Using Drupal for Community Media Sites
Ray Tiley Kevin Reynen
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"Within the Drupal community, there is a
community of developers building solutions for organizations building
communities that happen to run television stations"
What You can do with Drupal
General Website stuff• Pages• Comments• Blogs• Event Calendars
Community Media Specific• Interfacing with Other systems (TV Channel
Playback Systems)• Online Video• Equipment / Resource Reservations and Inventory• Class Registration and Certification Tracking
What's That Site Running?
http://ctn5.org Key Modules
Crontib• Calendar• Date• Views• CCK
Media Specific• Cablecast• Internet
Archive Drupal 6
What's That Site Running?
http://bectv.org Key Modules
Contib• Ubercart• Calendar
Media Specific• Cablecast
Drupal6
What's That Site Running?
http://okv.se Key Modules
Contib• i18n• JQuery
UI/Update• Zen
Media Specific• OM Show• OM Project• OM Timeslot
Scheduler w/ TelVue
• Creative Commons
Drupal6
What's That Site Running?
http://civi-7-bnntv.org (launching July)
Key Modules
Contib• Media/PEG.TV• CiviCRM
Media Specific• MERCI • OM Show• OM Project• Cablecast ?
Drupal7
What's That Site Running?
http://bavc.org Key Modules
Contib • SalesForce• UberCart• Zen
Media• OM Show• OM Project• OM Timeslot
Scheduler w/ TelVue
• Internet Archive• MERCI• Creative Commons Drupal6
Resources
More sites and details available at http://groups.drupal.org/open-media-project
Drupal 6 vs Drupal 7
Pros• Lots of working
modules already available
• Lots of documentation and how-to's available
• Currently its almost all any body is using
Cons• Media is a second class
citizen• Less work is going to
be put into new features
Pros• Media is a first class
citizen• Will be maintained for
longer• Cutting edge features
will likely be developed in D7
Cons• Currently some modules
have no D7 port• Fewer sites built with
D7, less community support
Quick Demos of a Few Modules
• Cablecast• MERCI (w/ CiviCRM)• Open Media Checklist• Crew Connect