15 Minutes from Design to Online
                 Preview of Drupal Gardens
           15 Minutes from Design to Online


  Linea Rowe                     Bryan House
  Director, Product Management   Sr. Director, Marketing
  Acquia                         Acquia
  @linearowe                     @bryanhouse
Housekeeping


 Can you hear us? Raise your hand in G2W
 Today’s webinar is being recorder and will be
 posted in the next 24 hours at:
 – http://acquia.com/community/resources/recorded_webinars

 Submit questions via G2W, we’ll answer as many as
 we can at end
 –Give it a try & tell us where you dialing in from today
Upcoming Webinars




 Thursday February 11th
 –Preview of Drupal 7 with Dries Buytaert & Jeff Noyes
 –**New webinar platform with Linux OS support**

     Register Today - http://acquia.com/webinars
Until Now, Drupal is DIY
 One path to create & operate Drupal sites
 – Download binary
 – Set up LAMP stack
 – Install Drupal
 – Find contrib modules to meet requirements
 – Install contrib modules
 – Build Drupal site
 – Theme Drupal site
 – Tune LAMP stack for performance
 – Update Drupal application and LAMP stack
Implications of DIY

 For superheroes only?
Drupal community
includes many
superheroes




                   1400 Drupal developers
                          DrupalCon DC
                            Washington, 2009
Grow Drupal by 100x
                      Superhero skills
                         need not be
                            required
When should you use
   Drupal Gardens?
Match deployment choice to your:
 - site requirements
 - business requirements
Big sites => Drupal
Big sites => Drupal




Microsites =>
Drupal Gardens
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?




Rapid deployment
Hosted, managed service
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?

Many microsites
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?

               Repeatable information
                          architecture
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?

Consistent
design elements
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?




                         Perishable sites
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?

Start small and grow
When Is Drupal Gardens a Good Fit?


 Most importantly...

 You need a service with:
 nothing to install
 no servers to update or manage
Who will use
Drupal Gardens?
Enterprises, Large and Small




                      Product launches
                   Marketing campaigns
                       Event promotion
Media & Entertainment Companies

 Artist sites
 Promotional campaigns
Government Agencies, Non-Pro t

                   Political campaigns
                       Rapid response
Higher Education Institutions




                 Departments, projects,
                          faculty sites
What Is Drupal Gardens?




                 Drupal 7, as a Service
What Is Drupal Gardens?




                     Library of themes
                          & templates
What Is Drupal Gardens?




                          Design. Build.
                                 Clone.
Social publishing, made simple

 ThemeBuilder

 Integrated WYSWYG editor

 Personal media library

 Different layouts on every page

 Tagging, vocabularies and metadata

 Multi-user authoring
Socially Smart

 User pro les

 Supercharged blogging

 Socially connected

 Community enabled

 RSS

 Single sign on
Powerful

 Role-based permissions

 Con gurable content types

 Custom CSS support

 Export sites, no platform lock-in

 Scalable, high performance

 Up-to-date security
Let’s see a demo
On the Horizon

Manage site collections
Themes across sites
Sites con gurations
Multisite search
Analytics
Partner Program

 Opportunities
 –Design agencies
 –Development partners
 –Affiliate programs
 Interested? Sign up @

  http://www.drupalgardens.com/partners
Pricing



 Drupal Gardens is free through end of 2010

 Pricing plans at:

 – http://www.drupalgardens.com/pricing

 Enterprise packages available - call us
Drupal Gardens - Socially Smart Websites

 Power of Drupal 7

 Power of Drupal 7
 Fully managed, hosted
 social publishing service,
 with an open source
 Fully managed, hosted social publishing service
 attitude

 Enterprise microsites, campaigns, events and more
 Enterprise microsites,
 campaigns, community
 sites, events and more
We’re Hiring?
 Do you love working with Drupal?

 If so, Acquia is hiring:
–Engineering & design
–Client advisors and consulting
–Inside sales


                Check out openings at
              http://acquia.com/careers
Questions
 For more information, visit:
 – http://drupalgardens.com
 – http://acquia.com
 – http://twitter.com/drupalgardens
 – http://twitter.com/acquia
 Contact us:                     Today’s webinar recording
                                     will be posted at:
 – sales@acquia.com          http://acquia.com/community/resources/
                                        recorded_webinars
 – 888.9.ACQUIA
 Sign up for Drupal Gardens
 – http://signup.drupalgardens.com
Drupal Gardens Overview

Drupal Gardens Overview

  • 1.
    15 Minutes fromDesign to Online Preview of Drupal Gardens 15 Minutes from Design to Online Linea Rowe Bryan House Director, Product Management Sr. Director, Marketing Acquia Acquia @linearowe @bryanhouse
  • 2.
    Housekeeping Can youhear us? Raise your hand in G2W Today’s webinar is being recorder and will be posted in the next 24 hours at: – http://acquia.com/community/resources/recorded_webinars Submit questions via G2W, we’ll answer as many as we can at end –Give it a try & tell us where you dialing in from today
  • 3.
    Upcoming Webinars ThursdayFebruary 11th –Preview of Drupal 7 with Dries Buytaert & Jeff Noyes –**New webinar platform with Linux OS support** Register Today - http://acquia.com/webinars
  • 5.
    Until Now, Drupalis DIY One path to create & operate Drupal sites – Download binary – Set up LAMP stack – Install Drupal – Find contrib modules to meet requirements – Install contrib modules – Build Drupal site – Theme Drupal site – Tune LAMP stack for performance – Update Drupal application and LAMP stack
  • 6.
    Implications of DIY For superheroes only?
  • 7.
    Drupal community includes many superheroes 1400 Drupal developers DrupalCon DC Washington, 2009
  • 8.
    Grow Drupal by100x Superhero skills need not be required
  • 9.
    When should youuse Drupal Gardens?
  • 10.
    Match deployment choiceto your: - site requirements - business requirements
  • 11.
  • 12.
    Big sites =>Drupal Microsites => Drupal Gardens
  • 13.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Rapid deployment Hosted, managed service
  • 14.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Many microsites
  • 15.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Repeatable information architecture
  • 16.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Consistent design elements
  • 17.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Perishable sites
  • 18.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Start small and grow
  • 19.
    When Is DrupalGardens a Good Fit? Most importantly... You need a service with: nothing to install no servers to update or manage
  • 20.
  • 21.
    Enterprises, Large andSmall Product launches Marketing campaigns Event promotion
  • 22.
    Media & EntertainmentCompanies Artist sites Promotional campaigns
  • 23.
    Government Agencies, Non-Prot Political campaigns Rapid response
  • 24.
    Higher Education Institutions Departments, projects, faculty sites
  • 25.
    What Is DrupalGardens? Drupal 7, as a Service
  • 26.
    What Is DrupalGardens? Library of themes & templates
  • 27.
    What Is DrupalGardens? Design. Build. Clone.
  • 28.
    Social publishing, madesimple ThemeBuilder Integrated WYSWYG editor Personal media library Different layouts on every page Tagging, vocabularies and metadata Multi-user authoring
  • 29.
    Socially Smart Userpro les Supercharged blogging Socially connected Community enabled RSS Single sign on
  • 30.
    Powerful Role-based permissions Con gurable content types Custom CSS support Export sites, no platform lock-in Scalable, high performance Up-to-date security
  • 32.
  • 33.
    On the Horizon Managesite collections Themes across sites Sites con gurations Multisite search Analytics
  • 34.
    Partner Program Opportunities –Design agencies –Development partners –Affiliate programs Interested? Sign up @ http://www.drupalgardens.com/partners
  • 35.
    Pricing Drupal Gardensis free through end of 2010 Pricing plans at: – http://www.drupalgardens.com/pricing Enterprise packages available - call us
  • 36.
    Drupal Gardens -Socially Smart Websites Power of Drupal 7 Power of Drupal 7 Fully managed, hosted social publishing service, with an open source Fully managed, hosted social publishing service attitude Enterprise microsites, campaigns, events and more Enterprise microsites, campaigns, community sites, events and more
  • 37.
    We’re Hiring? Doyou love working with Drupal? If so, Acquia is hiring: –Engineering & design –Client advisors and consulting –Inside sales Check out openings at http://acquia.com/careers
  • 38.
    Questions For moreinformation, visit: – http://drupalgardens.com – http://acquia.com – http://twitter.com/drupalgardens – http://twitter.com/acquia Contact us: Today’s webinar recording will be posted at: – sales@acquia.com http://acquia.com/community/resources/ recorded_webinars – 888.9.ACQUIA Sign up for Drupal Gardens – http://signup.drupalgardens.com