DrupalConParis2009 - client-relations http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/taxonomy/term/106/0 en The Curse of Dreamweaver: Moving Clients from Static HTML to Drupal http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/curse-dreamweaver-moving-clients-static-html-drupal <p>Great! You've finally convinced your client or boss to move their old, clunky site over to Drupal.</p> <p>But this might only be half the battle.</p> <p>You might quickly find out that they are still stuck in the static-HTML mindset, what I like to call "the Curse of Dreamweaver." The symptoms include:</p> <ul> <li>A tendency to micro-manage pages</li> <li>Insistence on pixel-perfect renderings</li> <li>Confusion about architecture vs. navigation</li> <li>Pre-occupation with the homepage</li> <li>And just general misunderstanding and misapprehensions about the database-driven website</li> </ul> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> David helps non-profits gets the most out of drupal. He helps with theming, module development, administration -- as well as more general web development concepts: architecture, navigation, web standards, maintainability, etc. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/curse-dreamweaver-moving-clients-static-html-drupal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/curse-dreamweaver-moving-clients-static-html-drupal#comments client-relations Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:07:18 +0000 CrookedNumber 1009 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org