Proposed Sessions
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Experience level |
Track |
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What is a hook Scott Wolpow One of the most confusing concepts to a new user is hooks. This should be a ground floor step by step of hook definition, creation and use. |
Beginner | Site Building |
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Building Conference & Event Sites in Drupal with COD Ezra Gildesgame Come see why Drupal is the best platform for building conference and event websites that meet the needs of attendees, event organizers and sponsors! In this session we'll build a conference... |
Beginner | Site Building |
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Drupal Project Management Strategies Matthew Dorman Discover a strategy for ensuring successful outcomes of Drupal projects of any size. “We don't have to manage our Drupal projects differently; Drupal allows us to manage them in different and more... |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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Simple DevOps Using Jenkins Robert Ristroph This presentation will cover a simple setup of a Jenkins (it can even run on your laptop), and a set of scripts will be demonstrated that enable the following workflow: * Run Drupal Cron... |
Beginner | Development |
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Overcoming the Departmental Site Challenge: How to Unify a University's Web Platform with Drupal 7 Glenn Hilton Abstract: Best practices for using Drupal at your EDU, and an in-depth case study on how Drupal 7 is being used to manage over 190 department sites and 35,000 students at... |
Beginner | Case study |
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How to Recruit and Retain Top Talent in the Drupal Community Glenn Hilton The last few years have consistently seen 10%+- global unemployment as much of world is mired in an economic recession. However, the demand for top Drupal talent remains strong. In this session,... |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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How to Land and Keep a Job at a Drupal Shop Glenn Hilton In this session we’ll explore some of the things you can do to catch the attention of that Drupal web agency you’re hoping to work for. We’ll examine ways you can set yourself up so HR managers... |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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Hello, Drupal? Building Drupal sites that make and receive phone calls Leo Burd As part of this session, you will learn about VoIP Drupal (http://drupal.org/project/voipdrupal),... |
Beginner | Development |
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The Emperor's New Clothes (or how I learned to ask "is the cool thing the right thing") # The Emperor's New Clothes **Level:** N/A - everyone... |
Beginner | Presentation |
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Caching/Varnish for Decision-Makers and Architects Tim Loudon High performance and scalability are complex topics--even for experts: we can't change that. But we can take a holistic look at our websites and our systems to gain a better understanding of the... |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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10 Things I wished I'd known when I started using Drupal Ian Finlay 1. How to reset the Admin password Drupal 6 vs. Drupal 7 2. Drush trips and ticks (alternatively , tricks and tips) 3. Using git for quick download and installation 4. How to... |
Beginner | Site Building |
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Leveraging Drupal for Black/White (Grey) Hat SEO Techniques Patrick cheng Having dealt with web development for over 12 years, search engines have gotten more sophisticated since the early days of keyword stuffing to more advanced and stealth techniques of today. Most... |
Beginner | Site Building |
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Integrating Social Media: the Modules and the Big Picture Marissa Martinez Social media. Your clients expect it but may or may not really understand how to leverage it to help their business, This session will review some of the available Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 social... |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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Solving Pain Points: Getting from Customer Requirements to Module Selection Marissa Martinez Helping clients help their customers starts by getting clients to put themselves in their customers' shoes and understand their pain points. What are some practical ways that developers can help... |
Beginner | Development |
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Hunting for Bugs: Improving your Drupal Testing Process Simone Pereira, Suzanne Kennedy Testing is a major component of any web development process. Whether you're a freelancer doing your own QA process or part of a larger development team, a good testing methodology will make your... |
Beginner | Site Building |
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Multisites - What they are and how to use them Erik Peterson An often overlooked aspect of Drupal core is the ability to run multiple Drupal sites out of a single set of Drupal files. This is a great and wonderful idea.... |
Beginner | Site Building |
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Automating OpenScholar (A One Stop Solution for your school) Nikhil Dubbaka This session will be a walk-through on what is OpenScholar (http://openscholar.harvard.edu/) and how it is used at schools. |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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Unravelling the Forms API Thomas Getgood HTML forms go back to the very beginning, but in the beginning they were a nightmare. Over time various frameworks and abstractions developed to wrap the horrors of naked forms so that you only... |
Beginner | Development |
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Content Strategy & Drupal: A Match Made in (Taxonomy) Heaven Natalya Minkovsky What does content strategy mean for the Drupal community? Working with a content strategist can help make the development process smoother and prevent last-minute surprises and frustrations. (“Why... |
Beginner | Business & end users |
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Unravelling the Forms API Thomas Getgood HTML forms go back to the very beginning, but in the beginning they were a nightmare. Over time various frameworks and abstractions developed to wrap the horrors of naked forms so that you only... |
Beginner | Development |