CMS Expo 2011 - Social Drupal

BLAKE HALL * CMS EXPO 5TH MAY, 2011

Community Plumbing(without the crack)

Social Drupal

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Consulting | Development | Training

P O W E R E D b y S E R V I C E™


Why am I up here? Who am I?

I’m a developer at Lullabot, which means I spend my days working with fun clients building cool drupal sites.

Get instant access to an unrivaled library of Drupal training from top-tier expertsstreaming to your computer, tablet, smart phone, & tv.


Come for the software, stay for the community


Here’s a photo from DrupalConSF taken in an airplane hangar called the Moscone Center. Note the goofy guy front and center in the green sweater.

Community Plumbing (without the crack)? New community slogan.

brazencareerist.comThursday, May 26, 2011

Before Lullabot I worked at a Social Networking Startup for young professionals, Brazen Careerist. (built on drupal)

We’ll come back to this later

CompactMuonSolenoid

ContentManagementSystem


In college I was convinced I’d be a Physicist, so the CMS in my world used to be a bit different...

What?

Am I in the wrong room?


What does a crazy particle physics detector have to do with Social Drupal?

Drupal started as community organization software for Dries’ friends in grad school.

thanks WayBack Machine!Thursday, May 26, 2011

From the very beginning Drupal has “social” woven into it’s DNA, it was the reason for it’s existence in the first place.

Suspend Disbelieffor a moment at least


Set aside the assumption that Drupal’s you best choice for a moment. What kinds of things make a site “social” what sort of feature requirements are we talking about here?

Social Media StrategyAuthenticDialogueEngageActivate


Crowdsourcing, and other buzz words here... What does this really mean in terms of useful features. Social News? Social Network? Just forums? User generated content? Just user comments? Rating?

Let’s take a look at an example...


Social Network? Social News? Profit $$$$$

$315 Million*

* Results not typical and may vary






First StepsBusiness GoalsResources Available

Can I build Facebook for $1,000?I have a nephew that does HTML!


Is what you want to build realistic with your budget? What ongoing development needs will you have? Is that actually available?

Can Drupal do THAT?


Core covers user profiles, commenting, taxonomy, search,


No Really,

There’s a Module for THAT*

* and sometimes it works!


drupal.org/project/shareThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/twitterThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/fbconnectThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/dashboardThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/feedsThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/!agThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/"vestarThursday, May 26, 2011


drupal.org/project/radioactivityThursday, May 26, 2011

drupal.org/project/ogThursday, May 26, 2011



drupal.org/project/heartbeatThursday, May 26, 2011



Drupal as a FrameworkNode SystemMenu SystemPHP Template



DiWD Fantasy SitesCraigsListEtsyStack Over!owTwitterFlickrBasecampYouTube

doitwithdrupal.comThursday, May 26, 2011

Integrate or Outsource?

Budget, Time & Goals


Hub vs. SiloPush vs. Pull

Rule #35There’s a module for that

Disqus, Olark, Mail Chimp, S3 "le stream wrapper, Bad Judgement and 7873 more...


Easy to build powerful administrator tools

Make the content team’s life easier => more content => more engagement


Reality CheckPotential pitfalls to avoid


Finding modulesHosting complexityCaching needsPerformance tuningUI / UX considerationsDeveloper availability


G.D.O, Lullabot Podcasts, Using Drupal, Pro Drupal Development, Drupal Planet, drupalize.meMultiple servers for scaling, awesome but adds complexity

Questions?

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Technology

CMS Expo 2011 - Social Drupal