Come for the software, stay for the community - How Drupal improves and evolves
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The document discusses the evolution and community aspects of Drupal, a content management system, with a timeline of its major releases and updates. It emphasizes the open-source principles that allow users to freely use, modify, and distribute the software, as well as the importance of community contributions in driving growth and project creation. Additionally, it touches on potential monetization strategies for individuals and businesses involved with Drupal.
Come for the software, stay for the community - How Drupal improves and evolves
- 1. COME FOR THE SOFTWARE, STAY FOR THE COMMUNITY How Drupal improves an evolves Gábor Hojtsy, Acquia, Drupalcamp Timisoara, 2010 June 5th-6th
- 5. 2.0 4.0 4.1,2,3 4.4 4.5,6 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.0 1.0 3.0 2001 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘10
- 6. 2300 Package size (kbytes) 1000 730 430 450 470 400 400 270 2.0 4.0 4.1,2,3 4.4 4.5,6 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.0 1.0 3.0
- 7. Number of modules 40 31 32 31 33 27 30 29 25 2.0 4.0 4.1,2,3 4.4 4.5,6 4.7 5.0 6.0 7.0 1.0 3.0
- 10. whose name is specified here... this content. Tell a module... that we delete... module_invoke($node->type, "delete", $node) array_merge($perms, module_invoke($name, "perm")); Ask a module... to give a list of permissions. whose name is specified here...
- 11. reacts to deleting... My module... this content. function mymodule_delete($node) {} function mymodule_perm() { return array(...); } My module... as listed. defines permissions...
- 17. function mymodule_node_delete($node) { /*....*/ Remove it from the search index. } Update author’s quota. Send a mail. Unpublish child pages. Save data in “trashbin”.
- 18. Extensible
- 19. Open source
- 20. Freedom to run the program for any purpose.
- 21. Freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to your needs.
- 22. Freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
- 23. Freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
- 24. Why do we do it?
- 28. 3,000 Projects added 2238 2,000 1732 1163 1,000 664 324 129 158 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
- 29. 7,000 Number of projects 6408 4,667 4170 2438 2,333 1275 611 129 287 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
- 30. 2221 people created projects on drupal.org
- 31. 1,500 Project creators 1071 1,000 500 372 207 134 102 70 53 43 28 21 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- 33. Security
- 34. Be part of it!
- 39. The mascot
- 40. The trademark
- 41. Uhm, no company?
- 42. How do we make money?
- 43. You might not need to
- 44. Win grants, raise money
- 45. Build sites
- 46. Host sites
- 47. Specialize
- 49. Create and sell themes
- 52. Try to cover it all
- 54. Drupal friendly providers at http://drupal.org/drupal-services
- 55. These slides are Photos/pictures/videos/video stills from: http://groups.drupal.org/node/13303 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mauricedb/1504406248/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/grdloizaga/817443503/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/krish4u/470892327/ http://thinkflood.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunadirimmel/1411913488/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giaky88/4189310121/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave77459/2364083624/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/3203311346/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/268524287/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/2376359338/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0BwYz1P0BE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc Presentation Copyright Gábor Hojtsy Licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
- 56. QUESTIONS?
- 57. THANKS! http://hojtsy.hu/ http://twitter.com/gaborhojtsy