This document discusses Drupal Gardens, a fully hosted Drupal solution. It provides an overview of Drupal Gardens, highlighting that it allows for quick site setup with no learning curve, full Drupal 7 functionality, and low maintenance. Examples of features like views, theming capabilities, and pricing are also summarized to showcase the benefits and value of Drupal Gardens for both developers and customers.
32. For Drupal Gardens to flourish, developers need to educate customers. As developers, we need to know as much as possible about Gardens to offer it as an alternative. In other words… Don’t assume anything. Know your options and limitations. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
33. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. The Admin bar: Nothing watered down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
34. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. The Configuration Page: Nothing watered down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
35. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. The Modules Page: Nothing watered down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
36. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. Installed modules are governed by Acquia. You cannot install your own. For additional functionality there’s many documented workarounds, such as: www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
37. Drupal Gardens enables simple workarounds for lack of module install. E-Commerce: Add HTML buttons. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
38. Drupal Gardens enables simple workarounds for lack of module install. E-Commerce: Add HTML buttons. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
39. Drupal Gardens enables simple workarounds for lack of module install. Widgets & Things: Add a new input format, create a block, add javascript, jquery, etc. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
44. Drupal Gardens offers Simple Views, the little brother of the views module. Data mashups for block placement. Recent posts for many content types. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
45. Drupal Gardens now offers Views 3 for the real Drupal power. Views 3 Nothing watered Down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
54. Acquia listens to Drupal Gardens developers by responding to forums. Extensive, categorized forums offer everyone not only, discussions, help and how to’s… but a place to voice desires for new modules. Voting is conducted based on community feedback and module maturity. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
55. Drupal Gardens is a full scale development AND theming framework If the last 20 slides weren’t enough to get you curious… Check this out… Live Drupal Gardens theme builder demo www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64
56. Drupal Gardens pricing structure fits any budget with value and scalability. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64