Meet Drupal!

Prepared by: Patrick Ofilada

A brief history

• Began as a bulletin board for a College student and his friends

• Open sourced in 2001• Driven by an ever-growing community ever

since!

Dries Buytaert- Founder and the Creator of Drupal for 12 years from now

First Thing Came to Mind when you hear Drupal?

Content management System

Content management System?

• CMS- it is a software application that help you organize your contents, from creation of contents to updating and deleting .

Why Drupal?

Why Should I use , learn, love, and share Drupal?

• Free and open source software (FOSS)• Drupal’s API allows you to create and customize

Functionality• Clean URLs• Stable, secure and Flexible platform• Drupal is powerful more than what you can

imagine• The Power of the community• The Openness of the Drupal Source code

Drupal Core Leaders in Philippines and their Stories

Daniel Honrade -Contributed the OM-Maximenu In drupal.org

Gerald Villorente-PHP,Joomla,Drupal (CNN )

Marc Robinson caballero-started his advocacy since 2005 in drupal and other open source

community

Sven Berg Ryen-started his first drupal 2004 and became successful currently owned his own

company

Paul de paula-started his advocacy in joomla ,php,drupal (Abs-cbn news online)

way back 2007

Gem Devanadera- started her advocacy in Drupal 2 years from now

Who are the people that needs Drupal to help them build personality and career???

• Volunteer• Speaker• Mentor• Module Contributor• Site building• Graphic/design• Event organizer• Founder of your own drupal shop or company• Sponsor drupal meet ups and events

Where do I fit in Drupal?

The Ladder of success in building your career in the Drupal world!

The First step with your Drupal Ladder:

First Step is important

2. Positive Thoughts and ideas are important

3. Passion on what you do

4. Patience

• Patience is a virtue

5. Set up Priorities

6. Get involved

7. Open your self to Criticism and corrections

8. Learn the hard way

9. Learn the “Pay it forward “ principles

10. Keep your feet on the ground

Now How do we see your self in the Drupal Ladder???

Websites built in drupal

Installation Demo

Drupal Community

Now are you ready to Rock with Drupal?

For Future references:• To learn drupal, check out drupal.org website• Visit us on Facebook:

• Philippine Drupal Users Group• Ilocandians Drupal Meet Up Group

• Email me @: pcofilada@gmail.com• JOIN US ! And Learn with us !• Thank you