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

Drupal and SugarCRM can dance well together, let us look at how.

Outline/Plan

-SOAP Dance (The clean one).
-Good Form Dance
-Mail Dance

Presenter Info

Ashley has been in the IT industry for over 20 years. Curently a Manager for Didymo Designs. Developing business solutions for more than 15 years, working with Drupal for 2 and half years.

Summary

Business/People do not want technology,

Business/People want solutions to problems.

Drupal is well suited to solving many needs.

Outline/Plan

-Substantiate the title of this presentation.
-Establish Drupals Busines case
-Consider some scenarios

Presenter Info

Ashley has been in the IT industry for over 20 years. Curently a Manager for Didymo Designs. Developing business solutions for more than 15 years, working with Drupal for 2 and half years.

Summary

The Session will cover the new features within v4

Outline/Plan

* Cover all new features
* why we did these changes to e-Commerce
* any questions on how to do e-Commerce.

Goals/Outcomes

Outline the new features that will be available in v4

Presenter Info

I am the Lead developer for the e-Commerce project and have implemented most of the changes to improve e-C

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

Em Space use Case Tracker as our support system. Casetracker Services is a contributed module uses Services to allow Drupal sites to connect/integrate with a central Case Tracker support site.

Outline/Plan

-- Look at Case Tracker features and usage.
-- Go through Case Tracker Services, it's features and configuration options.
-- See how intermediate parties (like Design companies) can monitor client sites.
-- Use one service as a quick example of how to implement custom services.

Goals/Outcomes

-- Audience to understand the scope of Casetracker Services and get a little idea of what "Services" are in general.

Presenter Info

Simon Hobbs maintains Casetracker Services and uses it in conjunction with Case Tracker as a support site for Em Space.