druplicon Introduction to Drupal for Libraries An Webinar August 28, 2009 12 pm-1 pm Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy. com Some content & graphics courtesy of Isriya Paireepairit Infopeople webinars are supported by the U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Agenda • • • What is Drupal? What can you do with Drupal? Examples Practical realities Live demo
What does “Drupal” mean? {Dutch} pronounces druppel Drupal {English} means drop {English}
What is Drupal? • Content management system (CMS) • Open source (GPL) • Mostly/entirely W 3 C compliant • Extremely extensible
What’s behind Drupal?
Award-winning CMS
CMS vs. development framework • Drupal is both! • Provides the building blocks for complex web sites and dynamic web apps
System requirements • • Apache/IIS PHP My. SQL/Postgre. SQL Patience!
What can you do with it?
Drupal structure Contributions Modules Core (optional) Core (required)
Core functionality • • • Block - box display Filter - input format Node - content System - admin, theming, . . . User Watchdog - logging
Core (optional) • Blog • Comments • Forum • Menu • Locale • Path
Contributed modules • • • CCK Views Poormans’ Cron FCKeditor/Tiny. MCE Mollom Image
Modules just for libraries • Not a ton, but some robust ones • Some work with specific ILSs • Most are designed to work with specific products/protocols
Contributed themes
Examples • Non-library installations • Library installations
(www. Michael. Jackson. com)
(www. popsci. com)
(Recovery. gov)
(www. infoworld. com)
(Mother. Jones. com)
(www. wfp. org)
(www. oxfam. org)
(www. pearljam. com)
(www. abcfamily. com)
(www. beyonce. com)
(www. fedex. com)
(www. theonion. com)
(www. aadl. org)
(www. ahml. info)
(www. kclibrary. org)
(www. pvld. org)
(london. lib. oh. us)
(library. mcmaster. ca)
(www. techsoupforlibraries. org)
Pros of Drupal • • • Free Dynamic Re-theming capability Granular level of customization Huge community
Cons of Drupal • • • Knowledge required, documentation iffy Third-party pieces can be problematic Upgrading is challenging Initial setup “Free as in free kittens”
The “Drupal Cliff” Drupal You
The Drupal Skill Scale
Migrating your current site • Compare functionality to version • Automated conversion is possible (sort of) • WYSIWYG editor
Demo time!
The Drupal Song http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=l. Z-s 3 DRZJKY
Thank you! Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy. com
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