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Is Drupal Right for my Website?

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Lee Raney
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Session at DrupalCamp Dallas 2009 - If you are evaluating Drupal for a website project, this session is for you! An objective comparison with other CMS solutions such as Wordpress and Joomla, and some things to look for in a CMS with emphasis on how Drupal does them. We'll talk about the Drupal community, Drupal resources, and you will see an overview of what Drupal has to offer, including the "Top Web 2.0 Drupal Modules."

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Is Drupal Right for My Website? DrupalCamp Dallas 2009 Lee Raney obiwan on Drupal.org [email_address] Twitter.com/leeraney
Take-Aways List of things to look for in a CMS Understand one business owners reasons for selecting Drupal Start your own criteria list for what you need for your site Overview of Drupal vs. Joomla vs. Wordpress vs. proprietary Understand Drupals strengths and reasons to select Drupal resources to get you started Case Studies - See how Drupal used on several large sites The Drupal Community getting involved! Top Web 2.0 Drupal Modules Is Drupal Right for My Website?
What to Look for in a CMS Depends on your needs CMS or Development Framework? Start your Criteria Listsuggestions Easy for users to contribute (user-generated content) Less expensive to add new features Latest web trends- Web 2.0 Large community behind it Open source Not a hosted service Is Drupal Right for My Website?
My Criteria Christian.com Open source and on own site Social networking and publishing user content Leverage as much existing as possible More cost effective to build and maintain Extensible Is Drupal Right for My Website?
What about other CMSs? Wordpress Joomla Other open source Other proprietary Is Drupal Right for My Website?
Why Drupal? Site Building Blocks Rapid Development Leverage 1,800 ad-on modules Designed for social publishing Open source lower costs for development and lower cost of ownership Secure and stable Community Supported by top companies Is Drupal Right for My Website?
Why Drupal? - Community Is Drupal Right for My Website? 2 Million Downloads 240,000 Community Members Over 700 Contributors to Drupal 6 core release Drupal Association DrupalCon Local Drupal Groups
Drupal Case Studies Is Drupal Right for My Website? View 際際滷show at: KoineMedia.com/whydrupal
Drupal Resources Local Group meetings and DallasDrupal.org Lullabot podcast and Using Drupal Groups.Drupal.org GotDrupal Videos PlanetDrupal.TV Acquia.com Is Drupal Right for My Website?
Web 2.0 and Social Media Modules Add This Facebook Connect (fbconnect) Drupal for Facebook (fb) Tweet Meme Twitter Dustin Feed API Add This Is Drupal Right for My Website?
Why are You Here? Discussion what do you want to get out of this DrupalCamp? Is Drupal Right for My Website?

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Is Drupal Right for my Website?

  • 1. Is Drupal Right for My Website? DrupalCamp Dallas 2009 Lee Raney obiwan on Drupal.org [email_address] Twitter.com/leeraney
  • 2. Take-Aways List of things to look for in a CMS Understand one business owners reasons for selecting Drupal Start your own criteria list for what you need for your site Overview of Drupal vs. Joomla vs. Wordpress vs. proprietary Understand Drupals strengths and reasons to select Drupal resources to get you started Case Studies - See how Drupal used on several large sites The Drupal Community getting involved! Top Web 2.0 Drupal Modules Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 3. What to Look for in a CMS Depends on your needs CMS or Development Framework? Start your Criteria Listsuggestions Easy for users to contribute (user-generated content) Less expensive to add new features Latest web trends- Web 2.0 Large community behind it Open source Not a hosted service Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 4. My Criteria Christian.com Open source and on own site Social networking and publishing user content Leverage as much existing as possible More cost effective to build and maintain Extensible Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 5. What about other CMSs? Wordpress Joomla Other open source Other proprietary Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 6. Why Drupal? Site Building Blocks Rapid Development Leverage 1,800 ad-on modules Designed for social publishing Open source lower costs for development and lower cost of ownership Secure and stable Community Supported by top companies Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 7. Why Drupal? - Community Is Drupal Right for My Website? 2 Million Downloads 240,000 Community Members Over 700 Contributors to Drupal 6 core release Drupal Association DrupalCon Local Drupal Groups
  • 8. Drupal Case Studies Is Drupal Right for My Website? View 際際滷show at: KoineMedia.com/whydrupal
  • 9. Drupal Resources Local Group meetings and DallasDrupal.org Lullabot podcast and Using Drupal Groups.Drupal.org GotDrupal Videos PlanetDrupal.TV Acquia.com Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 10. Web 2.0 and Social Media Modules Add This Facebook Connect (fbconnect) Drupal for Facebook (fb) Tweet Meme Twitter Dustin Feed API Add This Is Drupal Right for My Website?
  • 11. Why are You Here? Discussion what do you want to get out of this DrupalCamp? Is Drupal Right for My Website?