Apcug 2011 07-17-intro_to_drupal_jeff_schuler

INTRO TO DRUPAL Part 1: Intro to Drupal (10:00 - 10:50am) Part 2: Getting Started / Demo (11:00-11:50am) 2011 Cleveland Regional APCUG Annual Meeting http://cleveland.apcug.org/Sunday, July 17, 2011

JEFF SCHULER jeff@websubstrate.com http://www.websubstrate.com http://drupal.org/user/239714/ (jeffschuler) Cleveland Drupal User Group http://www.meetup.com/cleveland-drupal/Sunday, July 17, 2011

WHAT IS DRUPAL? • Tool for building & running web sites and apps • Content Management Framework (CMF) • Product or Framework?Sunday, July 17, 2011

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/matijagrguric/5404377938/Sunday, July 17, 2011

SITES RUNNING DRUPAL • ubuntu.com • amnesty.org • java.net • foxsearchlight.com • dev.twitter.com • mtv.co.uk • ing.us • britney.com • mattel.com • ericclapton.com • duke.edu • dead.netSunday, July 17, 2011

SITES RUNNING DRUPAL... • fastcompany.com • recovery.gov • popsci.com • investor.gov • observer.com • sba.gov • examiner.com • itdashboard.gov • economist.com • ed.gov • motherjones.com • whitehouse.govSunday, July 17, 2011

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SEE MORE EXAMPLES • http://drupal.org/cases • http://websites.usandv.com/who-is-using-drupal • http://buytaert.net/tag/drupal-sitesSunday, July 17, 2011

SOME NUMBERS • 1+million sites (1.7% of the web) •> 10,000 modules on drupal.org •> 1,000 themes •> 9,000 developers committed code to drupal.org •> 3,000 people at DrupalCon Chicago 2011Sunday, July 17, 2011

TYPES OF SITES • Brochureware • Publishing (workﬂows) • Blogs • E-commerce • Content managed • Geo • Groups/communities • Media-rich • Social networking • Relational-data-heavy • Intranets • InternationalSunday, July 17, 2011

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES • Multi-user • Usability • Rapid development • Learning curve • Developer-friendly • Upgrading • Community • Available themes • Flexibility • Flexibility • PHP • PHPSunday, July 17, 2011

COMPARISONSSunday, July 17, 2011

OPEN SOURCE & COMMUNITY • All code and ﬁles on drupal.org licensed under GPL (>= 2) • Generally free • Do-ocracy • Issue Queues on drupal.org and IRCSunday, July 17, 2011

TECHNOLOGY • LAMP, or really ***P • Runs on a webserver (usually Apache) • Needs a database (usually MySQL) • PHP (& JS)Sunday, July 17, 2011

CORE & CONTRIB • Drupal is modular • Core: Basic, typical functionality and API • Contrib: Universe of possibilitySunday, July 17, 2011

SOME CORE FEATURES • Pages, blogs, forums, comments, polls • RDF (D7) • Custom content types • Stats, logging • Custom ﬁelds (D7) • Caching and throttling • Menus • Clean URLs • Blocks • Syndication/Aggregation • Taxonomy • Multi-site • Image handling (D7) • Multi-language • Search • Update-checking • Users, permissions, roles, OpenID • a few themesSunday, July 17, 2011

CONTRIB •> 10,000 modules - http://drupal.org/project/modules "Theres a module for that." •> 1,000 themes - http://drupal.org/project/themes • Contrib sometimes becomes Core • Install proﬁlesSunday, July 17, 2011

CORE INITIATIVES FOR 8 • HTML 5 • Better support for web services and context (mobile) • Conﬁguration management • Better multi-lingual • Design • http://drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-coreSunday, July 17, 2011

DRUPAL PRODUCTS • OpenAtrium - http://openatrium.com/ • OpenPublish - http://openpublishapp.com/ • OpenPublic - http://openpublicapp.com/ • ManagingNews - http://managingnews.com/ • Features => Drupal App StoreSunday, July 17, 2011

REQUIREMENTS • UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows • Disk space: code (3MB - 50MB,) database, media • Webserver: Apache, IIS, (and nginx and Lighthttpd) • Database server: MySQL, PostgreSQL (D7:) SQLite and MariaDB, (Contrib:) SQL Server, Oracle • PHP: recommended 5.2 for D6, 5.3 for D7 • http://drupal.org/requirementsSunday, July 17, 2011

BUT WHAT IS IT? • Drupal code (core, modules, themes) files • Database: configuration and content data • Your files (media, etc.) • (let’s see...)Sunday, July 17, 2011

NECESSARY TOOLS? • Browser • Text Editor (for HTML, CSS, PHP) • Firebug - http://getﬁrebug.com/ • For reviewing/submitting patches: git • Hardcore: IDE (ex. Eclipse), debugger (ex. XDebug)Sunday, July 17, 2011

SETUP & INSTALL (TRADITIONAL) • Set up stack (LAMP) • Download Drupal • Create database and a user with permissions to it • Add database credentials to sites/default/settings.php • Run installer through browserSunday, July 17, 2011

SETUP, EASIER • Drupal Gardens - http://www.drupalgardens.com/ • WAMP - http://www.wampserver.com/ • MAMP - http://www.mamp.info/ • XAMPP - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html • Acquia Drupal - http://acquia.com/products-services/acquia-drupalSunday, July 17, 2011

GETTING DRUPAL • http://drupal.org/project/drupal • D6 vs. D7 • One-click installers (on your webhost) • (and Acquia Drupal / Drupal Gardens)Sunday, July 17, 2011

THEMES • http://drupal.org/project/themes • Using base themes: Zen, Fusion, Omega • Starting with existing HTML • (install, enable, anatomy)Sunday, July 17, 2011

MODULES • http://drupal.org/project/modules • http://drupalmodules.com • (install, enable, anatomy)Sunday, July 17, 2011

CONCEPTS / DEMO • Content Types • Views • Fields • Panels • Taxonomy • Users • Menus • Modules & Themes • Regions • Drush • Blocks • Live siteSunday, July 17, 2011

RESOURCES • http://drupal.org • Books: lots. Try Using Drupal. http://groups.drupal.org • IRC - http://drupal.org/irc • Lullabot training (& more): http://www.lullabot.com/ • User Groups, Camps, Cons • MustardSeed Video PodcastSunday, July 17, 2011

CONTRIBUTING TO DRUPAL http://fwallpapers.com/ﬁles/images/drupal-art.jpgSunday, July 17, 2011

CONTRIBUTING TO DRUPAL • Modules & themes • Issue Queues • Documentation / Handbook • Translations • Donate / chip-in • http://drupal.org/contributeSunday, July 17, 2011

http://drupal.org/drupal-7-releasedSunday, July 17, 2011

THANKS! Jeff Schuler jeff@websubstrate.com jeffschuler on drupal.org and twitterSunday, July 17, 2011

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