Co-presentation during DrupalCon Chicago w/ Aaron Winborn. Demonstrates the capabilities of the media module (http://drupal.org/project/media) and discusses its motivations, origin and future. The demo isn't in the slies (duh). If you want to see that and hear voices, Video is here: http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions/media

1. Media!
Jacob Singh & Aaron Winborn

2. Media
• Is a module for Drupal-7
• Extends file management capabilities in
core
• Provides a framework for media meta-
data
• A consistent user interface for managing
files.
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3. How do I
upload my
f()#@)@*
picture?!

4. A long time coming

5. 2000 sites (+45000)
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6. 20 “committed”
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7. We got issues

8. Values of Media
Usability: polished interfaces which
behave like people expect
Consistency: use the same interfaces
when picking files
Extendibility: Be an API, not an end-to-
end solution
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9. Usability

10. Consistency

11. Extendibility
Media
Flickr
Media
Youtube Workbench
Media
Internet Media S3
Styles Migrate
Media
Rotating Media
Media Browser
Banner Media
Gallery Plus
Webcam

12. It’s Peanut Butter Jelly
Time!
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13. Core features

14. Pick existing files
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewart/232246012

16. Use any tube

18. If you build it, it will have fields

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20. Media is for everyone
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdr/80619210/

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22. ?
http://s3.amazonaws.com/estock/fspid1/76100/potato-head-darthvader-76147-o.jpg

24. Media in Drupal 6

25. Media attached to Nodes
– Upload
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26. Media as Node
– Image
– Video
– Audio
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27. Media as Field
– FileField
– ImageField
– Embedded Media Field
– VideoField
– AudioFIeld
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28. File management
– IMCE
– Asset
– WebFM
– FileField Sources
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29. Inline media
– WYSIWYG
– IMCE
– Embedded Inline Media
– Node Embed
– Node Reference / Embed Media Browser
(Nrembrowser)
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30. Media in Drupal 6

31. History of the Media Ecosystem

32. Rich Media GUI (RiMeG)

33. Media Sprint 2009

34. Media Sprint 2009

35. #D7UX

36. Year of the Drupal Media Daddies...

37. Year of the Drupal Media Daddies...

38. Year of the Drupal Media Daddies...

39. Module Ecosystem
Media
Flickr
Media
Youtube Workbench
Media
Internet Media S3
Styles
Migrate
Media
Rotating Media
Media Browser
Banner Media
Gallery Plus
Webcam

40. The Roadmap
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41. The Roadmap
– Folders
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42. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
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43. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
– Views integration
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44. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
– Views integration
– Audio support
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45. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
– Views integration
– Audio support
– Other file types (pdf, etc)
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46. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
– Views integration
– Audio support
– Other file types (pdf, etc)
– Other third party provider modules
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47. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
– Views integration
– Audio support
– Other file types (pdf, etc)
– Other third party provider modules
– Embedding links in WYSIWYG
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48. The Roadmap
– Folders
– Permissions
– Views integration
– Audio support
– Other file types (pdf, etc)
– Other third party provider modules
– Embedding links in WYSIWYG
– Cropping / other manipulations
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49. How you can get involved?
– Sprint / BoF
• Sprint: Wednesday, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
• Core conversation: Wednesday, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
– Media group
• http://groups.drupal.org/media
– #drupal-media
– DrupalGardens.com
• http://drupalgardens.com
– Media Development Profile
• http://drupal.org/project/media_dev
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50. What did you think?
Locate this session on the DCC website:
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/sessions
Click the “Take the Survey” link.
Thanks!