for complex web sites and dynamic web apps

  8. System requirements • Apache/IIS • PHP • MySQL/PostgreSQL • Patience!

  9. What can you do with it?

  10. Drupal structure Contributions Modules Core (optional) Core (required)

  11. Core functionality • Block - box display • Filter - input format • Node - content • System - admin, theming, ... • User • Watchdog - logging

  12. Core (optional) • Blog • Comments • Forum • Menu • Locale • Path

  13. Contributed modules • CCK • Views • Poormans’ Cron • FCKeditor/TinyMCE • Mollom • Image

  14. Modules just for libraries • Not a ton, but some robust ones • Some work with specific ILSs • Most are designed to work with specific products/protocols

  15. Contributed themes

  16. Examples • Non-library installations • Library installations

  17. (www.MichaelJackson.com)

  18. (www.popsci.com)

  19. (Recovery.gov)

  20. (www.infoworld.com)

  21. (MotherJones.com)

  22. (www.wfp.org)

  23. (www.oxfam.org)

  24. (www.pearljam.com)

  25. (www.abcfamily.com)

  26. (www.beyonce.com)

  27. (www.fedex.com)

  28. (www.theonion.com)

  29. (www.aadl.org)

  30. (www.ahml.info)

  31. (www.kclibrary.org)

  32. (www.pvld.org)

  33. (london.lib.oh.us)

  34. (library.mcmaster.ca)

  35. (www.techsoupforlibraries.org)

  36. Pros of Drupal • Free • Dynamic • Re-theming capability • Granular level of customization • Huge community

  37. Cons of Drupal • Knowledge required, documentation iffy • Third-party pieces can be problematic • Upgrading is challenging • Initial setup • “Free as in free kittens”

  38. The “Drupal Cliff” Drupal You

  39. The Drupal Skill Scale

  40. Migrating your current site • Compare functionality to version • Automated conversion is possible (sort of) • WYSIWYG editor

  41. Demo time!

  42. The Drupal Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ-s3DRZJKY

  43. Thank you! Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy.com

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