From IA to Implementation:

June 24, 2011

Presented ByPatricia Ramert, Web DeveloperJames Cooper, CIO

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Using Drupal 6 as a foundation forWeb, Portal, and Digital Signage

Research

• http://www.cmsmatrix.org/

• 1182 CMS Listed

• Sorting/Filtering Options

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Kepner Tregoe Decision Making Model

4Source: http://www.wirtschaft.fh-dortmund.de/reusch/esc/decision.html

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Source: http://dotcms.com, http://www.webgui.org/, http://drupal.org/node/9068, http://mu.wordpress.org/ 5

Source: http://drupal.org/getting-started/before/overview, http://drupal.org/node/9068 6

Building the TJSL Web Site• Determine Content Types– Page (Static Content)– Departments– People (Directory)– Locations– Calendar Entries– Announcements– News– Blog– Photo Albums– Promo Boxes

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TAXONOMY!

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Module: Views

9Source: http://drupal.org/project/views

10Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/student-life/technology/technology-staff

Sidebars

11Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/

Faculty Profiles

12Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/directory/susan-bisom-rapp

Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/directory/susan-bisom-rapp 13

Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/directory/susan-bisom-rapp 14

People(Content Type)

• First Name• Last Name• Phone• Email• Expertise• Books• Articles• Editorships• Presentations

ORGINIAL

People(Content Type)

• First Name• Last Name• Phone• Email• Expertise

NEW

Books(Content Type)

• Node Reference to People• Books

Articles(Content Type)

• Node Reference to People• Articles

Editorships(Content Type)

• Node Reference to People• Editorships

Presentations(Content Type)

• Node Reference to People• Presentations

http://drupal.org/project/nodereference_url

MODULE: Node Reference

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People(Content Type)

News(Content Type)

• Title of News• Content• Photos • Node Reference to People

Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/directory/susan-bisom-rapp 16

Expertise(Taxonomy)

Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/directory/susan-bisom-rapp

People(Content Type)

• First Name• Last Name• Phone• Email• Taxonomy Reference to Expertise

http://drupal.org/project/content_taxonomyContent Taxonomy

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Role: Page Editor Drupal’s Super User (‘User/1’)

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19Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/

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23Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/sba, http://www.tjsl.edu/phialphadelta

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• Determine Content Types– Page (Static Content)– Departments– People (Directory)– Locations– Calendar Entries– Announcements– News– Blog– Photo Albums– Promo Boxes– Sub-site Settings

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Base Theme Sub-Theme #1

http://drupal.org/project/themekeyMODULE: ThemeKey (D7)

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28Source: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/challenge-accepted

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In Progress

In Progress

Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/docket

31Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/docket

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In Progress

In Progress

Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/docket

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34Source: http://www.cisco.com/, http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/everything-went-better-than-expected

35Source: TJSL Touch Screen/Digital Signage

36Source: TJSL Touch Screen/Digital Signage

37Source: TJSL Touch Screen/Digital Signage, http://www.yelp.com

38Source: TJSL Touch Screen/Digital Signage

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40Source: http://www.amcgltd.com/archives/011209.html

• LDAP Integration (module)– Setting up:

http://drupal.org/project/ldap_integration– Resource:

http://staff.ed.uiuc.edu/jbarclay/ldaphelp/

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42Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/docket/login

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Student tries to access The Docket or any other

Web site

Request sent to wireless

Redirect student to The Docket login

URL

Do they have a

wireless session?

Continue…

Student logs in

yes

no

Correct login?

Log student into The Docket

no

yes

Create a session for wireless

access

Display The Docket home

page

Student Wireless Logon Process

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45Source: http://dotnetinterest.blogspot.com/2010/04/bug-fixed-jcarousel-alert-error.html

46Source: http://www.tjsl.edu/the-jeffersonian

Future

• Drupal 7– Many modules are not ported yet• Taxonomy Access Module• LDAP

– HTML5

• A completed Student Portal• Faculty/Staff Portal• ‘Streamline’ projects

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Lessons Learned

• Practice• Use simpleTest & Code Review• Build the modules from vanilla website• Panels and Context Modules• Choose and use a versioning system• Document

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Drupal Resources• Drupal User Group

– SDUG 2nd Wednesday Monthly– Local Groups all over the world

• DrupalCamps– Mostly local attendees– ~400 people– Sessions, BOF, and Networking– Activities

• DrupalCon– Attendees from all over the world– ~2,000 people– Sessions, BOF, and Networking– Activities

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• Online– http://www.drupal.org– http://www.stackoverflow.com– http://my.safaribooksonline.com– http://www.php.net/manual/en/langref.php– http://api.jquery.com– http://jqueryui.com

• Books– Pro Drupal Development (D6)

ISBN 978-1-4302-0989-8– Drupal 7 Module Development (D7)

ISBN 978-14-849511-16-2

Thank You!

Questions?Comments?

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