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W H AT W E B S I T E S D O Y O U A D M I R E ?
Q U E S T I O N S
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W H Y ?
Q U E S T I O N S
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W H AT C M S ’ S D O T H O S E S I T E S U S E ?
Q U E S T I O N S
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I S A T O O LD R U PA L
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D R U PA L’ S S H A P E ?W H A T I S
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D ATA B A S E O F C O N N E C T E D S T U F FD R U PA L’ S W O R L D V I E W
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N P R : E X A M P L E S O F C O P ED A N I E L J A C O B S O N
H T T P : / / W W W. S L I D E S H A R E . N E T / D A N I E L J A C O B S O N / N P R - E X A M P L E S - O F - C O P E
Content not Pages
Structure not Presentation
Building Blocks not Features
Flexibility
D R U PA L’ S W O R L D V I E W
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J A R G O N
• Content Types
• Fields
• Nodes
• Views
• Theme
• Module
• …
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F O R M F O L L O W S F U N C T I O ND R U PA L’ S S H A P E
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Purpose and Flexibility?
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
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N E VA D A P U B L I C R A D I OD R U PA L’ S U N E X P E C T E D R E S U LT S
B M A GD R U PA L’ S U N E X P E C T E D R E S U LT S
S AV E T H E B O U N D A R Y W AT E R SD R U PA L’ S U N E X P E C T E D R E S U LT S
P R O S A N D C O N SD R U PA L’ S S H A P E
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• Proven
• Open Source
• Modularity
• It can do anything!
• …
P R O S
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• Cost
• Complexity
• Learning Curve*
• …
C O N S
C O N C L U S I O N S
• Technology Isn’t The Hard Part
• People Are More Important Than Tools
• Communicators Have Power
• Be Empowered!
• (and you can use Drupal too)
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Q U E S T I O N S ?
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