DrupalConParis2009 - modules

Body Building: Modules You Need to Build Attractive Pages with Rich Content

effulgentsia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:37:57 +0000

You've installed Drupal. Congratulations! You can now create pages and stories that contain text. Sorry, no images. Or video. And if you want the text to be formatted with bold, colors, bulleted lists, or links, you'll need to do that manually, using html tags. At this point, you might be thinking, why all the buzz around Drupal? Is it useful for anything besides creating a simple blog? And if that's all you want to do, scrap Drupal, and get an account on WordPress instead. But then, hopefully, someone fills you in on the secret to Drupal. Despite initial appearances, it's actually super powerful! Anything you can imagine, you can do! There's over 4,000 modules on drupal.org to choose from. All you need to do is figure out which 100 or so you need, and voila, pure website awesomeness!

Speaker bio:

is a Drupal programmer, and developer of the Body Builder module and some other modules. Prior to drinking the Drupal kool-aid 3 years ago, he created custom content management systems, but is now much more interested in improving Drupal than in creating yet another CMS. He spends way too much time thinking about how to best get interesting content into a node.

45 Modules in 45 Minutes - the Best Modules You're Not Using

ultimike — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:57:15 +0000

Most Drupal developers are more than familiar with the top 25 Drupal modules in terms of usage (Views, CCK, ImageCache, etc...) But what about the other few thousand modules? Don't have enough hours in the day to sift through them? Take this opportunity to get a vetted list and practical rundowns of each.

Speaker bio:

Mike Anello is a partner in DrupalEasy.com and has been developing Drupal sites for over 3 years. He specializes in Drupal training, theme integration, project management, and custom module development.

Make Articles Sing By Embedding Images, Video, and Quote Cutouts with DME and WYSIWYG

jcfiala — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:43:57 +0000

Drupal's basic node structure works well for presenting articles, but sometimes clients want to embed images, video, or other block-like items in the middle of the text, such as top rated comments or a snippet of interesting text from that article.

Speaker bio:

John Fiala has been coding on the web for over ten years, and in Drupal for over two years by the time Drupalcon Paris will start. He's interested in object oriented programming, Javascript, and new ideas for extending Drupal, and has the privilege of maintaining a few modules for it. He lives in Denver, CO with his wife and three cats, and commutes to Boulder to work at pingVision.

Rules: How to leverage rule-based automation on your sites!

fago — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:06:44 +0000

The session demonstrates how to use the module to easily solve real-world problems by implementing some common use-cases. Thus attendees should get a good picture how to leverage rule-based automation for faster and more flexible site building!

The session starts with a basic introduction to the Rules Module and some related modules providing useful integration. Afterwards it's shown how these tools can be used to implement common use-cases, probably covering:

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Custom Login Redirects

A publishing workflow

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Speaker bio:

Wolfgang Ziegler is part time student and drupal developer since 2005. He is studying "Information & Knowledge Management" and "Computational Intelligence" at the Vienna University of Technology. Currently he is working on his master thesis, which deals with the Rules modules.

Co presenters:

klausi

Drupal Ingredients for your Website Dish, or Modules You Should Use on Every Site

coltrane — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:11:48 +0000

With thousands of community contributed modules on drupal.org you have a wealth of features available to use, but how do you know which ones are right for your site? We'll be giving a brief overview of the modules which are just so handy you'll probably want to use them on most of the sites you build. We'll talk about modules that fit into recipes for certain website "flavors", such as community and social networking, media, and commerce.

You can view the session slides at http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcv55663_82d9m66bdz

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Day 2

Speaker bio:

Brad (beeradb) Bowman began working in backend systems development at Aten Design Group in 2003, while still in college. Today, Brad handles implementation and customization of backend systems at every stage of Aten projects. Ben (coltrane) Jeavons is a senior developer at pingVision, a consultancy providing interactive design and development services for all media, specializing in Drupal. Greg (greggles) Knaddison is a partner at Growing Venture Solutions a full service website consultancy based in Denver and New York.

Co presenters:

greggles

beeradb

Kill your programmer - Easy Installing Drupal modules and themes in D7

JacobSingh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:09:08 +0000

I just want a website.
Why the hell not?

I heard that Drupal does everything you want and more
Of course it does

I heard that it was free
Like beer

I heard it was easy to set it up yourself
Sure...

I can add on all kinds of free themes and modules that do anything from mapping your house to doing your taxes
Yeah! 2500 and counting!

Anyone can install new modules! and update them when they change

Speaker bio:

I am a Principal Engineer for Acquia. I mostly work on Acquia Search, I'm also an American expat living in New Delhi. I will write more, when I have more time.