This document discusses Drupal Gardens, a fully hosted Drupal solution. It provides an overview of Drupal Gardens, highlighting that it allows for quick site setup with no learning curve, full Drupal 7 functionality, and low maintenance. Examples of features like views, theming capabilities, and pricing are also summarized to showcase the benefits and value of Drupal Gardens for both developers and customers.

1. Put Drupal in the reach of smaller budget clients who prefer a fully hosted Drupal solution. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

4. Drupal 7

5. Theming

6. Presenting

7. Giving BackDrupal Gardens Partner: partners/list/jay-epstein-llc www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

9. Full D7 environment with no learning curve.

10. Full Views 3 integration.

11. 3rd party access for commerce, calendars.

12. Native support for above, in the works.

13. Localization coming soon.

14. Drupal Gardens is a Drupal-as-a-Service platform.

15. Ease of point & click up to advanced techniques.

16. Socially Smart with social media aggregation.

17. Template driven design with extreme flexibility.

18. Zero maintenance on core, modules and themes.

20. Drupal option that costs less.

21. All the power of Drupal.

22. No maintenance or lock in.

23. New functionality month to month.

24. All work is portable. 100% ROI.

25. Multi-site manager - single sign on.

26. Attractive pricing to fit any budget.www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

28. Drupal Gardens, Administration www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

29. Drupal Gardens, Administration www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

32. For Drupal Gardens to flourish, developers need to educate customers. As developers, we need to know as much as possible about Gardens to offer it as an alternative. In other words… Don’t assume anything. Know your options and limitations. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

33. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. The Admin bar: Nothing watered down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

34. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. The Configuration Page: Nothing watered down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

35. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. The Modules Page: Nothing watered down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

36. Drupal 7 developers remain in their comfort zone with no learning curve. Installed modules are governed by Acquia. You cannot install your own. For additional functionality there’s many documented workarounds, such as: www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

37. Drupal Gardens enables simple workarounds for lack of module install. E-Commerce: Add HTML buttons. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

38. Drupal Gardens enables simple workarounds for lack of module install. E-Commerce: Add HTML buttons. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

39. Drupal Gardens enables simple workarounds for lack of module install. Widgets & Things: Add a new input format, create a block, add javascript, jquery, etc. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

41. Atom

42. OPL

43. Twitterwww.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

44. Drupal Gardens offers Simple Views, the little brother of the views module. Data mashups for block placement. Recent posts for many content types. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

45. Drupal Gardens now offers Views 3 for the real Drupal power. Views 3 Nothing watered Down. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

47. Upload Images.

48. Configure a few settings.

49. Assign block to a region.

50. Done.www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

52. Configure a few settings.

53. Done.www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

54. Acquia listens to Drupal Gardens developers by responding to forums. Extensive, categorized forums offer everyone not only, discussions, help and how to’s… but a place to voice desires for new modules. Voting is conducted based on community feedback and module maturity. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

55. Drupal Gardens is a full scale development AND theming framework If the last 20 slides weren’t enough to get you curious… Check this out… Live Drupal Gardens theme builder demo www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

56. Drupal Gardens pricing structure fits any budget with value and scalability. www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64

58. Customer creates a paid account.

60. Thanks for your time and attention  www.acquia.com drupalgardens.com www.jay-epstein.com @jeppy64