Code less - Configure more

CODE LESS CONFIGURE MORE Hagen Graf http://twitter.com/hagengrafFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 1

RICH? FAMOUS? NOT BORED? IN CONTACT? [... OTHER ...] what do you want to GET?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 2

CODE? IDEAS? LOGISTIC? MONEY? [... WHATEVER ...] what do you want to PUT?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 3

SITE BUILDER? DEVELOPER? DESIGNER? ARCHITECT? “ROCKSTAR?” [INSERT YOUR BUZZWORD] what’s your ‘profession’?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 4

DEVELOPERS ARE DEVELOPING CODE code?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 5

PHP define(DRUPAL_ROOT, getcwd()); require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . /includes/ bootstrap.inc; drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL); menu_execute_active_handler(); index.phpFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 6

JAVASCRIPT $(input + source, context).once(date-time).keyup(function () { var input = $(this); var url = settings.lookup + (settings.lookup.match(/?q=/) ? &format= : ?format=) + encodeURIComponent(input.val()); $.getJSON(url, function (data) { $(suffix).empty().append( + settings.text + : <em> + data + </em>); }); }); system.jsFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 7

CSS ul.menu li { margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; /* LTR */ } ul li.expanded { list-style-image: url(../../misc/menu- expanded.png); list-style-type: circle; } system.jsFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 8

INFORMATION ; Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2011-05-25 version = "7.2" project = "drupal" datestamp = "1306357016" system.infoFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 9

basically text files with all kind of information textFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 10

SITE BUILDER? DEVELOPER? DESIGNER? ARCHITECT? “ROCKSTAR?” [INSERT YOUR BUZZWORD] what are they doing?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 11

LET’S JUMP TO ANOTHER WORLDFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 12

CARS http://localmotors.comFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 13

The Rally Fighter, designed by community member Sangho Kim is currently in open prototyping process.Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 14

DOWNLOAD THE CHASSIS FILE :) http://localmotors.comFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 15

CREATE A MICRO FACTORY http://localmotors.comFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 16

READY FOR MODDING http://localmotors.comFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 17

HOW DOES IT WORK?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 18

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GETTING STARTED CREATE IT <- THAT’S THE DESIGN :) DEVELOP IT BUILD IT MOD IT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCRuwtE_n0Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 20

CREATING WEBSITES WITH DRUPAL, JOOMLA, TYPO3, WORDPRESS, ... IS SO MUCH EASIER Yes, I know that this is a Drupal Camp :)Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 21

GETTING STARTED CREATE IT <- THAT’S THE DESIGN :) DEVELOP IT BUILD IT <- WEB AGENCY MOD IT<- ”ONE MAN ARMY”Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 22

10,000 Drupal pieces to play with http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/philliecasablanca/3354734116/Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 23

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/m-nicolson/2414298534/ A HOUSE AND A CARFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 24

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/popcorncx/3514881626/ SOMETHING USEFULFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 25

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pswansen/207418232/ ... MORE ELEGANT ...Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 26

... REALLY BIG .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManufacturingFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 27

KEEP IT SIMPLE! clients often don’t get it! (even when they spend 500,000+ €)Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 28

QUESTION VIA SKYPE: “WHERE CAN I TRANSLATE THIS TEXT?” ... BLA ... at frontpage of clients website (not my client)Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 29

CLIENT: “I FOUND A POSSIBILITY IN THE BLOCK ADMINISTRATION.” A few minutes later ... hope!Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 30

CLIENT: I CREATED 4 NEW BLOCKS :) ... awesome system ...Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 31

CLIENT: “THE BLOCKS ARE NOT APPEARING ON THE SITE :(“ a few minutes laterFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 32

... LONGER CHAT VIA SKYPE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ... 30 minutesFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 33

... EXCHANGE OF FTP CREDENTIALS ... ohlala - this is getting bigger ...Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 34

if ($vars[view]->name == _NAME_ && $vars[display_id] == block_3) { if (drupal_is_front_page()){ $vars[more] = l(... TEXT TO TRANSLATE ..., _NAME_, array (attributes => array(class => _CSS_FOR_BLOCK_))); } } what I found in template.phpFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 35

NO TRANSLATION POSSIBLE VIA UI! t() IS MISSING ﬁrst problemFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 36

NO TRANSLATION POSSIBLE VIA BLOCKS! THE CODE NEEDS block_3 second problemFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 37

CLIENT: “DRUPAL IS SO COMPLICATE!” the real problemFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 38

ME: “...” and who wants to pay me for this info?Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 39

THIS HAPPENS SO OFTEN ... BUT ...Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 40

PROBLEMS CREATE MARKETS!Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 41

DEAR WEB AGENCY AFTER BUILDING IT (AND HOPEFULLY BEING PAYED) CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE PROJECT YOU’LL HAVE ADVANTAGES FOR THE NEXT CONTRACTFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 42

DEAR ONE MAN ARMY AFTER MODDING IT (AND GET WHAT YOU WANT) SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT YOUR WORK YOU’LL HAVE ADVANTAGES FOR YOUR NEXT AIMFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 43

happy clients like to pay for your idea, creativity, work ... http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/dpgreen/5854718132/Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 44

AGAIN ... 10,000 Drupal modules to play with http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/philliecasablanca/3354734116/Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 45

JUST HAVE A LOOK BEFORE YOU START CODING you can learn so much ...Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 46

80+ % CAN BE ACHIEVED VIA CONFIGURATION no research ... just my experienceFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 47

A BIG PART OF THE COSTS OF A WEBSITE ARE THE RESULT OF UNNECESSARY CODING no research ... just my experienceFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 48

A FEW CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES from the real world!Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 49

VIEWS - DEMOFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 50

USER TAB views - http://nodeone.se/node/735Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 51

PAGE MANAGERFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 52

Challenge 1. Main Article content type 2. Fact Box content type -- ref. to Main Article type -- not accessible for public PAGE MANAGER REDIRECTFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 53

FLAGSFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 54

CLKICK THEM TO THE SIDEBAR ﬂagsFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 55

DRAGGABLE VIEWSFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 56

ADMINISTER ORDERINGFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 57

FLAG + RULES + CONTENT-ACCESSFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 58

STYLE GUIDE DISPLAY SUITE DESIGN learned in morten’s sessionFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 59

COME TO DRUPALCON LONDON PRE CONFERENCE TRAINING ADVANCED CONFIGURATION WITH VIEWS, PAGE MANAGER, FLAG AND RULES BECOME A ROCK SOLID DRUPAL SITE BUILDER, WITH THE POWER OF VIEWS, PAGE MANAGER, FLAG AND RULES.’ £325! (+VAT) SIGN UP TODAY :) http://london2011.drupal.org/node/2299Freitag, 8. Juli 2011 60

THANK YOU http://twitter.com/hagengrafFreitag, 8. Juli 2011 61

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