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Introduction to Drupalby Leow Kah Thong
http://kahthong.com @[email protected]
What is “Drupal”?
• Pronounced “droo-puhl”• Founded by Dries Buytaert• Started as school discussion forum in
2000• Drupal was later released in 2001• CMS + CMF = Best of both worlds
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The Numbers
• 13,316 modules• 1,334 themes• 13,464 developers• 720,717 people from 228 countries• 99 languages supported• 557,155 weekly downloads• 2.64% of worldwide websites• 2nd top CMS in the world • Price? $0 - FREE
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Features
• Multisite installation (eg: Sony Music)• Build (almost) any kind of website• Implement (almost any kind of
design)• Scalable / Caching• Secure (dedicated security team)
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Features (cont.)
• SEO friendly / Semantic Web• Developer friendly (3rd party
integration)• API well documented• Hosted service (Drupal Gardens)• Drupal is everywhere!
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Interface
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Standard Drupal 7 installation
When would you use Drupal?
• Website that requires flexibility• Interact with other sites or technology• Create complex online forms /
questionnaires• Web applications with 3rd party
integration (eg: PubSubHubbub, RDF, ApacheSolr Search, Apache Mahout, MongoDB, etc)
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Case Study• OpenShippingRates.com– Problem
• Number of online stores growing• Difficult to maintain shipping rates
– Solution• Drupal as Web Service provider (API)• Centralised database for rates
– Features:• API interface to get live shipping quotes• Web UI for clients (providers) to update rates
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OpenShippingRates.com (Concept)
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The Future
• Drupal 8 :-–Multi device publishing (mobile, tablet,
etc)– HTML5– CSS3– Responsive themes (UX)– Components will be based on Symfony2
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Some of the notable websites powered by Drupal
Whitehouse
The Economist
CNN Go
Ubuntu
Twitter Developers
MTV
Sony Music artists
World Economic Forum
ING Insurance
PayPal X Commerce
Zynga
IKEA
eBay Classifieds
The Commonwealth Games
McDonald’s
The Sun Daily (by Gix Solutions & Miles33)
Terminal Bersepadu Selatan(by Stronium)
The Malay Mail
Tune Hotels
APIIT / UCTI Library
SEGi University College
“Drupal takes longer to learn, but once you learn it, you won’t want to build on
any other platform.” – Unknown
Thank you!
Q & A ?