A Drupal presentation that given to Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand.

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Patcharaporn Pansuwan
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2. What is ?
is a Free software package that allows
an individual or a community of users to
easily publish, manage and organize a
wide variety of content on a website.
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Content Management System
(CMS)
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sometimes
described as
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Content Management Framework
(CMF)
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7. System Requirement
• Apache (Version 1.3+) or IIS (Version 5.0+)
• PHP (Version 4.3.5+)
• Database
• MySQL (Version 4.1+)
• PostgreSQL (Version 7.4+)
• MS SQL and Oracle is unofficially
support by Drupal Enterprise
contributors.
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8. What can do?
• Online Community Site
• Social Network Site
• Corporate Site
• Weblogs
• Forums
• Online Business Web Application
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9. Features
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http://www.drupal.org/features
• Blogs and Forums
• RSS Feed Support
• Role Based Permission System
• Built-in Search
• Taxonomy, Free Tagging
• Clean URLs (Good for SEO)
• Analysis, Tracking, Statistics, Logging and Reporting
• Caching
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10. Why ?
• Most of CMS features are included
• Rich of Modules
• Localization Ready
• Multisite Installation
• Highly Customizable
• Performance
• Good Documentation
• Good Community
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11. vs Joomla
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Source - http://www.alldrupalthemes.com/blog/joomla-15-drupal-61-performance-comparison.html
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12. Drupal vs Others
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Source - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibm/library/i-osource1/#fig3
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13. Multisite Installation
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14. Why not ?
• Learning Curve
• PHP knowledge is needed
• Lack of Themes
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15. Learning Curve
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Source - http://buytaert.net/drupal-learning-curve
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in the real world.
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17. Universal Music
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18. Nike
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19. FedEx
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20. Harvard University
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Asia Scout Network
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22. Thaihealth Promotion Foundation
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Roomai
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Fuse
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Core Modules
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26. Module Architecture
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Drupal Core Engine
Drupal Core
Modules
Drupal Contribution
Modules
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27. Core Modules
• Required
• Block - Display Blocks
• Filter - Input Format Filtering
• Node - Content Node
• System - Site Configuration
• User - Users and Roles Management
• Watchdog - Logging and Reports
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28. Core Modules
• Optional
• Aggregator
• Blog
• Comment
• Forum
• Locale
• Menu
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• Profile
• Search
• Statistics
• Taxonomy
• Upload
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Contribution Modules
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30. CCK
Add more fields to specific content type
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31. Views
Control how lists of contents are presented
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32. Pathauto
Generate URL path aliases automatically
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Want to know more?
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34. Online Community
• www.drupal.org (English)
• Drupal Core, Modules and Themes
Download
• Installation Manual
• Support Forums
• www.drupal.in.th (Thai)
• Support Forums
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35. Source - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaborhojtsy/279354242
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