The document provides an overview of the open source content management system Drupal, including what's new in version 7. It discusses Drupal's history and customizable features. The summary highlights new usability improvements, custom fields, image handling capabilities, and performance and scalability enhancements in Drupal 7. It also notes that while the core is stable, many third-party modules require upgrading and testing before fully adopting Drupal 7.

1. Drupal 7 in 60 minutes or your money back

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3. What ’ s Drupal?

4. Customizable PHP CMS Open Source, built by its users Relies on plug-in modules Supports many content types Great for lots of content & users Third most popular CMS Drupal for the impatient What is it?

5. Released as open source in 2001 Used by Dean campaign in 2004 Adopted by news & media sites Tools for builders as well as coders Drupal 6 was the tipping point Some Drupal history What is it?

6. New in Drupal 7

7. Usability! New theme Streamlined editing New admin section New update manager Usability testing & team What ’ s new in 7?

8. Custom fields Custom content types Custom data fields Configurable formatters Add fields to anything! What ’ s new in 7?

9. Image handling Best solution now built in Define image fields Configure “ image styles ” Auto-thumbnails & variations What ’ s new in 7?

10. Under the hood Automated testing New database layer More flexible file handling Improved AJAX APIs Improved installation profiles What ’ s new in 7?

11. Easier to scale Master/Slave databases Improved proxy support Improved caching system More efficient access control What ’ s new in 7?

12. More standards RDFa everywhere jQuery + jQuery UI Accessibility improvements PDO & PHP Streams What ’ s new in 7?

13. Should you upgrade?

14. Major versions break APIs Upgrade path for data Modules & themes must upgrade 6-9 month lag for upgrades The drop is always moving Should you upgrade?

15. Use “ Upgrade Status ” module Nuke unnecessary modules Use “ Coder Upgrade ” module Start upgrading your own Watch for upgrade paths, not just new releases Modules & custom code Should you upgrade?

16. CCK module needed for upgrade Most field types still in progress Don ’ t jump in without testing Custom fields Should you upgrade?

17. PHP 5.2.5+ MySQL 5.0.15 & PDO 32 megs of PHP RAM Slower, but easier to scale Server requirements Should you upgrade?

18. Real-world Drupal 7

19. Drupal “ Core ” is great Major third-party modules in beta “ The bench ” isn ’ t ready Upgrade paths patchy New approaches to learn Using Drupal rough cuts!

20. And now…