Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences

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iFactory delivered this webinar on May 1st as part of our iFactoryEd webinar series. The range of audiences needing specialized gateways, content and pathways on dot edu sites can be difficult to manage. In this webinar, we'll discuss strategies which can help you tailor your site to a particular audience, both with and without user login. Topics covered: > Configuring options for audience selectors > Implementing different designs to distinguish areas of the site for each audience > Using the Field Permissions module to deliver fine-grained customization of content delivery The presenter was Lisa Sawin, Solutions Architect for iFactory. This was part 3 of a 3-part series. For the full webinar visit our YouTube channel: youtube.com/ifactoryboston

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Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences

an iFactoryEd webinar

Who is iFactory?•Based in Boston•Interactive design and development company with over 20

years experience•A division of RDW Group, a full-service agency•Designers, strategic consultants, information architects,

usability experts, developers•Higher ed profiles include:

colleges & universities | public & private

large & small | ivy league to community colleges

undergraduate & graduate | Massachusetts to California

Where to find uswww.ifactory.com

blog: interactivity.ifactory.com

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What you’ll learn today:

• Configuring options for audience selectors

• Implementing different designs to distinguish areas of the site for each audience

• Using the Field Permissions module to deliver fine-grained customization of content delivery

Your presenter

Lisa Sawin Solutions Architect for iFactory

Tailor content & presentation

• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design

• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these

ideas

Tailor content & presentation

• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design

• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these

ideas

Tailor content & presentation

• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design

• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these

ideas

Tailor content & presentation

• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design

• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these

ideas

Audience gateways

• Group content for a specific audience

• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site

• Present content for a specific user type

Audience gateways

• Group content for a specific audience

• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site

• Present content for a specific user type

Audience gateways

• Group content for a specific audience

• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site

• Present content for a specific user type

Audience gateway selectors

• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel

Audience gateway selectors

• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel

Audience gateway selectors

• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel

Audience gateway selectors

• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel

Audience gateway selectors

• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel

Altering the look & feel

• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes

• More complex section: use Context module

Altering the look & feel

• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes

• More complex section: use Context module

Altering the look & feel

• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes

• More complex section: use Context module

Altering the content

• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles

• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis

• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views

Altering the content

• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles

• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis

• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views

Altering the content

• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles

• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis

• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views

Altering the content

• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles

• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis

• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views

Altering the content

• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles

• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis

• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views

Tailor content & presentation

• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design

• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of

these ideas

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interactivity.ifactory.com

info@ifactory.com

617.426.8600

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