Drupal presentation for the CMS Workshop at UNC in April '09. Handout is here http://www.scribd.com/doc/14387584/Drupal-UNC-CMS-Workshop

1. Drupal: A Love Story
Julia Kulla-Mader
http://www.juliakm.com

2. How We Met

3. 2006

4. Internship at DesignHammer

5. Yippee! My Own Project

7. Limited Budget

8. Not a lot of time

10. The Start of Something Beautiful

11. Trustworthy
• Security
• Customizable Permissions

12. Small, Modular and Useful
• Lightweight core code
• 4,000+ Modules

13. Lots of Smart, Helpful People
• 1,400+ at last Drupalcon
• Active support forms
• Used by major businesses &
nonprofits

14. I Love Drupal

16. The Rough Period

17. Hello Frankenstein
• There’s a module for that!
• CRM + E-Commerce = Pain

18. Hacking Core & Other Misadventures

19. Highly, Highly Customized Design = Pain

20. It’s Over Drupal!

21. Together Again

22. New Nonprofit Job: AASHE
• Hundreds of static files
• Complex permissions
• Desire for wiki, forum, award
submission tools

23. Limited Budget

24. Not a lot of time

25. I Miss Drupal

26. Trustworthy
• Security
• Customizable Permissions

27. Small, Modular and Useful
• Lightweight core code
• 4,000+ Modules

28. Lots of Smart, Helpful People
• 1,400+ at last Drupalcon
• Active support forms
• Used by major businesses &
nonprofits
• Acquia

29. I Love Drupal (Again)

30. Why It Will Work This Time

31. Drupal Is Not Always the Right Tool
“I want to collect widget numbers
via voicemail that then are transcribed
to text and posted to Twitter. After that
happens, my oven should turn on.”

32. Listen
• To client requirements
• To the Drupal community

34. The Future

35. The Future: Drupal “Next is to eliminate
the web developer and to
make online publishing even more
accessible. At Acquia, our goal is to
provide anyone who wants to build a
website the tools they need to build
the website they want. No
restrictions..”

36. The Future: You
1. Download Acquia Drupal
2. Buy “Using Drupal”
3. Join Triangle Drupal

37. Thank you for listening