A short introduction on how to use the Drupal community, specifically tailored for nonprofits. Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS).
This was the opening session at Drupal Day, at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. in March 2014.
More information about Drupal Day:
http://myntc.nten.org/eventdetails/precon/drupal
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THE DRUPAL COMMUNITY
Where to get help, support, ideas and inspiration
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2. DRUPALCON
One North American and one European
(and probably one Southern Hemisphere)
DrupalCon each year.
Next Drupalcon: Austin, TX, June 2–6
austin2014.drupal.org
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2b. FREE DRUPALCON!
Every single session from every single
DrupalCon ever is recorded and available free.
youtube.com/DrupalAssociation
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4. ISSUE QUEUES
• Great for specific
error messages
• Great if you know the
module
• Not great for “what
could be causing this”
questions
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6. INSTANT REPLY CHAT(not actually what it stands for)
drupal.org/irc
It’s not scary!
And it’s really
useful to learn!
#drupal-ngo
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7. NTEN MONTHLY CALLS
• Free monthly discussion calls hosted by Johanna Bates and me (next
call Thurs. March 27)
• Email/web discussion list
bit.ly/npdrupalnotes