Introduction to Drupalby Leow Kah Thong

http://kahthong.com @ktleowleow@kahthong.com

What is “Drupal”?

• Pronounced “droo-puhl”• Founded by Dries Buytaert• Started as school discussion forum in

2000• Drupal was later released in 2001• CMS + CMF = Best of both worlds

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The Numbers

• 13,316 modules• 1,334 themes• 13,464 developers• 720,717 people from 228 countries• 99 languages supported• 557,155 weekly downloads• 2.64% of worldwide websites• 2nd top CMS in the world • Price? $0 - FREE

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Features

• Multisite installation (eg: Sony Music)• Build (almost) any kind of website• Implement (almost any kind of

design)• Scalable / Caching• Secure (dedicated security team)

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Features (cont.)

• SEO friendly / Semantic Web• Developer friendly (3rd party

integration)• API well documented• Hosted service (Drupal Gardens)• Drupal is everywhere!

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Interface

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Standard Drupal 7 installation

When would you use Drupal?

• Website that requires flexibility• Interact with other sites or technology• Create complex online forms /

questionnaires• Web applications with 3rd party

integration (eg: PubSubHubbub, RDF, ApacheSolr Search, Apache Mahout, MongoDB, etc)

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Case Study• OpenShippingRates.com– Problem

• Number of online stores growing• Difficult to maintain shipping rates

– Solution• Drupal as Web Service provider (API)• Centralised database for rates

– Features:• API interface to get live shipping quotes• Web UI for clients (providers) to update rates

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OpenShippingRates.com (Concept)

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The Future

• Drupal 8 :-–Multi device publishing (mobile, tablet,

etc)– HTML5– CSS3– Responsive themes (UX)– Components will be based on Symfony2

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Some of the notable websites powered by Drupal

Whitehouse

The Economist

CNN Go

Ubuntu

Twitter Developers

MTV

Sony Music artists

World Economic Forum

ING Insurance

PayPal X Commerce

Zynga

IKEA

eBay Classifieds

The Commonwealth Games

McDonald’s

The Sun Daily (by Gix Solutions & Miles33)

Terminal Bersepadu Selatan(by Stronium)

The Malay Mail

Tune Hotels

APIIT / UCTI Library

SEGi University College

“Drupal takes longer to learn, but once you learn it, you won’t want to build on

any other platform.” – Unknown

Thank you!

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