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    1. Introduction to Drupal by Leo Klein Web Coordinator OAR, UIC
    2. Leo Klein (Elevator Speech)
      • Web Coordinator : OAR, UIC
      • Colleges attended: UIC, Sorbonne, FU (Berlin), Queens College (CUNY), ITP (NYU)
      • Jobs attended: Bobst Library (NYU), Newman Library (Baruch College, CUNY), COE (UIC)
      • Interests: Web Design, Usability
      • Personal Website: www.LeoKlein.com
      • Blog: ChicagoLibrarian.com
    3. HUGE DISCLAIMER I Know What I Know
    4. Small Disclaimer It's 'Content Management' Not 'Content Organization'
    5. Is it Time to CMS?
      • Large amounts of similar data: events, news, other media, etc.
      • Feature requests: calendar, forums, blogs, galleries, etc.
      • Multi-user Environment: password-protected content, expanded range of people providing content
      • Server-Side: Access to Server-side resources and someone to maintain system
    6. Why Drupal? (Druplicon)
    7. Drupal in Education Amherst College Ohio State - Math Dept. Wash. Univ. – Arts & Sci. BYU – Comp. Sci.
    8. Origin of Drupal
    9. Drupal Born – 2001*
      • Originally developed by Dries Buytaert and fellow students at the University of Antwerp
      • 2001 – Initial Release of Drupal
      • 2004 – Drupal taken up by Dean Campaign
      • 2005 to now:
        • High Profile Conversions (Onion.com, Observer.com, Amnesty International)
        • From " Community Plumbing " to " Roll-Your-Own Push Button CMS "
      • * More Info: http://drupal.org/node/769
    10. Drupal.org
    11. Resources from Drupal.org
    12. Joys & Sorrows of Open Source
      • It’s Free
      • It’s Open
      • It’s Innovative (sometimes)
      • It’s "Scratch Your Own Itch”
      • It’s Frustrating
      • It's Fun
    13. Types of Users
      • SW-HW*:
      • Server running either Apache or IIS
      • PHP (Scripting Language)
      • MySQL or PostgreSQL
      • Human:
      • Person comfortable installing the above three
      • “ Some assembly required ”
      Requirements ______ * http://drupal.org/requirements
    14. Drupal in 3 Parts
    15. Drupal Core
      • What You Get 'Out of the Box'
      • Essential Features
          • (Node, Block, Taxonomy,
          • Theme Engine, Comments, RSS)
      • 'Legacy' Features
              • (Story, Forum, Blog)
    16.  
    17. Contributed Modules
      • "Building Blocks" of Drupal
      • Hundreds to Choose from
      • Most Essential Modules:
        • Content Construction Kit
        • Views
        • ImageCache
        • Organic Groups
    18. Life & Death of a Drupal Module
      • Modules are built for a specific purpose and for a specific release of Drupal
      • How to Tell if a Module is Alive and Kicking -- or in the 'Deadpool':
        • Recent updates?
        • Recent Support Questions/Issues?
        • Attitude of Maintainers (Helpful or Not)?
    19. Themes Amor Azul Imagination NewsFlash SEO Position
    20. Drupal Roadmap
      • Drupal 6.0 (Feb. 2008)
        • Improvements:
          • Installation
          • Theming
          • Internationalization
      • Drupal 7.0 (Feb. 2009?)
        • Incorporation of CCK & Views into Core
    21. Drupal as a Community
      • Open Source encourages - and requires – an open, responsive Social Organization
      • Great team of Developers (some local in Illinois)
      • Learn the terrain & benefit from It
    22. Other Helpful Sites
      • Lullabot Wonderful source for podcasts and other high quality information on Drupal - http://www.lullabot.com
      • DrupalDojo Extensive collection of screencasts and other "lessons" http://drupaldojo.com
      • Mastering Drupal Number of good screencasts http://www.masteringdrupal.com/
      • Dries Buytaert's Blog Personal Blog of Drupal's Founder - http://buytaert.net
    23. Drupal Groups
      • Drupal in Education (378 members) http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-education
      • Chicago User Group (General) http://groups.drupal.org/chicago
      • Chicago Meetup Group http://cdmug.org/
      • Drupal4UIC http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4uic.html
    24. Leo Klein’s Drupal Tips
      • Try "Sandboxes" at OpenSourceCMS.com
      • Experiment locally
      • Follow the forums at Drupal.org
      • Join a Drupal Group (http://groups.drupal.org)
      • Check out the competition
      • Ultimately: Bend the CMS to your needs (& not the other way around)
    25. Happy Drupaling! Leo Robert Klein lrk 'at' uic 'dot' edu msn/aim/ghoo/yhoo: 'leorobertklein' www.LeoKlein.com

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