An Introduction to Drupal
by Steven W. Merrill
Webmaster & Instructor, Bradley University

About Me
My name’s Steven Merrill.
I’m an instructor at Bradley University and
webmaster of the Slane College there.
I’m co-author and maintainer of the SWFAddress
module for integrating full Flash sites with Drupal.
I’m also a Drupal evangelist. Since DrupalCampWI
this January, I’ve been on the lookout for ways to
give back to the amazing Drupal community.

Drupal and Me
Kevin Reynen (maintainer of TinyMCE) got the
Slane college started on Drupal.
I was brought in and have converted the majority
of the sites over to Drupal.
Brian McMurray and I have given 2 presentations,
including one at an international DrupalCon, on
our SWFAddress techniques for full Flash sites
with full alternate content and clean URLs.

What is Drupal?
Drupal is free, open-source software that allow