drupal panopoly – the content creator's best friend
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Drupal Panopoly from a site builder's perspective. Slides from my presentation at Drupal Camp Berlin 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Drupal Panopoly “Start building your website from the 10th floor”
Drupal Camp Berlin 2014
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Matthias Walti Drupal site builder
Drupal themerOccasional copywriter
Muri, Switzerland@matthiaswalti
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Sitebuilder? Oh yes:-)
This presentation is from a sitebuilder’s perspective, using Drupal for marketing and/or commerce projects.
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Topics About Drupal Distributions
Panopoly for site builders
Panopoly for content editors
Panopoly for business
Issues with Panopoly
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Drupal Distributions
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Drupal Distributions Open AtriumOpen Public
Commerce KickstartOpigno
RestaurantOpen CivicRecruiter
And much more…
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The thing with distributions… Great for exploring a topic.
Awesome for pitching Drupal projects.
But:When used in a production environment, Drupal distros are often too “demoish” and overloaded with functions.
Plus:Theming Drupal core can be painful.
Theming a Drupal distribution is a nightmare.
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Welcome to Panopoly The base distribution for Drupal
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Panopoly for site builders
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Pre-configured functions
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Common scenarios (e.g. search)
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Layouts
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Pre-configured entity types
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Pre-configured field types
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User Role “Editor”
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Settings
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Out-of-the box responsiveness
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Granular user rights
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Updates on a regular basis
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Compatible module versions
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And last but not least:Leaving your site builder’s
comfort zone Embrace best practices
Embrace PanelsEmbrace Features
Embrace AppsRealize that your own distribution is within reach
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Panopoly for content editors (AKA the people who actually pay and use the site)
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Landing pages without IT involved
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In-place page building
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Improved editor experience
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Content management on the tablet
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Content Prototypes with Panopoly
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Panopoly for supporting your business
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Features
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Distributions
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Apps
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Sales tool
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The ecosystem – e.g. Commerce
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Save hours, days, weeks of work
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Issues with Panopoly
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Bugs Very stable when being used in production environments,
but still a little bit buggy for specific site building tasks
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My “Missing” Modules Some modules I usually add to any Panopoly installation
RulesDisplay Suite
PicturesMultilingual Support
Additional search modulesCommerce
CoffeeCKEditor
ZURB Foundation base theme
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www.drupal.org/project/coffee
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Try Panopoly https://www.getpantheon.com/
https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly
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Questions?