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Under the covers of Drupal Commons
               Community Powered. Innovation.



Jay Batson                  Bryan House
Co-Founder                  Sr. Director Marketing
Acquia, Inc.                Acquia Inc.
@batsonjay                  @bryanhouse
Introduction




 Jay Batson
 –Product owner, Drupal Commons
 –Co-founder, Acquia
Organizations are Building Communities
Symantec
Data.gov.uk
Data.gov.uk - Ideas List
These organizations built
on Drupal subassemblies
But many really
 just to choose
wheels, color, &
    interior
Community Feature Sets Have Stabilized
                           content                   users

         permissions
                                         Intel                      blogs
                                                                    & wikis




 taxonomy
             UK Gov                                          Sony               free
                                                                              tagging




                                                                          social
    design                                                               networks




                       NY Senate                       Symantec
                                                                  groups /
             RSS
                                                                  forums

                                                  social
                             analytics
                                                 ranking
Drupal Commons Combines These Elements

                       Intel




       UK Gov                       Sony


                Drupal Commons


           NY Senate           Symantec
Where Can You Get It?
 Free sandbox
 – http://commons.acquia.com
 – Provides end-user experience
 Free download
 – http://acquia.com/drupal-commons
 – Do this to explore admin interface, code, try more modules, etc.
Packaging
 Drupal Install Pro le
 – You start fresh
     Lots of setup to be done
 – Try it out using Acquia DAMP!
 Creates two Features
 – Commons Core
                                       Not enabled by default.
 – Commons Noti cation                 (Didn’t want to assume mailing capability)
 Uses the Fusion theme
 – From TopNotchThemes
 – Uses skinr for theme controls
     E.g. change default page widths
 – Intentionally minimalist graphical design
Possible New Home, PageBG (6.x-1.2)




                 © Acquia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Foundation
 Drupal 6.x
 – Not formally Acquia Drupal
     Internal decision to NOT synchronize release timing
 – But includes all the same modules
     Including Acquia Network Connector
      – Enhanced, one-click enabling via Feature




 Drupal 7?
 – Probably a ways out...
 – Many module dependencies
Information Architecture
 Four key functional areas

 – Content and collaboration

 – People and relationships

 – Personalized user experience

 – Community management & analytics
Content
 Content creation tools   Implementation notes
 – Organic Groups         – Content types provided:
 – CCK, Views                 Group, blog, document,
                              discussion, wiki, notice, event,
 – Imagecache
                              poll
 – Shoutbox
                          – Image handling via image elds
 – Tagadelic                + imagecache presets
 – WYSIWYG + Better           Needs work
   Formats                    (no lightbox, full-size, ...)
 – Drupal Wiki            – Input format clashes still exist
 – Freelinking            – Drupal Wiki mostly for tagging UI


                                              Let’s look!
People & Relationships
 Community user features   Implementation notes
  – User pro les           – Drupal core pro les +
  – User relationships       additional elds
  – Heartbeat              – No user badges
  – Userpoints




                                      Let’s look!
Personalization & Page Layout
 Customizable layouts     Implementation Notes
 – Panels used on most    – Panels for:
   pages                      Home, dashboard, group home,
 – Selected via context       pro le, and others
                              Some views pages
 Subscriptions via
 noti cations             Changing default panel layouts
                          means paying attention when
 Bookmarks via Flags
                          installing new releases




                                          Let’s look!
Community Management, Analytics
Participation metrics
to track engagement
 – Quant & Charting
   modules
Also included:
 – Google Analytics
   module
    Not enabled by
    default
Also, “Featured”
content

                             Let’s look!
Acquia Network Connector
 Adds functionality to your Commons site
 – Faceted Search
 – Content Recommendations
 – Mollom spam protection




                                           Let’s look!
Design Goal: Retain Drupal Normalcy
 Keep it Drupal, keep it exible
 Don’t make it hard to install / use other Drupal modules
 – LDAP, Active Directory
 – Marketing automation
 – CRM
 – Enterprise data sources
General Goodness
 Admin menu            Rules
 Ctools                Jquery UI
 Date/Time, Calendar   Vertical Tabs
 Devel
 Flags
 Messaging
 Noti cations
 Password Policy
 Skinr (for Fusion)
 Strongarm
 Token
What Didn’t We Get To?
 Projects                   Community tagging
 Groups enhancements        Hundreds of other things
 – Subgroups                – Video
 – Per-group custom         – More email noti cation
   homepage layout            options
 – Per-group content type   – Popular content block
   selection                – Private messaging
 Homebox (user-             – Shoutbox enhancements,
 con gurable Dashboard)       Facebook-y UI
 – But, it’s ready!         – ...
 More sophisticated         Go community!
 document management
Our roadmap?   Community-driven.
How To Be A Community Contributor
 Join the community conversation
 – http://commons.acquia.com
 – Questions, discussions, documentation, help
 Bug reports / real issues at drupal.org
 – http://drupal.org/project/issues/commons


 Biggest needs:
 – Disaggregate the one-big-feature
 – Per-group customizability
Commons Is Open Source.
Acquia sells:
 Commons as a “managed service”
 – Use it; don’t manage it
 – Private cloud space + Acquia Network + Remote Administration
 – Remains fully-customizable
 – Scales to support large communities
 Or, for on-premises deployments
 – Acquia Network (+ optional Remote Administration)
 – 24x7 coverage with de ned SLAs
 Implementation assistance
 – 1-week, xed-cost implementation
     24 hours theming, customization, training
Partners For More Help



                                    Social Business
Global SI partners
                                   Strategy partners




                        Drupal
                     Development
                       partners
Community Powered Innovation

Built for your community
           by the Drupal community



Powering your community
 using the power of our community



Driving your innovation
  by leveraging Drupal’s innovation

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Under the covers of Drupal Commons - the "Instant Community" distribution

  • 1. Under the covers of Drupal Commons Community Powered. Innovation. Jay Batson Bryan House Co-Founder Sr. Director Marketing Acquia, Inc. Acquia Inc. @batsonjay @bryanhouse
  • 2. Introduction Jay Batson –Product owner, Drupal Commons –Co-founder, Acquia
  • 7. These organizations built on Drupal subassemblies
  • 8. But many really just to choose wheels, color, & interior
  • 9. Community Feature Sets Have Stabilized content users permissions Intel blogs & wikis taxonomy UK Gov Sony free tagging social design networks NY Senate Symantec groups / RSS forums social analytics ranking
  • 10. Drupal Commons Combines These Elements Intel UK Gov Sony Drupal Commons NY Senate Symantec
  • 11. Where Can You Get It? Free sandbox – http://commons.acquia.com – Provides end-user experience Free download – http://acquia.com/drupal-commons – Do this to explore admin interface, code, try more modules, etc.
  • 12. Packaging Drupal Install Pro le – You start fresh Lots of setup to be done – Try it out using Acquia DAMP! Creates two Features – Commons Core Not enabled by default. – Commons Noti cation (Didn’t want to assume mailing capability) Uses the Fusion theme – From TopNotchThemes – Uses skinr for theme controls E.g. change default page widths – Intentionally minimalist graphical design
  • 13. Possible New Home, PageBG (6.x-1.2) © Acquia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  • 14. Foundation Drupal 6.x – Not formally Acquia Drupal Internal decision to NOT synchronize release timing – But includes all the same modules Including Acquia Network Connector – Enhanced, one-click enabling via Feature Drupal 7? – Probably a ways out... – Many module dependencies
  • 15. Information Architecture Four key functional areas – Content and collaboration – People and relationships – Personalized user experience – Community management & analytics
  • 16. Content Content creation tools Implementation notes – Organic Groups – Content types provided: – CCK, Views Group, blog, document, discussion, wiki, notice, event, – Imagecache poll – Shoutbox – Image handling via image elds – Tagadelic + imagecache presets – WYSIWYG + Better Needs work Formats (no lightbox, full-size, ...) – Drupal Wiki – Input format clashes still exist – Freelinking – Drupal Wiki mostly for tagging UI Let’s look!
  • 17. People & Relationships Community user features Implementation notes – User pro les – Drupal core pro les + – User relationships additional elds – Heartbeat – No user badges – Userpoints Let’s look!
  • 18. Personalization & Page Layout Customizable layouts Implementation Notes – Panels used on most – Panels for: pages Home, dashboard, group home, – Selected via context pro le, and others Some views pages Subscriptions via noti cations Changing default panel layouts means paying attention when Bookmarks via Flags installing new releases Let’s look!
  • 19. Community Management, Analytics Participation metrics to track engagement – Quant & Charting modules Also included: – Google Analytics module Not enabled by default Also, “Featured” content Let’s look!
  • 20. Acquia Network Connector Adds functionality to your Commons site – Faceted Search – Content Recommendations – Mollom spam protection Let’s look!
  • 21. Design Goal: Retain Drupal Normalcy Keep it Drupal, keep it exible Don’t make it hard to install / use other Drupal modules – LDAP, Active Directory – Marketing automation – CRM – Enterprise data sources
  • 22. General Goodness Admin menu Rules Ctools Jquery UI Date/Time, Calendar Vertical Tabs Devel Flags Messaging Noti cations Password Policy Skinr (for Fusion) Strongarm Token
  • 23. What Didn’t We Get To? Projects Community tagging Groups enhancements Hundreds of other things – Subgroups – Video – Per-group custom – More email noti cation homepage layout options – Per-group content type – Popular content block selection – Private messaging Homebox (user- – Shoutbox enhancements, con gurable Dashboard) Facebook-y UI – But, it’s ready! – ... More sophisticated Go community! document management
  • 24. Our roadmap? Community-driven.
  • 25. How To Be A Community Contributor Join the community conversation – http://commons.acquia.com – Questions, discussions, documentation, help Bug reports / real issues at drupal.org – http://drupal.org/project/issues/commons Biggest needs: – Disaggregate the one-big-feature – Per-group customizability
  • 26. Commons Is Open Source. Acquia sells: Commons as a “managed service” – Use it; don’t manage it – Private cloud space + Acquia Network + Remote Administration – Remains fully-customizable – Scales to support large communities Or, for on-premises deployments – Acquia Network (+ optional Remote Administration) – 24x7 coverage with de ned SLAs Implementation assistance – 1-week, xed-cost implementation 24 hours theming, customization, training
  • 27. Partners For More Help Social Business Global SI partners Strategy partners Drupal Development partners
  • 28. Community Powered Innovation Built for your community by the Drupal community Powering your community using the power of our community Driving your innovation by leveraging Drupal’s innovation