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Developing Apps for iPhone/iPad/Android using drupal as Base System

Sumit Kataria 30 May 2010
Type:  Session in official program

With launch of iPad and NexusOne - iPhone/Android application market can't be ignored. Both these technologies has great potential to use our existing web based tools such as drupal. You can totally use drupal to manage/update your iPhone/Android native application.

A sequel to drupalcon SFO's http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/developing-apps-iphoneipada... . We will be discussing/showing more advanced stuff in this session.

With launch of iPad and NexusOne - iPhone/Android application market can't be ignored. Both these technologies has great potential to use our existing web based tools such as drupal. You can totally use drupal to manage/update your iPhone/Android native application.

Some iPhone/drupal stuff I wrote in past at: http://civicactions.com/blog/sumit

iPhone Drupal and Web Services

Kyle Browning 29 May 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Want to learn how the iPhone can easily communicate with Drupal, this session explains it all. Mobile Strategy is becoming critical to websites and companies who want to provide their users with more accessible and interactive information while on the go. Iphone Apps provide a great way for these organizations to adapt their content and features to an integrated mobile experience.

Mobile Strategy is becoming critical to websites and companies who want to provide their users with more accessible and interactive information while on the go. Iphone Apps provide a great way for these organizations to adapt their content and features to an integrated mobile experience.

With the rising popularity of these apps, we need a standard Drupal iPhone application or Library to begin working with when developing apps that reference Drupal content. Today's solution is a Library that leverages the power of Cocoa/obj-c and connects it to Drupal.

How to Keep Content from Ruining your Content Management System

Crystal Williams 27 May 2010
Type:  Not planned session

It's a CONTENT Management System... so why do we (and our clients) so often ignore the content until the last second? Learn to read the signs early and get more sites launched on time by managing the content and not just the code.

We've all seen the pattern.

Designer cleverly fills in the boxes, design looks great, client approves design, developers implement the design, site is ready to launch once we get those boxes filled in with the real conte..... What do you mean you don't have anything to go there?

As much as we love the code, great sites live and die by their content. Unfortunately, many sites are still designed and built assuming "something" will fill in the boxes. That's no way to treat your users!

Learn how to incorporate content-centric thinking into your process and:

Showcase: mein!KI.KA – A Safe Community for Kids

Jutta Horstmann 27 May 2010
Type:  Not planned session

In 2009 the TV channel "Kinderkanal" (KI.KA) launched its community "mein!KI.KA" based on Drupal (http://www.mein-kika.de). KI.KA is the German children's channel of the public television channels of ARD and ZDF. It provides one of the largest and most successful Internet service sites for children in all of Germany.

In this presentation, the project leaders Jutta Horstmann and Tobias Freudenreich will talk about their experiences in building a successful and safe community for children and the lessons learned.

Additional Presenters:  Tobias Freudenreich

Drupal Commerce: Setting up Shop on Drupal 7

Ryan Szrama 25 May 2010
Type:  Session in official program

Drupal Commerce is the next generation e-commerce module suite for Drupal 7. The project is a re-implementation of Ubercart's core feature set on Drupal 7 using the best new core Drupal features and depending on the strongest Drupal contributions. This session will introduce the basics of Drupal Commerce, demonstrate the evolution of features from Ubercart to Drupal Commerce, and explain the key differences you should keep in mind as you migrate old sites or start from scratch on Drupal 7.

Drupal Commerce is the next generation e-commerce module suite for Drupal 7. The project is a re-implementation of Ubercart's core feature set on Drupal 7 using the best new core Drupal features and depending on the strongest Drupal contributions. Drupal Commerce can be dropped into existing Drupal sites to add targeted e-commerce functionality to the site or used as the basis for full-blown Drupal e-commerce distributions.

Welcome to Drupal

Jeffrey A. McGuire 20 May 2010
Type:  Session in official program

How do I get the most out of Drupal? How does it all work? What sessions should I go to at DrupalCon? In this session, we'll touch on many subjects that come up when trying to decide whether or not to use Drupal and how to get started with it once that decision has been made. We want to give you enough information to get off to a good start, make smart choices, and get the most out of your time at DrupalCon. We'll also provide specific pointers to other sessions and opportunities where additional information about each of our topics can be picked up while at DrupalCon.

How do I get the most out of Drupal? How does it all work? What sessions should I go to at DrupalCon?

Providing support for Drupal sites and projects of all sizes and helping users with a wide variety of experience levels at Acquia has given us some insight into the most common questions about getting to know Drupal and how it can best work for you.

Additional Presenters:  Robert Douglass

Building Content Types and Displaying Content

Ryan Szrama 20 May 2010
Type:  Session in official program

Adding content to Drupal is easy. Right out of the box you can create pages with specific menu items and articles that promote to your front page with minimal effort. But what if you need more? Come to this session to find out how Drupal's core systems empower you to create and display any number of custom content types.

Adding content to Drupal is easy. Right out of the box you can create pages with specific menu items and articles that promote to your front page with minimal effort. But what if you need more? Come to this session to find out how Drupal's core systems empower you to create and display any number of custom content types.

This session is aimed at beginners. It will cover the following topics in the format of a walkthrough to introduce new Drupal users to the major concepts involved in building, displaying, and managing content on their Drupal site:

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10 Tips for E-commerce on Drupal

Ryan Szrama 18 May 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Drupal is a powerful e-commerce platform, and it's not just because of its e-commerce specific modules. Drupal's core systems, contributed modules, and best practices provide you with the stability, flexibility, and power you need to build a highly functional e-commerce website. The biggest barrier to entry is simply knowing the pieces to put in place and the "gotchas" to look for as you build your site. This session aims to help you cross that barrier and start selling today.

Drupal is a powerful e-commerce platform, and it's not just because of its e-commerce specific modules. Drupal's core systems, contributed modules, and best practices provide you with the stability, flexibility, and power you need to build a highly functional e-commerce website. The biggest barrier to entry is simply knowing the pieces to put in place and the "gotchas" to look for as you build your site. This session aims to help you cross that barrier and start selling today.

Improving your user experience with CSS popups (menus, blocks, views, etc)

Scheepers 14 May 2010
Type:  Not planned session

Popping up menus, blocks, views and even forms can greatly reduce clutter on your site, improve user experience, simplify design as well as reclaim your oh so precious real estate above the fold.

One of the most valuable modules in site development is surely the Admin menu. Why? It reduces page loads significantly and makes almost everything easier to find - without taking up much space. Why not extend that same courtesy to your users... and animate it.

You can, thanks to the Popup module and its little helpers.

Writing Better CSS for Drupal

Maarten Verbaarschot 14 May 2010
Type:  Session in official program

Making style sheets easier to maintain for yourself and others, by fully understanding and leveraging Drupal’s theming system, and thinking of what will happen tomorrow.

Making style sheets easier to maintain for yourself and others, by fully understanding and leveraging Drupal’s theming system, and thinking of what will happen tomorrow.

We’ve all seen them; style sheets so large and confusing that we ended up adding new styles at the bottom of the file we happened to have open in our editor, instead of looking for a proper location. It’s unacceptable, especially when working together with multiple themers. In this session we’ll take a look at common pitfalls, ways to prevent these situations and keep our styles more sustainable.

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