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Journey to the Center of Drupal: How I learned to build Drupal sites the ‘right way’ in 1001 easy steps
1. Journey to the Center of Drupal:
How I learned to build Drupal sites
the ‘right way’ in 1001 easy steps
Julia Kulla-Mader
Triangle NC Drupal
@TriDUG
3. Agenda
1. What is Drupal?
2. Why use Drupal?
3. What Not to Do
4. Building Drupal Sites the “Right Way”
4. What is Drupal?
• Open Source Content Management System
• Written in PHP
• Drupal is an English rendering of the Dutch word “druppel”, which means
“drop” (as in “a water droplet”)
19. 5. Get Drupal Technical Training Early
• Watch Lullabot or Lynda.com videos and/or go to a workshop
• Purchase Using Drupal and/or Pro Drupal Development
• Listen to Drupal podcasts
20. 6. Build a Drupal Support Network
• Join the Triangle NC Meetup group
• Ask questions at groups.drupal.org
• Tweet Drupal questions
• Ask questions in #drupal-support in IRC
• Have someone to call when problems arise
23. 9. Prioritize Content Migration
• Add content to your Drupal site during the development process
• Use content export and import modules to move content from development
to live sites (Node Export, Deployment)
• If you are migrating from an existing CMS, heavily test your content migration
modules during the first phase of the project
24. 10. Evaluate Modules Before Starting Development
• Review modules at drupalmodules.com
• Check to see how many times a module has been downloaded on Drupal.org
• Read through the module’s issue queue on Drupal.org before installing it
• Don’t put untested modules on a production site
26. What Comes Next?: You
1. Download Acquia Drupal distribution
2. Buy “Using Drupal”
3. Join Triangle Drupal
4. Fill out Julia’s survey if you have built a Drupal site before
http://bit.ly/drupalsuccess