Scaling and sharing: Building custom drupal distributions for federated organizations
- 1. Scaling and Sharing Building Custom Drupal Distributions for Federated Organizations Alex Schedrov & Craig Paulnock
- 3. ALEX SCHEDROV Team Lead, Software Architect I’m from Ukraine. 9 years in web development. I dream about own music band 🎸 http://dgo.to/@sanchiz http://fb.me/schedrov http://sanchiz.net/en
- 4. CRAIG PAULNOCK Associate VP of Digital Product and Innovation 20 years WebDev, PM, Prod. I’m daydreaming about snowboarding right now🏂 http://dgo.to/@cpaulnock https://linkedin.com/in/craigpaulnock/
- 5. Open Y An open source platform for YMCAs, by YMCAs built on Drupal.
- 6. United States 874 Associations 2,700 locations 20 M Members Worldwide 130 Countries 11,000 locations 58 M Participants
- 7. There are YMCAs in more than 130 countries, each serving the unique needs of their community.
- 8. The Y is more than a Gym For many, this is the only way we are seen.
- 9. We develop youth, inspire healthy living, and change our communities. We have lofty goals, limited resources, and need to change public perception.
- 10. We are not meeting these needs. We require a national tool that will better communicate and deliver our mission digitally. Customers expect great experiences online.
- 11. What is OpenY? A philosophy that collaboration drives innovation and impact A community of YMCAs and technology Partners An open-source platform for marketing, ecommerce and digital products
- 12. For YMCAs • Open platform built by YMCAs for YMCAs – ownership of the entire experience • Speed of innovation / reduced cost • Low switching cost • Freedom to work with agencies and hosting providers • An opportunity for youth to be involved in working, building and shaping the platform
- 13. For Agencies • Focus on user experience, not technology • Re-use, don’t re-build • Competitive cost proposal • Risk mitigation • Lower cost for research & development • Leverage work of the open source community
- 14. For Technology Partners • Leveraging open standards for system integrations. • Using service oriented architecture to create new experiences for the customer • Expand and enhance API and web services • Ability to focus on core offerings
- 15. What are we building? A connected, customizable, and low cost web platform. CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PLATFORM MARKETING COMMUNICATION FITNESS EQUIPMENT PERSONAL TRAINING GROUP FITNESS STRATEGY & EXECUTION A/B TESTING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT DATABASE ACTIVITY MONITORING
- 16. Operating Model Investment from National Y Associations YMCA Twin Cities strategy and repository owner Agency and Technology Partners
- 17. Communication OpenYMCA.org Twice Annual Summits Slack Email newsletter Youtube Tutorials Drupal.org & GitHub
- 18. Political Puzzle Pieces Vision Clear purpose Serves all Real benefits Inclusion Alliances Multiple voices Organic growth Decision On Message No Buy-in Ownership Action Solution Space and pace We versus me
- 19. Committed (21) Evaluating (25) In 10 months …
- 20. Of the 40 Ys we looked at, most are, or are moving to Drupal. YMCA Drupal Adoption Other 21% 36% 27% 15%
- 21. OPEN Y MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE :)
- 22. STARTING POINT
- 23. MISSION OF OPEN Y Best customer experiences proven with data. Collaboration platform. Measurable cost reduction over time. Scalable with evolving flexibility. Speed on innovation and easy installation process.
- 24. KNOWLEDGE ABOUT Ys THE Y HISTORY DIGITAL PRODUCS BRANDS GUIDELINES Y TECH MEMBERSHIP, FITNESS CHILDCARE, CAMPS
- 25. Acceleration Funding Community and volunteers YMCA of Greater Twin Cities YMCA of Greater Seattle YMCA of Greater Houston Other Committed YMCAs ASSEMBLE OPEN Y Take, adjust and incorporate.
- 28. THE ROAD TO OPEN Y
- 30. How to provide scalability and flexibility? CHALLENGE #1 Challenge accepted!
- 33. Static Dynamic Static Static Component #1 Component #2 Component #3 Component #4
- 35. COMPONENT CONSISTS OF: Model Controller View (tough one)+ * in progress Grayscale design+ * in progress Tests+ * in progress
- 36. DO YOU KNOW COMMON PROBLEM OF MOST DRUPAL DISTRIBUTIONS? It’s difficult to disable modules.
- 37. NOW "DECOUPLED" IS MY FAVORITE WORD! And we have minimum of dependencies…
- 40. Analytics/Tracking Presentation Core features Data structure CRM DAM Marketing A/B testing Donation Etc Web social Mobile Connected Screens, Fitness equip. Data Layer Integration Webservices - 3rd party services - integration layers - OpenY - interaction GROUPS
- 41. CRM Analytics/Tracking Presentation Core features Data structure DAM Marketing A/B testing Donation Etc Web social Mobile Connected Screens, Fitness equip. Data Layer Integration Webservices - 3rd party services - integration layers - OpenY - interaction Rose theme Orchid theme Cup theme * theme Content scheduling Alerts Content Workflow Webforms SEO Page Builder Location finder Pesonalization Location Camps Page Blog Post Category Activity Class Session ActiveNet Personify NetX WebDAM Adobe MC SF MC Google Opt. Optimize.ly ActiveNet Blackbaud MindBody GroupEx Pro - component COMPONENTS
- 43. PARTS OF THE DISTRIBUTION ARE 95% DECOUPLED AND NOT RELATED TO Y SPECIFICS.
- 44. Integrations with 3rd party services! CHALLENGE #2
- 45. IS IT A BACKGROUND JOB? NEW SERVICE!
- 46. SHOULD IT BE DISPLAYED? NEW COMPONENT!
- 49. TECHNICAL INSTALLATION https://github.com/kevin940726/nyan-progress * in progress https://youtu.be/ce3o9ykFGP0
- 50. NON-TECHNICAL INSTALLATION * in progress
- 51. Install1 Install OpenY using Wizard or CLI and complete installation process.
- 53. Launch3 Complete DNS change, security checks, GoLive checklist and announce launch.
- 54. Get features4 Get new features from the Y community.
- 56. OPEN Y 1.0 LIVE SITE OPEN Y 1.1
- 60. WHEN I REALIZED HOW MANY BUILDS WE SHOULD HAVE
- 61. BUILD Vanilla installation Behat tests Installation steps Code Sniffers Upgrade from previous versions Composer build+ * in progress
- 64. AND YOU KNOW…
- 65. SUCCESS!
- 66. Open Y Today
- 67. WANT THE CODE? www.drupal.org/project/openy *bit.ly/openy-dorg The home of Open Y on the Drupal community website. github.com/ymcatwincities/openy *bit.ly/openy-github The master repository where we encourage folks to contribute to the code. www.openymca.org
- 68. MATERIALS www.drupal.org/node/2870762 *bit.ly/openy-case-study Case study about Drupal Distribution for YMCA’s. buytaert.net/how-the-ymca-uses- drupal-to-accelerate-its-mission *bit.ly/openy-dries How the YMCA uses Drupal to accelerate its mission.
- 69. EVALUATE OPEN Y SANDBOX.OPENYMCA.ORG Username: admin Password: openy The sandbox is the fastest and most convenient way to experience Open Y. All changes are reset every two hours. We will update Sandbox with the latest Open Y stable release.
- 70. ANNOUNCEMENT
- 71. NOW EVERY Y CAN GET NEW, SECURE AND POWERFUL WEBSITE IN ~15 MINUTES. https://youtu.be/RCvsLANsbm8
- 73. HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE CODE? Commit & push changes into your fork. Create fork of main project. Write steps for review so maintainers can verify your fix/feature. Create a new Pull Request. Ask maintainers for review.
- 74. OTHER WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN Y WITHOUT CODE 1 5 Creative concepts Content Digital best practices and knowledge sharing Volunteering for core team, Open Y summits, etc. Documentation and user guide 2 3 4 6 10 7 8 9 User testing Analytics data Asset sharing Requirement gathering Translation
- 75. GET DRUPAL.ORG CREDITS Contribute and get drupal.org credits and commits. BENEFITS FROM OPEN Y CONTRIBUTION in Drupal Community GROW TO OPEN Y EXPERT Learn distribution architecture, workflows and approaches. KEEP THE MOMENTUM AND GET NEW CLIENTS Be part of that digital breakthrough for YMCA!
- 76. THANK YOU, TEAM!
- 77. Our next focus is building community.
- 78. First-Time Sprinter Workshop 9:00am-12:00pm Room: 307-308 #drupalsprints Friday, April 28, 2017 Mentored Core Sprint 9:00am-12:00pm Room:301-303 General Sprints 9:00am-6:00pm Room:309-310 Join Us for Contribution Sprints
- 79. Friday, April 28, 2017 Join Us for Contribution Sprints #openy OpenY Sprint Track
- 80. EVALUATE OUR SESSION! http://bit.ly/openy-baltimore-2017 THANK YOU! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/drupalconbaltimore #openy