Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS) and application framework that has been used to build over 600,000 websites. OpenPublic is a Drupal distribution tailored for government agencies that includes pre-built content types, directories, sections, and themes compliant with accessibility standards. It provides a full-featured CMS while meeting the specific needs of public sector organizations.

1. Drupal in the Public Sector
An overview of OpenPublic
DrupalCampSFL
10/22/2011

2. Open Source and Drupal
Drupal is an open source project that serves as a content management
system (CMS) and application framework. The Drupal open source project
has over 1 Million+ Drupal members. The software has been downloaded
3 Million + times. It has been in development worldwide for over 10 years
and is in it's seventh major release.The technology is the power behind
over 600,000 websites and has over 8000 modules available.
Top Ten Key Features:
● A platform for rapid website assembly
● Enormously scalable
● Freely extensible
● Built for social publishing
● Open to your branding
● Flexible in deployment
● Beloved by a thriving development community
● Without software acquisition or licencing costs
● Fanatical about following standards
● Proven high in security
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3. Drupal in Government
Drupal has become the de-facto standard for Government
agencies deploying new web-based projects.
Notable Governement / Agencies using Drupal
● http://www.whitehouse.gov/
● http://data.ed.gov
● http://www.ed.gov
● http://www.commerce.gov
● http://www.energy.gov
● http://www.fcc.gov/
Resource: http://groups.drupal.org/node/19885#USA
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4. What is a distribution?
Distributions are full copies of Drupal that include extra
things that aren't in the regular Drupal download. These
extras typically include installation profiles, modules,
features, themes and now "apps".
Examples:
OpenPublic, OpenAtrium, OpenPublish, Managing News
Resource: http://drupal.org/project/installation+profile
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5. What is OpenPublic?
OpenPublic is an open source content management
system built as a Drupal Distribution and tailored for
building websites for government agencies.
Features include:
● Drupal 7 CMS
● Accessibility and 508 compliance
● Pre-built MediaRoom, Blog, Press Release and Document content types
● Leadership and Staff Directories
● Resource and Service Site Sections
● Complies with Level 2 of the NIST'S Authentication Guidelines
● Pluggable Features and Apps
● Advanced Profile / User Management
● 2 Pre-Built Themes with customizable look and feel and sub-themeing
● Intuitive content management dashboard
Resource: http://drupal.org/project/installation+profile
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6. OpenPublic Requirements
● Minimum of a dual-core processor with 2GB RAM (Linux) or 4GB RAM (Windows).
Actual hardware requirements will vary depending on the amount of content and
traffic.
● Web Server - NginX, Apache 1.3 or Apache 2.x. Drupal can also run on Microsoft
IIS. Apache is the most tested platform.
● PHP – Version 5.2.x or 5.3
● Database – MySQL 4.1 or 5.x, though MySQL 5.1 is strongly recommended.
● Installing a PHP code optimizer like APC is highly recommended, especially for
production use.
● Your memory_limit variable, in php.ini needs to be at least 128M, but 190M is
recommended.
● If you are still having problems (seeing "white screens of death" or errors during
installation) try setting:
● max_execution_time to around 120
● realpath_cache_size to 512K, 1M or even 2M.
● max_input_time to around 120.
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7. OpenPublic Demo
● Sign in / Security
● Dashboard
● Adding Content
● Profiles
● Leadership and Staff
● Services and Resource Sections
● Blogs
● MediaRoom
● Press Contact
● Press Releases/News
● Multimedia Galleries
● Social Media
○ Stay Connected
○ AddThis integration
● Theming
○ 2 Included
○ Subthemeing
● Pluggable Functionality
○ Features
○ Apps
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8. OpenPublic Resources
Download:
http://openpublicapp.com/
Community:
http://community.openpublicapp.com/
Documentation:
http://docs.openpublicapp.com/display/INST/Documentation
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9. Q&A
John Studdard
Big Couch Media Group
john@bigcouchmedia.com
@johnstuddard
@bigcouchmedia