Drupal for Communicators

C O M M U N I C AT O R SD R U PA L F O R

I N T R O D U C T I O N S

• Drew Gorton

• High-functioning Technologist

• Gorton Studios

• drupal.org/user/19044 + @dgorton

• You

• Technology as useful tool. Maybe not your passion.

• Marketing / Communications / Development / Administration

• Drupal?

W H AT W E B S I T E S D O Y O U A D M I R E ?

Q U E S T I O N S

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W H Y ?

Q U E S T I O N S

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W H AT C M S ’ S D O T H O S E S I T E S U S E ?

Q U E S T I O N S

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I S A T O O LD R U PA L

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D R U PA L’ S S H A P E ?W H A T I S

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D ATA B A S E O F C O N N E C T E D S T U F FD R U PA L’ S W O R L D V I E W

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N P R : E X A M P L E S O F C O P ED A N I E L J A C O B S O N

H T T P : / / W W W. S L I D E S H A R E . N E T / D A N I E L J A C O B S O N / N P R - E X A M P L E S - O F - C O P E

Content not Pages

Structure not Presentation

Building Blocks not Features

Flexibility

D R U PA L’ S W O R L D V I E W

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J A R G O N

• Content Types

• Fields

• Nodes

• Views

• Theme

• Module

• …

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F O R M F O L L O W S F U N C T I O ND R U PA L’ S S H A P E

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Purpose and Flexibility?

P O S S I B I L I T I E S

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N E VA D A P U B L I C R A D I OD R U PA L’ S U N E X P E C T E D R E S U LT S

B M A GD R U PA L’ S U N E X P E C T E D R E S U LT S

S AV E T H E B O U N D A R Y W AT E R SD R U PA L’ S U N E X P E C T E D R E S U LT S

P R O S A N D C O N SD R U PA L’ S S H A P E

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• Proven

• Open Source

• Modularity

• It can do anything!

• …

P R O S

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• Cost

• Complexity

• Learning Curve*

• …

C O N S

C O N C L U S I O N S

• Technology Isn’t The Hard Part

• People Are More Important Than Tools

• Communicators Have Power

• Be Empowered!

• (and you can use Drupal too)

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Q U E S T I O N S ?

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