Implementing Drupal

[minecrafthub11]

I started out learning on Drupal and then moved to Joomla. I actually find joomla to be a little more confusing than Drupal.

[finnthecat]

angie rocks!



[keithflo]

Key Modules ... CCK (Content Creation Kit), Taxonomies, Views

[keithflo]

Key Modules ... CCK (Content Creation Kit),

[thiagodus]

i couldnt understand drupal so i went for grupal instead

[BrooklynNYC777]

i love drupal



[TJHassis]

Great overview.

[pinecorn69]

ok idk what this vid is about i just looked up drupal and watched the whole video

[DmanEyes]

Just to clarify something else as a disappointed user with Drupal so far. I see it has so much potential... and flexibility. But I want to be like a racing car driver... using my talent at the wheel to win the race - I shouldn't have to read the help manual to build my own tyres and import a load of plug ins to make the engine run!! Or like buying a house but finding it was a pile of bricks and bags of cement - thats how I felt after reading the hype about Drupal and then actually using it :-(

[praecorloth]

Give Joomla! a try. I've felt it's easier to set up than Drupal, though it is a much simpler CMS than Drupal.

Word of warning: Stay the heck away from SharePoint. If Drupal was complicated for you, SharePoint will be impossible. And frankly you will need $80k/yr employees just to develop and brand a SharePoint site.

[DmanEyes]

I agree with some comments here. Google was drowning in jargon last time I used it. I am no gumby and have been building websites for 10 years, but thinking Drupal could give me a new way of working I tried it and was really shocked how arcane much of the language and interface was. I dream of a day when the power of drupal is as intuitive as WordPress and I don't have to think so much just to make somethn=ing happen. I just want to think - "hey i have a cool idea..." click click... done!!

[alexanderrrrrrrrr]

Most of these tech ppl are doing "great things" but they SUCK at bringing over the message.

Get a sense of self already and try to bring your product/vision(maybe not appropriate) with some personality. It's one thing creating a great product and promoting it because you believe in it. It's another when that product and community becomes a world where you can flee to, to feel safe or to have success...

[Krylez]

This is a tech talk, not a VC pitch.

[codeheaded]

Typo3 > all

[asugene]

Why was "Embedding disabled by request"??? I had this on my Google site and now it says it is not available. This was a great video on helping me tell people about Drupal.

[gav240z]

Drupal is great but its taking me ages to properly understand it.

[CrazyHorseInvincible]

(Apologies in advance for replying to something you said a year ago.) The world of IT needs to step back and really think about the metaphors and abstractions it uses and figure out how we can make something more intuitive. I have never, ever, been able to describe a CMS to a layman succinctly. I just can't seem to do it in a few sentences. It's either an oversimplification or about 15 min of back and forth.

[gav240z]

haha, yeah its not so straight forward sometimes when I read a modules description and it says something like a cck field that you can use with a view and a view reference field after which allows you to embed a filefield and I go wtf?

It's now been over a year and I finallly get Drupal to be able to do most things. However some things are still difficult to figure out and themeing whilst flexible is overly complicated. Its taken me ages just to get to grips with it all.

[digerpaji]

@gav240z it took me 3 months to understand it completely inside out i can do what ever the fuck with it hook in shit invoke hooks theme functions overriding man this is the best fucking cms every made no kidding its like the best! its a framework and a piece of art

[softwareScout]

Hey. I do other CMSs and am new to Drupal. Where is a GREAT place to start me off on learning to use it, adding content, and making my own templates? Anyone?

[gav240z]

look at Lullabot and Mustard Seed Media podcasts for a start they are probably the best references.

Also Tom Gellar's learning Drupal is also very good. Trust me on this, watch videos on Drupal first then read tutorials on the web. You just won't get the Drupal lingo like node, view, cck etc..

[p176]

Drupal is fantastic. It can also get very addictive once you get over the first stages and see how it can really function. For anyone starting out who is finding it confusing, keep on with it, once you come to grips with it you won't regret you have spent time learning it.

[tehmushroom]

Thanks for that comment. I'm going to take that as honest feedbackm and stick to it.

[gav240z]

Sometimes though it makes sense to hire an outside consultant to save you alot of time depending on your needs.

[noigraud]

agreed

[freerangeminds]

Thanks Angie and Geoff. Nice to see more press for Drupal! The growth and acceptance of Drupal has been phenomenal over the past year.

[FungShunWen]

Funny how she keeps interrupting him in the QA and he just scratches his head. Teehee!

[basier]

Obviously a 'she' goofball...there are 2 speakers in case you didn't notice -- Geoff is the second

[sollyjim]

Looks solid. Nice modular design.

[rip0201]

Drupal is good...but to master it, requires lots of hardwork!!

[AainaA]

Drupal is an oncoming SMS {Social Management System} that will overtake the Web by storm. It is slightly complex over Joomla, but its an excellent written software! Great video too.

[Hals]

i dont understand why many people compare drupal to joomla, there's so many more CMS systems

[acorntechnique]

The reason why people compare those two is actually obvious if you think about it.

It's because Drupal and Joomla are at the top of the cms stack

[21jumppp]

lol, joomla, what a bitch

[matt984]

lol no idea

[laserbeamninja]

let's see, her name is Angie, moron.

[communitywork]

I clicked on this because I thought it was a water projects nonprofit but turned out to be a web development topic, out of my league, but nonetheless fascinatiing though, I saw it 3x but seriously! i can't figure it all out, hope someday i can use it to create our own website