Live Website Redesign: Discussing Drupal

Drupal expert Chris Stauffer joins host Jose Caballer and Xin Chung to take viewer questions and discuss the planning of the ThisWeekIn redesign.

00:59 Introductions for Chris Stauffer and Xin Chung
01:55 The importance of insurance
05:17 Co-working at Blank Spaces
06:48 Why choose Drupal over Wordpress?
08:28 Why is Drupal growing so quickly amongst media sites versus Expression Engine and Joomla?
11:00 Chris's introduction to Drupal
12:12 Chris's history and a description of his company, Stauffer New Media Development
13:25 "I started out as a Business Process Engineer"
14:08 Chris's early clients included Toshiba, Nestle, Lexus, & Infospace.
14:28 What are the differences between working for a large client versus a smaller one?
15:35 Small companies want cheap websites -- how do you convince them otherwise?
16:40 Drupal is tricky.
18:26 Xin talks about developing iOS games.
21:15 The importance of variable scope when approaching a client
22:38 Coming from Wordpress, what is the best way to learn Drupal?
23:10 Lullabot is a great resource for learning Drupal www.lullabot.com
25:07 Becoming part of the Drupal community is the best way to learn Drupal.
25:46 How do you handle open-source solutions with clients?
27:39 "If you hear me say there's a module for that, you should be smiling"
30:05 How do you use Drupal to develop a site like www.uxmag.com?
31:10 Stupid, stupid clients.
32:32 Is Drupal difficult to use for video-based sites?
34:25 Dealing with Drupal installs. (http://www.drupalgardens.com/)
36:05 Jose disses PBWorks because...of their font selection?
37:13 Graphic Design for Non-Designers (http://amzn.to/GraphicDesignForNonDesigners)
38:42 Custom backend options for Drupal
41:30 Getting a team to adopt a new platform
44:10 Discussing the ThisWeekIn sitemap

Category:

• Science & Tech
• Learning & Education

Starring:

• Jose Caballer
• Aure Gimon

Directed by:

• Ian Hinck
• Branden Lymer

Produced by:

• Matt Raub
• Ryan Summers

Tags:

• Groop Skool
• digital agency
• webdesign
• Web Design
• Groop
• Brand
• Strategy
• Jose Caballer
• Websites
• Marketing
• Design Basics
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Adobe
• How-To
• WordPress
• Word Press
• CSS
• HTML
• Java
• Instructional
• dreamweaver
• ThisWeekIn.com
• This Week In
• Xin Chung
• Chris Stauffer
• Drupal
• sitemap
• agile
• scrum

[permeister]

Another fun episode and really helped in trying to decide between Drupal and Wordpress for clients.

[ThisWeekIn]

@permeister Thanks! Let us know if you have any more questions. We shot another episode with Chris and we have another Drupal expert on in a few weeks. We love getting viewers questions answered live on the show.

[imZenko]

Great show guys I really enjoyed it!

Thanks :)

[ThisWeekIn]

@imZenko Thanks for watching. How have you found the Live Website Redesign series so far - too general, too specific, or just right?

[TopSeattleSEO]

This live web designing tutorial will help to show the re-designing for my company in Seattle :)

[whiteghostgamer]

1 hour and 680 views? oh well