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Cyprien Mvuanda & Jonathan DavisCyprien Mvuanda & Jonathan DavisEmpire 2.0 Services Empire 2.0 Services

October 1, 2010Albany, NY

Design, Design, Development,Workflow Development,Workflow

and Implementationand Implementation

Empire 2.0 Center of Empire 2.0 Center of ExcellenceExcellence

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Empire 2.0 Center of Empire 2.0 Center of Excellence Website Excellence Website www.empire-20.ny.gov

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• Built on the Drupal 6 open source content management platform• Externally hosted • Interactive website• Maintained & Moderated by Empire 2.0

Web Services

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Empire 2.0 Center of Empire 2.0 Center of Excellence WebsiteExcellence Website

Empire 2-Box Empire 2-Box

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Interactive Forum Interactive Forum SectionSectionParticipate In Informal

Conversations

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Blog SectionBlog Section• Maintained By CIO/OFT • Cutting-edge Information On Social Media Technology Activities

And Happenings

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Video SectionVideo Section• Feature Social Media Experts

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Calendar of EventsCalendar of Events

Announces Upcoming Social Media Events

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Twitter FeedTwitter FeedReal Time Updates

Related to #Gov20, #OpenGov, #Empire 2.0

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New York State Social New York State Social Media UseMedia Use

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Empire 2.0Empire 2.0

Questions about the Center of Excellence or if you are interested in getting involved with the Empire 2.0 workgroup email:

Jessica Harrison [email protected]

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Using DrupalUsing Drupal

• Background• Installation• Basic Administration and Content Creation• Module Download, Installation and Configuration• Questions?

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BackgroundBackground

• An open source Content Management System (CMS), Free + open source• Mostly run on Apache server (preferred, more resources and tutorials available)• Can be downloaded and used for free• Provides open Source API for developers• Releases: Drupal 5, Drupal 6 (Drupal 7 only alpha release)

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InstallationInstallation

• Setup on local machine (localhost) (No different from if it were a server, just more powerful and is connected to

the internet for others to access)• Download WAMP http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php/

(plus php 5.2 addon) comes with Apache server, MySql DB, PHP, PHPMyadmin• Download Drupal 6 http://drupal.org/project/drupal• Install WAMP, install addon

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InstallationInstallation

• Move Drupal to www folder and rename to just drupal (optional)• Download WAMP• Create Database PHPMyadmin• Modify settings.php (every drupal installation requires this file)• Enable apache rewrite_module• Choose php 5.2 addon• Install Drupal http://localhost/drupal/install.php

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Basic Administraton and Basic Administraton and Content CreationContent Creation

• Enable Admin module• Create a “page”, then create a “block” and place it on a home page “region”• Create a role “end user” (with restricted block permissions); create a user and assign user the “end user” role.• Verify that user cannot access the block

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Module Download, Installation, Module Download, Installation, ConfigurationConfiguration

• What’s a module? (An addition by developers to Drupal’s core functionality, eg. Admin module)• Download, install and configure Admin module• Download, install and configure Views module• Go through creating a view page and block, then assign block to a region on the home page.

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Module Download, Installation, Module Download, Installation, ConfigurationConfiguration

Questions?

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Module Download, Installation, Module Download, Installation, ConfigurationConfiguration

Questions and/or Comments, email:[email protected]

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Thank You For the Thank You For the Support Support

and Valuable and Valuable FeedbackFeedback

Any Questions?Any Questions?