An introduction to Drupal

1. Presented by: Will Jackson

2. What is Drupal?
 Drupal is a PHP based content management system
 Drupal is Open Source
 Drupal runs on LAMP based environments
 Drupal is Free to use!

3. Drupal can be used to build…
 Simple Websites (Blogs, Portfolios, etc)
 Community Websites
 E-commerce Driven Websites
 Web Applications

4. Who Uses Drupal?
 Enterprise
 Government
 Education
 Small and Medium Business

5. Enterprise

6. Enterprise

7. Enterprise

8. Government

9. Government

10. Government

11. Education

12. Education

13. Education

14. Drupal Anatomy
 Drupal Core (current version 7.x)
 Modules
 Theme Layer
 Installation Profiles

15. Drupal is Great for Developers
 Active Community
 Hooks for Custom Modules
 Customizing the Theme Layer

16. Getting Started with Drupal
 Drupal.org
 LAMP Stack
 Pantheon – www.getpantheon.com
 Drupalize.me
 Google is your friend…

17. The Drupal Community
 Drupal.org
 Drupal User Groups
 Drupal Camps
 Drupal Cons

18. Thank you
Company: New Valley Media
Twitter: @willjackson00
Website: WillJackson.org
Drupal.org: will.j (573680)
Slides: http://slidesha.re/1iB8ULK