eXtension Story of Drupal
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Transcript of eXtension Story of Drupal
The Story of Drupalin
eXtension
eXtension CoP Workshop
Louisville, KY
30 June 2011
Background
• Why–Whining, grumbling, complaining . . .–Wiki hard to learn/use; people intimidated–Too many sites
The Process
• Evaluated alternative content management systems• Installed test platform (Drupal 6)• CoP designees tested• Survey of reactions• 2010 eXtension workshop• RESPONSE: +
• eXtension staff retreat-Aug 2010• Drupal Implementation Team
The Team
• Content staff– Ivelin Denev– Henrietta Ritchie-Holbrook– Amy Hays– Karen Jeannette
• Engineering Staff– Jason Young– Aaron Hundley– Daniel Nall– James Robinson
• CoP Reps– Jill Heemstra– John McQueen– Sue Hawkins
• Other eXtension Staff– Beth Raney– Larry Lippke
• Pilot CoPs– LPELC– Ag Energy
Sites Considered
• www.extension.org• about.extension.org• about.extension.org/wiki• cop.extension.org• collaborate.extension.org• faq.extension.org• aae.extension.org• events.extension.org
Principles
• Simpler, better, easy to learn• Reduce sites• Lose no content• Require minimal effort by CoPs• Enhance collaboration• Manage teams/groups• Ease subsequent maintenance• Enable tool enhancements as needed• Be ahead of technology curve (Drupal 7)
Result: CREATE
So: What is Different?
• Better– Common/familiar interface– Familiar WYSIWYG editor– Image insertion/editing– Tag field w/lookup– Customized views– Search capability– Group dashboard– Link to People communities– Workspace for any
community
• More better– Retrieval by workflow state– Consistent mgt of articles &
faqs (workflow)– Group calendar– Integrated attachment
upload– Flexibility of article titles– Some auto-tagging
So: What is Different?
• Not better– No DPL (maybe?)
– No automatic TOC (maybe?)
– No FAQ reports– No personal tags; all
shared tags– Image library not
tagged/categorized (yet)– No revision comparison
• More not better– Must update links when
replacing attachments– No templates
And: What is Not Different?
• Publishing to www.extension.org• Anyone w/eXtension ID has access• Workflow for FAQs• My contributions list• List/retrieval of revisions• Workflow history
So Let’s Take a Brief Tour
What’s on the Table?
• Notifications• Drupal categories• Image tagging/categorizing/searching• Video upload/editing using Kaltura• Enhanced searches (e.g., metadata, tags, categories)• Enhanced/additional content views• Revision comparison• Drupal as a publishing platform ????
Feedback/Questions
• Drupal AaE Widget• Drupal Feedback Forum• Keep in mind:
– Work in progress– Functionality still being developed (Drupal 7)– Performance is untested (e.g., group membership issue)
• Hands on workshop: 10:45-12:30• Learn sessions TBA• Special training sessions on demand