Drupal Panopoly – the content creator's best friend

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Drupal Panopoly “Start building your website from the 10th floor”

Drupal Camp Berlin 2014


Matthias Walti Drupal site builder

Drupal themerOccasional copywriter

Muri, Switzerland@matthiaswalti


Sitebuilder? Oh yes:-)

This presentation is from a sitebuilder’s perspective, using Drupal for marketing and/or commerce projects.


Topics About Drupal Distributions

Panopoly for site builders

Panopoly for content editors

Panopoly for business

Issues with Panopoly


Drupal Distributions


Drupal Distributions Open AtriumOpen Public

Commerce KickstartOpigno

RestaurantOpen CivicRecruiter

And much more…


The thing with distributions… Great for exploring a topic.

Awesome for pitching Drupal projects.

But:When used in a production environment, Drupal distros are often too “demoish” and overloaded with functions.

Plus:Theming Drupal core can be painful.

Theming a Drupal distribution is a nightmare.


Welcome to Panopoly The base distribution for Drupal


Panopoly for site builders


Pre-configured functions


Common scenarios (e.g. search)


Layouts


Pre-configured entity types


Pre-configured field types


User Role “Editor”


Settings


Out-of-the box responsiveness


Granular user rights


Updates on a regular basis


Compatible module versions


And last but not least:Leaving your site builder’s

comfort zone Embrace best practices

Embrace PanelsEmbrace Features

Embrace AppsRealize that your own distribution is within reach


Panopoly for content editors (AKA the people who actually pay and use the site)


Landing pages without IT involved


In-place page building


Improved editor experience


Content management on the tablet


Content Prototypes with Panopoly


Panopoly for supporting your business


Features


Distributions


Apps


Sales tool


The ecosystem – e.g. Commerce


Save hours, days, weeks of work


Issues with Panopoly


Bugs Very stable when being used in production environments,

but still a little bit buggy for specific site building tasks


My “Missing” Modules Some modules I usually add to any Panopoly installation

RulesDisplay Suite

PicturesMultilingual Support

Additional search modulesCommerce

CoffeeCKEditor

ZURB Foundation base theme


www.drupal.org/project/coffee

http://www.drupal.org/project/coffee


Try Panopoly https://www.getpantheon.com/

https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly

https://www.getpantheon.com/

https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly


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Drupal Panopoly – the content creator's best friend