Drupal Asia Pacific Conference

Summary

Too often, Drupal sites look drab and plain and very much like the default Garland theme. This session discusses why that is and suggests technical and non-technical ways to go about creating truly outstanding looking Drupal websites.

Outline/Plan

The reasons that many Drupal sites look drab and plain.

How to tackle this with:

• project management workflow
• design talent
• theming capabilities of Drupal
• module knowledge and choice

If time, an open discussion of any other tips people have found useful.

Goals/Outcomes

Attendee should leave with a better understanding of how to build outstanding looking websites using any version of Drupal.

Presenter Info

Mark has designed and developed software for over 20 years in fields as diverse as exploration geophysics and health, education and government. He's Managing Director of Caign Group, an IT consulting and web system development company which has implemented over 35 Drupal websites in Australia and abroad.

Summary

The new way of laying out content within Drupal pages. We will cover what panels can do, and how to expand your any part of your site to display content as you wish.

Outline/Plan

-Install Panels, and other useful items
-Creating a new front page.
-Use of Context
-Displaying nodes with panels
-Other cools things to do with panels

Goals/Outcomes

People will know what panels is and an in site into what you can do.

Presenter Info

Drupal Developer and member of the Drupal community for 6 years.

Summary

New Drupal administrators and users can find the 2500 contributed modules highly intimidating. This session is a simple overview of Em Space's preferred default installation. We will also look at a couple of examples of how a complex module can be made redundant with CCK or a small piece of code.

Outline/Plan (may need shortening)

-- What does Em Space choose to use?
-- Em Space install profile.
-- Example decision: Event module vs CCK with Date.
-- What is "glue" code, when do we use it.
-- SimpleMenu, the theme-reliever
-- Lullabot's top 40 modules - compare and discuss

Goals/Outcomes

Share knowledge and general strategy for building a module list.

Presenter Info

Simon Hobbs has worked with Install Profiles and developed them for other companies. Em Space has a default preferred installation, and older version being available on Drupal.org.

Summary

This session will cover what is new in Drupal 6 from an end user's perspective. This will include things like the new installer, user interface improvements, and how to go about upgrading your site.

Presenter Info

I am just an enthusiastic drupaler and hope to show off the new version.

*NOTE* I am looking for someone else that can help me with this presentation

Summary

This session will cover creating a Drupal web site in 40 mins

Outline/Plan

-choosing your hosting
-the install
-menus and blocks
-changing the theme
-how to spend the income from working smarter

Goals/Outcomes

After this you will be a Drupal convert, able to setup web sites for friends and colleges.

Presenter Info

As a Drupal convert I have seen the light and want to share my disease