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Drupal Performance: Then, now, and the future of a speedy Drupal site.

slantview 28 June 2010
Type:  Session in official program

Drupal performance has always been a tough subject. In this session, I will talk about where we came from, what the latest trends are and where we are going.

This will not be a deep technical talk about how to make your site fast, nor will it be a marketing piece. I will take an in-depth look at the technologies that help Drupal perform and scale to the masses.

I will point you to the technologies and best practices that have been going on lately in the Drupal community, give you a rundown of where we came from and show you where we are going and how to get involved. I would suggest that you have at least a basic understanding of LAMP stack and basic Drupal tuning to get the most from this talk.

Write project agreements that make sense for you and your client

Tomi Mikola 27 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Already a project contract can determine the rise or the fall of an Drupal project. This session will concentrate on how to write contracts that help you succeeding in Drupal projects.

Strict juridical agreements can direct the development into predetermined narrow fixed path instead of encouraging agile approach, hence compromising achievement of the best possible results. At our company we have managed to negotiate project contracts that have resulted projects complished in time, below budget and with high client satisfaction. The basis for a great contract is to appreciate the nature of the modern way of constructing a complex website. You must dig into the business goals and abstract the main components of the desired big picture.

Drupal's Future is Cloudy (and why that's a good thing)

Matt Cheney 27 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

"The Cloud" is more than just hyper-hand-waving. There is a monumental shift under way in the global software industry. In the last fifty years software innovation has moved from the mainframe, to the desktop, and now to the internet, aka "The Cloud". This move will upend entire segments of the industry and will have a huge impact on the Drupal project. Within the next two years, more than 50% of all new Drupal sites will be hosted in the cloud and an increasing number of cloud based services will be available to enhance the Drupal platform.

"The Cloud" is more than just hyper-hand-waving. There is a monumental shift under way in the global software industry. In the last fifty years software innovation has moved from the mainframe, to the desktop, and now to the internet, aka "The Cloud". This move will upend entire segments of the industry and will have a huge impact on the Drupal project. In the near future, the majority of Drupal sites will be hosted on cloud services and an increasing number of cloud based services will be available to enhance the Drupal platform.

Additional Presenters:  Zack Rosen
Resources:  The PANTHEON Project

Display Suite - central and clean administration of your object displays

Kristof De Jaeger 26 June 2010
Type:  Session in official program

There is an enormous choice when it comes to theming your data. The theming layer makes it possible to create suggestions and create an insane amount of template files, you can override existing theming functions, CCK has the display fields screen and with views you can either choose fields, nodes and other display methods. In big projects, this can lead to an unmanageable amount of places where theming can happen.

There is an enormous choice when it comes to theming your data. The theming layer makes it possible to create suggestions and create an insane amount of template files, you can override existing theming functions, CCK has the display fields screen and with views you can either choose fields, nodes and other display methods. In big projects, this can lead to an unmanageable amount of places where theming can happen.

Additional Presenters:  Jochen Stals Nils Destoop

How to build your own 120,000+ user online community with Drupal

leontong.brightlemon 26 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Leon Tong, Director of BrightLemon, describes how to build your own online community using Drupal (and also why you ought to). This is a strategic presentation focusing on the planning, strategy and implementation of a 120,000+ user social network.

Leon Tong, Director of BrightLemon, describes why, who and how to build your own online community using Drupal. This is a strategic presentation focusing on the planning, strategy and implementation of a 120,000 user community by discussing the principles that enabled the successful delivery of a number of large Drupal based social networks.

By specific case studies and examples this presentation will explain how to build your own 120,000+ community.

Questions answered will be:

Why build your own online community?
Who else is building their own online community?

Turning Web Visitors Into Buyers, Designing Drupal for Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

Ben Finklea 25 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Get the design specifics on taking your site to a higher level of sales effectiveness in 2010 with an inspirational, interactive talk from Ben Finklea, author of Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization.

Get the design specifics on taking your site to a higher level of sales effectiveness in 2010, with an inspirational, interactive talk with Ben Finklea. Ben is CEO of Volacci and author of Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization. He describes how to get 40-50% improvements in conversion from conversion-rate-focused design adjustments to a exisitng, well-executed SEO initiatives. Ben offers results from Volacci clients, such as an online retailer in health and wellness. Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) efforts yield big results with relatively minor changes.

Panel: Managing a Drupal consulting firm

Todd Nienkerk 25 June 2010
Type:  Session in official program

Running a Drupal consulting firm requires much more than Drupal development or design skills. You need excellent customer service, sales, project management, operations, accounting, recruiting, human resources — the list is huge! So how do successful Drupal firms make it all work?

We'll look past Drupal for an hour and focus on what it takes to run a successful consulting firm. We've assembled a top-notch panel of Drupal firm owners and managers to discuss what works for them and why. Addison Berry of Lullabot will moderate the discussion, and the floor will be open for questions.

Eurostars Project SCMS integrates (additional) Semantic Web Stack into Drupal

Martin Kaltenböck 25 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

The Eurostars project SCMS (http://www.scms.eu) aims to enable Content Management Systems
for Enterprise Knowledge Management and News Mining by using a combination of Semantic Web Technologies
and Natural Language Processing Technologies (NLP) as well as providing methods of social
semantic collaboration and scalable knowledge stores and expressive query capabilities.

One of the platforms in which we aim to integrate the the SCMS technology stack is the Drupal
Open Source CMS. In this session, we will give an overview of (1) the SCMS project itself, (2) the
used existing technologies, (3) the novel and innovative technologies created within SCMS
as well as (4) the features & possibilities that come to Drupal by integrating the SCMS technology
stack from several points of view (editors, developers, business cases) and finally (5) an example for a
concrete use case of SCMS: a dossier mash up for the energy sector.

Staying on top of the mass of knowledge assets and the flood of news in the enterprise is critical but increasingly hard. In order to address this problem SCMS integrates semantics, knowledge discovery (KD) and collaborative curation.

Additional Presenters:  Axel Ngonga

Making full use of your Apache SOLR index

Kalle Varisvirta 24 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Apache SOLR is the new Drupal search. But it can do more. When you have your index with all your important content, you can use it for many other things than just site-wide searching.

Apache SOLR is an emerging new technology to support all major Drupal site's powerful search. But it's not just searching that it does.

With Apache SOLR your site can do a lot more than just faceted searching fast and easy. You can use SOLR to power your Views, Panels, Übercart and a lot of other stuff, with some new contrib modules.

Running a Small Distributed Drupal Company

Jeff Burnz 24 June 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Lots of new Drupalers want to get into biz, but they don't have all the skills, and can't find anyone close by that can fill the gaps. My solution was to build a distributed Drupal company - where not only are our clients at a distance, but so are we.

During this session we'll take a look at what a distributed company is and why they're a good idea, especially for low capital start-ups. Then we'll dive right in and what I think are the essentials in running a distributed Drupal shop:

  • Essential skills you need
  • SOHO setup
  • How to find the right people
  • How to maintain relationships at a distance
  • How we get paid
  • How to maintain quality
  • Keeping projects on track
  • Client reactions, trust and full disclosure
  • Contracts and our SLA
  • Why we choose a niche market