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What’s all the buzz about
DRUPAL?
Who IsSusan Berdinka?
BS in Computer Science SUNY Utica/Rome Worked for an Air Force Contractor, using Visual
C++ (Winsock & Network Application Programming), and Dreamweaver / Cold Fusion development.
MLS (technology track) St. John’s University Technical Services / Web Development Librarian. Web development using Drupal / WordPress /
Silverstripe.
What is Drupal?
Open Source
Content easily editable
Scalable
Secure
WHY DRUPAL?
Websitehttp://anythinklibraries.orghttp://live-brary.comhttp://longwoodlibrary.orghttp://nypl.org
Bloghttp://staff.westhamptonlibrary.orghttp://teens.denverlibrary.org
Eventshttp://piscatawaylibrary.org/http://staff.westhamptonlibrary.org
Catalog Searchhttp://library.citytech.cuny.eduhttp://library.lehigh.edu
Mobilehttp://m.adamsco.lib.oh.ushttp://library.lehigh.edu/content/featured_resource
WHY DRUPAL (FOR THE DEVELOPER) ?
Benefits of Drupal
•Open Source
•Well documented.
•20,000+ free community-contributed addons
System Requirements
http://drupal.org/requirements
Be sure and follow the complete installation instructions, including permissions, etc., found at drupal.org/documentation/install
Hot Drupal
Librarian Web Services
The Start of a Basic Website
Themes
Drupal Gardens
If your needs are not complex, an alternate way to use the Drupal CMS
Modules are limited – therefore customization is limited.
DRUPAL CORE –OUT OF THE BOX
Just a Starting Point
With Dupal Core alone you can create a very simple basic website.
Content Types in Drupal 7 Core Articles are generally used for information that is updated more
frequently and often cross-referenced and categorized (such as news items or resources). By default, Articles are sorted with the most recent post at the top, but this can be customized with contributed modules like Views.
Basic pages are typically used for static content that can (but are not required to) be linked into the main navigation bar.
Blog Entry. A Blog (short for weblog) is an online journal or diary, and the core Blog module allows registered users on your site to create their own blogs. Each entry in a user blog has content type Blog Entry.
Book pages are designed to be part of a collaborative book, enabled by the core Book module. An example of a collaborative book is the Drupal developer documentation. In Drupal 7 nodes of any content type can be part of a book.
Core Content Types, cont’d. Comments actually aren't nodes, so Comment is technically not a
"content type". Enabled by default, the Comment module allows site visitors to add comments (typically short notes and replies to other comments) to nodes on the site.
A Forum node defines a topic for a forum discussion; people can reply to the topic by using comments. Forum nodes are organized into subject areas via a Taxonomy (list of categories).
A Poll is a question that offers the visitor a set of multiple choice responses. A poll, once created, automatically provides a simple running count of the number of votes received for each response.
Creating Custom Content TypesThis is where Drupal Shines!
WHEN YOU DRUPAL – IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
Drupal is Collaboration!
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