1. Introduction to Drupal for Libraries An Webinar Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy.com druplicon Some content & graphics courtesy of Isriya Paireepairit August 28, 2009 12 pm-1 pm Infopeople webinars are supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

2. Agenda What is Drupal? What can you do with Drupal? Examples Practical realities Live demo

3. {Dutch} druppel pronounces Drupal {English} means drop {English} What does “Drupal” mean?

4. What is Drupal? Content management system (CMS) Open source (GPL) Mostly/entirely W3C compliant Extremely extensible

5. What’s behind Drupal?

6. Award-winning CMS

7. CMS vs. development framework Drupal is both! Provides the building blocks for complex web sites and dynamic web apps

8. System requirements Apache/IIS PHP MySQL/PostgreSQL Patience!

9. What can you do with it?

10. Drupal structure Contributions Modules Core (optional) Core (required)

11. Core functionality Block - box display Filter - input format Node - content System - admin, theming,... User Watchdog - logging

12. Core (optional) Blog Comments Forum Menu Locale Path

13. Contributed modules CCK Views Poormans’ Cron FCKeditor/TinyMCE Mollom Image

14. Modules just for libraries Not a ton, but some robust ones Some work with specific ILSs Most are designed to work with specific products/protocols

15. Contributed themes

16. Examples Non-library installations Library installations

17. ( www.MichaelJackson.com)

18. (www.popsci.com)

19. (Recovery.gov)

20. (www.infoworld.com)

21. (MotherJones.com)

22. (www.wfp.org)

23. (www.oxfam.org)

24. (www.pearljam.com)

25. (www.abcfamily.com)

26. (www.beyonce.com)

27. (www.fedex.com)

28. (www.theonion.com)

29. (www.aadl.org)

30. (www.ahml.info)

31. (www.kclibrary.org)

32. (www.pvld.org)

33. (london.lib.oh.us)

34. (library.mcmaster.ca)

35. (www.techsoupforlibraries.org)

36. Pros of Drupal Free Dynamic Re-theming capability Granular level of customization Huge community

37. Cons of Drupal Knowledge required, documentation iffy Third-party pieces can be problematic Upgrading is challenging Initial setup “Free as in free kittens”

38. The “Drupal Cliff ” Drupal You

39. The Drupal Skill Scale

40. Migrating your current site Compare functionality to version Automated conversion is possible (sort of) WYSIWYG editor

41. Demo time!

42. The Drupal Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ-s3DRZJKY

43. Thank you! Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS laura@designforthelittleguy.com