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