drupal presentation @ the higher education web symposium
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The first part of ZivTech's presentation on Drupal made for the Higher Education Web Symposium @ UPennTRANSCRIPT
Introduction to Drupal
Created for the Higher Education Web Symposium
@ UPenn on 07/16/08
Presented by Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
&Jody Hamilton
ZivTech – http://zivtech.com
Harvard University
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Yale University
UC Berkeley
Stanford University
Washington University St. LouisWashington University in St. Louis
Washington University St. Louis
Ohio State University
Ohio State University
Bradley University
Bradley University
Brigham Young University
Georgia Tech University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Oregon State University
Queen’s University
Oregon State University
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Portland State University
San Jose University
Hamline University
Indiana University
University of Prince Edward Island
University of British Columbia
Cal Institute of the Arts
Ohio Northern University
Rice University
What is Drupal?
• Open Source Content Management System and Framework
• Created and maintained by thousands of Developers, many of them working for Drupal shops, orgs, or companies.
• Internet enabled community
Drupal's Community
• Drupal.Org – Projects (Modules and Themes)
• Issue Queue
– Forums– Drupal Planet
• Feeds from Drupal Developers and Shops
– Drupal Services
Drupal's Community
• Groups.Drupal.org– http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-education– http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-for-good– http://groups.drupal.org/curriculum
• Drupal Dojo– http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-dojo– http://drupaldojo.com/
Drupal's Community
• IRC Channels on Freenode– #drupal– #drupal-support– #drupal-dev– #drupal-themes– #drupal-consultants– #drupal-dojo
Drupal's Community
• Mailing Lists– Developers– Security– Newsletter
• In Person– Meetups– DrupalCamps (like BarCamps)– DrupalCon (bi-annual)
Who uses Drupal?
• Universities– Yale, Harvard, Penn State, Rice, MIT,
Stanford, and many more.
• Organizations• unicef, The United Nations, PBS, Belgian
Government, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, NASA, NATO, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
Who uses Drupal?
• Companies– Reuters, Yahoo, Sun Microsystems, Sony
BMG, Adobe, IBM, Universal Music Group, The BBC, The Onion, FedEx, Nike, MTV, Forbes, AOL, Fast Company.
• You?
Why use Drupal?
• cheaper - other systems cost tens- to hundreds-of-thousands of dollars just for a site license
• flexibility
• extensibility
• strong community support - many come from the online organizing and non-profit world
Why use Drupal?• Corporate/enterprise level support
– Acquia (The “Red Hat” of Drupal)
• Modules built and supported by large companies such as Adobe and Sony
• Development cycle - new full release every 12-18 months, each release has seen the “core” improve greatly, – Drupal 7 promises to be the "killer" release
• Many support options & no developer/company "lock in" – You can always find a new developer if yours isn't
working out, many support options, Aquia.