Drupal: Community Plumbing Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS Library Services Manager OPLIN [email_address] druplicon Some content & graphics courtesy of Isriya Paireepairit

{Dutch} druppel pronounces Drupal {English} means drop {English}

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

What is Drupal?

Content management system (CMS)

Open source (GPL)

Mostly/entirely W3C compliant

Extremely extensible

What can you do with it? Small or large scale web sites Blogs Collaborative authoring environments Forums Newsletters Podcasts /videos/images File uploads and downloads Tags Limit access by role A heck of a lot more…

What can you do with it?

Small or large scale web sites

Blogs

Collaborative authoring environments

Forums

Newsletters

Podcasts /videos/images

File uploads and downloads

Tags

Limit access by role

A heck of a lot more…

Who uses Drupal?

What does it take to run? Apache/IIS PHP MySQL/PostgreSQL Patience

Apache/IIS

PHP

MySQL/PostgreSQL

Patience

Drupal You

Things to think about….

So why climb the cliff? It’s all free! No commercial vendor Little to no licensing worries Runs on multiple platforms Dynamic Highly customizable

It’s all free!

No commercial vendor

Little to no licensing worries

Runs on multiple platforms

Dynamic

Highly customizable

So why climb the cliff? (con’t) Re-theming capability (CSS) Granular level of customization Huge community

Re-theming capability (CSS)

Granular level of customization

Huge community

600+ developers for core 800+ developers for contributions 600+ modules 250+ themes 40 languages localization source: knaddison.com/book/export/s5/475 (2007 numbers)

600+ developers for core

800+ developers for contributions

600+ modules

250+ themes

40 languages localization

Award-winning CMS

Source: Drupal booklet

Contributions Modules Core (optional) Core (required)

Core (required) • Block - box display • Filter - input format • Node - content • System - admin, theming, ... • User • Watchdog - logging

• Block - box display

• Filter - input format

• Node - content

• System - admin, theming, ...

• User

• Watchdog - logging

Core (optional) Blog Comment Forum Menu Locale Path Poll Profile Search Statistics Taxonomy Uploads

Blog

Comment

Forum

Menu

Locale

Path

Poll

Profile

Search

Statistics

Taxonomy

Uploads

The future of Drupal

More info… Drupal.org Groups.drupal.org #drupal and #drupal-support on IRC @drupal, @drupal_modules & @drupal_themes

Drupal.org

Groups.drupal.org

#drupal and #drupal-support on IRC

@drupal, @drupal_modules & @drupal_themes

Source: http://buytaert.net/happy-fifth-birthday-drupal

The Drupal Song