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Drupal 7in 60 minutes oryour money back

I’m @eaton!I’m from Lullabot.

Hi there!

I’m @webchick!I’m from Acquia.

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What’s Drupal?

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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

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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

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New inDrupal 7

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Usability!

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New theme Streamlined editing New admin section New update manager Usability testing & team

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Custom fields

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Custom content types Custom data fields Configurable formatters Add fields to anything!

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Image handling

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Best solution now built in Define image fields Configure “image styles” Auto-thumbnails & variations

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Under the hood

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Automated testing New database layer More flexible file handling Improved AJAX APIs Improved installation profiles

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Easier to scale

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Master/Slave databases Improved proxy support Improved caching system More efficient access control

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More standards

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RDFa everywhere jQuery + jQuery UI Accessibility improvements PDO & PHP Streams

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Should youupgrade?

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Major versions break APIs Upgrade path for data Modules & themes must

upgrade 6-9 month lag for upgrades

The drop is always moving

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Use “Upgrade Status” module Nuke unnecessary modules Use “Coder Upgrade” module Start upgrading your own Watch for upgrade paths, not

justnew releases

Modules & custom code

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CCK module needed for upgrade

Most field types still in progress Don’t jump in without testing

Custom fields

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PHP 5.2.5+ MySQL 5.0.15 & PDO 32 megs of PHP RAM Slower, but easier to scale

Server requirements

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Real-worldDrupal 7

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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!

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And now…