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Teaching Drupal

Type:  Session in official program

You know how to use Drupal but do you know how to teach others to use it? We'll define a method for showing clients how to use the tools we build without freaking them out.

You know how to use Drupal. You know how to write code, build a theme, and SEO a site. But do you know how to teach others to use Drupal? For every site we create there are clients who must use it, many don't know a node from a block. After this session, you will be able to introduce clients to Drupal without freaking them out.

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  • Defining "need to know" and emphasizing main concepts
  • Thinking like a user, talking like a mentor
  • Using normal words with a sprinkling of Drupalese
  • Send Targeted & Personalized mails with Views Send

    Claudiu Cristea 8 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    Wanna send nice personalized messages from Drupal to a fine tuned list? Find out how you can do this with Views Send. Views Send allow sending mass mailing using Views Bulk Operations.

    Here comes Views Send! Views Send allow sending mass mailing using Views Bulk Operations.

    Do more than publish video on the web... run a TV channel with Drupal

    Kevin Reynen 8 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    The Open Media Project is a collection of modules developed by the Open Media Foundation with funding from the Knight Foundation. It allows viewers to run an actual TV channel. That's right! Drupal users determine what airs on TV in several US cities. Think of it as sharing the remote of a TiVo with hundreds of your neighbors via Fivestar and Voting API. The modules developed for the Open Media Project include everything from encoding, Creative Commons licensing, metadata, and managing equipment checkouts.

    This session has 2 goals: 1) Demonstrate how the Open Media modules extend Drupal to allow users to do everything from reserving cameras and studios, submitting broadcast quality video, and rating those videos to determine what airs on TV in several US cities. 2) Describe the some of the steps taken to develop the culture of collaboration that continues to drive the project beyond the initial $380,000 Knight NewsChallenge grant.

    Drupal + Magento : ultimate e-commerce solution.

    Maxime Topolov 7 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    Combining the best CMS and best e-commerce platform for an ultimate e-commerce experience. You'll see on 2 live examples how Drupal/Magento API works and how better is it than Ubercart or Drupal Commerce.

    See how to setup a complete e-commerce solution using Drupal as CMS and Magento as e-commerce back-office.

    We'll present Drupal / Magento (http://www.drupal.org/project/magento) API.

    • Products, users, orders synchronisation : see how data goes from Magento to Drupal.
    • Scalability and performance : we'll show how you can setup the fastest e-commerce solution ever : AuthCache / Memcache / Boost and NginX to get the best from your hardware
    • Live examples : we'll present 2 live sites using Magento / Drupal integration

    Did all that SEO Module stuff I just did work?

    Mark Brown 4 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    Drupal has a comprehensive collection of modules for optimizing sites, including the SEO Checklist. After you’ve checked the last item on the checklist you are going to want to know if everything worked and if there is anything else you can do. To help with this there is a free tool created by Microsoft that you can run to see what a search engine sees when it looks at your sites.

    Drupal has a comprehensive collection of modules for optimizing sites, including the SEO Checklist. After you’ve checked the last item on the checklist you are going to want to know if everything worked and if there is anything else you can do. To help with this there is a free tool created by Microsoft that you can run to see what a search engine sees when it looks at your sites.

    Drupal Video Integration

    Erich Beyrent 4 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    Developers who want to integrate video into their websites or for a client's website face a wide variety of services and a confusing array of options and terminology. What do you do when YouTube isn't good enough? How do you choose the best solution?

    Developers who want to integrate video into their websites or for a client's website face a wide variety of services and a confusing array of options and terminology. What do you do when YouTube isn't good enough? How do you choose the best solution?

    This session will familiarize attendees with hosted video solutions across three price tiers, from entry-level to enterprise, and how to integrate these solutions into Drupal. We will discuss terminology, best practices and hosting providers such as:

    • YouTube
    • Vimeo
    • CDN2
    • Kaltura
    • Limelight
    • Brightcove

    Topics include:

    Translation Management for the Enterprise

    Amir Helzer 3 June 2010
    Type:  Session in official program

    A new Translation Management module makes it easy to run large multilingual sites. Inspired by expensive commercial tools and scaled to fit inside Drupal.

    Drupal has the technical infrastructure for running multilingual sites. Knowing the ins and outs of the system and configuration, however, is not a trivial task.

    Building scalable translation workflows that fit your organization's needs is even harder. How can you run a truly multilingual site with Drupal without going insane or broke?

    The new Translation Management module is how. Built as a wrapper on top of Drupal's core translation tools and the i18n module, the Translation Management module is a new effort to automate or streamline the entire process.

    Additional Presenters:  Robert Douglass

    Accelerated grid theming using NineSixty

    Todd Nienkerk 3 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    This session will discuss grid-based design, the 960.gs grid system, and how to implement it in Drupal using the NineSixty theme.

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  • Brief history of grid-based design
  • Philosophy behind 960.gs and how it works
  • Basics of grid-based theming
  • How the NineSixty theme implements and expands on 960.gs
    • Content-first layout using "push" and "pull" classes
    • Dynamic grid widths based on context
    • Debugging tools and grid visualization
    • Right-to-left (RTL) language support

  • Creating versatile, dynamic, and context-based layouts using NineSixty
    • Subtheming NineSixty

  • Khairn - project management, Drupal-based

    Jutta Horstmann 2 June 2010
    Type:  Not planned session

    To succeed in project management, you need a smart tool providing one-stop support for the many tasks associated with large projects.
    Certainly there is no better foundation for such a tool than Drupal, our „swiss army knife“. Our company, data in transit, is developing Khairn, a Drupal project management distribution that has proven itself in daily use through several projects.

    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: