What's new in Drupal 7
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The document presents an overview of Drupal 7, highlighting improvements in user interface, content handling, and performance, along with enhanced testing and database support. It lists various features such as flexible content management, improved theming capabilities, and support for multiple database systems. Additionally, it outlines upgrade paths from earlier Drupal versions and resources for further information.
What's new in Drupal 7
- 1. Drupal 7 Jhef Vicedo Drupal Camp Manila Feb 5, 2011
- 2. About me Drupal Developer since 2005 Drupal Philippines group site manager PHP Programmer @Exist Global /MorphLabs
- 3. What’s new? User interface Flexible content Image and file handling Faster response and optimized performance Better theming Automated testing framework Extended database support Installation profiles
- 11. Flexible content - Entity Node, Taxonomy term Comment User, Fields (CCK) Others (CRUD not yet in core)
- 13. File handling Image and file fields Image styles Public, private and remote storage support
- 14. Image styles
- 15. Image field
- 16. File upload
- 17. Performance Aggregate CSS/JS Pluggable cache system Content Distribution Network Function registry
- 18. Caching
- 19. For Designers Re-engineered XTHML structure of templates CSS only themes Semantic HTML Blocks and Regions
- 20. Other new features Testing Framework - SimpleTest Improve database support – MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite MS SQL Server, Oracle Improved internationalization (translation) Better distribution support
- 21. Installation Profiles Blogging Social networking News publishing Community websites Education Localized installation Project management More...
- 22. Some distributions Acquia Drupal OpenAtrium – intranet and group collaboration OpenPublish – online news Pressflow – enhanced performance and scalability Tattler – content aggregation for journalists VoiceBox – community-oriented
- 23. Ready for D7? New site? Yes! Upgrade from D6: Server meet D7 requirements Modules have D7 version Themes have D7 version Willing to port code and test functionalities Upgrade from D5 or earlier: Lots of work!
- 25. Resources http://drupal.org http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0 http://groups.drupal.org/philippines