Learn how to leverage the flexibility of Drupal to deliver experiences in nearly limitless ways. See how you are able to do this—often without code and relying on the ever-expanding universe of contributed modules.
The Features module has played in important role in deploying site configuration for Drupal 7. Now that Drupal 8 has configuration management (CMI) built into core, what's the role of the Features module in Drupal 8? In Drupal 8, Features will return to it's original mission of bundling functionality rather than just managing configuration. We will demo the latest development version of the D8 Features module.
What you will learn:
So you're going to deploy an instance of Drupal - how are you going to secure it? Alternately, how can you best secure an existing deployment of Drupal?
The LMS market is one of stagnation. Innovation in this space is often the application of web practices implemented 5-8 years previously. Take as a simple example, responsive design. None of the major K12 / Higher Ed LMSs do it. They still use m {dot} and "mobile versions" of sites. They still are built off of largely the same mental model as the phpBB style discussion boards and file drops that they were built out of in the early 90s.
There is another way (this is Drupal after all).
Need a solution for a professional society, membership-driven association, or a non-profit organization that handles contact management, membership renewals, bulk email, event registration, and more?
An introduction and demonstration of many uses of the feeds module in Drupal. Advanced discussions of how to use the module productively and securely, and how to troubleshoot issues in importing data using the module.
This session will focus on the technical process of a phased migration using the Migrate module. We’ll examine a recent federal project involving a site of 20,000+ nodes, and 9 different content types utilizing up to 40 fields each. The phased approach incurred some interesting challenges which we’ll outline with our solutions. We'll also cover the tools involved and provide a deep dive into its Drupal code.
During the presentation, we’ll discuss:
Good governance shows that site building is an enterprise-wide undertaking that touches every aspect of an organization. From business, social media, and content strategies; to documented policies and procedures; to functional work areas such as legal, design, analytics, training, communications, user experience, and systems administration—transformation of a federal agency’s public-facing website fundamentally impacts every area of work.
In a perfect world, I'd be able to do everything related to a site. I'd write the requirements, build the site, test and then...deploy.
But let's admit that this is not likely what you have in front of you. Instead, you probably have the site from hell. Someone you don't know, built it, and they clearly don't know what the hell they were doing, and now, you have it.
Join me in a discussion of the steps I take when I need to quickly learn a site and update, fix or upgrade.
Panels, Panelizer and Panopoly can seem a bit overwhelming but this session will go over the best features of each one and how they can be invaluable tools. The Panels module alone offers so much out the box and Panelizer and the Panopoly distribution shows just how much this tool can preform. They are long tested tools that have so much built into them in their evolution in Drupal 7. This session will cover:
