drupal panopoly | drupal camp vienna 2015

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Drupal Panopoly The site builder's best friend.

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Drupal Camp Vienna 2015


Matthias Walti Drupal Site Builder

Occasional CopywriterDeveloper

One-man Drupal shop in Switzerlandwww.mazze.ch@matthiaswalti

http://www.mazze.ch


Yes, it’s about site building How the Drupal Panopoly distribution changed

the way I build websites in the last two years.

And how I learnt to think beyond websites.


What most of my customers were previously using

Typo 3Wordpress

JimdooMagentoShopifyMoodle

Proprietary systemsAgency-specific systems


Four years ago…


But…

…there were better ways to build a Drupal site even back then.

And I also knew about Features, Panels, Distributions…


Panels, Features, Context…


Drupal Distributions Atrium

Open PublicCommerce Kickstart

OpignoRestaurantOpen CivicRecruiter

ERPAL

and much more….


Distributions are great for selling Drupal…


difficult to customize, a nightmare to theme.


What I ended up with… (Building the same functions over and over again)


“Start building your website from the 10th floor”


Welcome to the Drupal Panopoly Distribution.


“Panels Magic for the masses”


Responsive layouts


Stable contrib modules


Compatible contrib modules


Site building elements


Improvements for site editors (read: your customer)


Preconfigured roles (e.g. editor)


Preconfigured field types


Software update, settings update


Common scenarios (e.g. Search)


Responsive backend


Apps


But this is just the beginning… How Panopoly really changed the way I work within one year…

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Panopoly forced me to quit my comfort zones

(Yes, actually more than one)


I learnt that Features is not that hard.


I started extending Panopoly


I have my own modules

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I have my own “modules”


Pre-defined panel panes


Pre-defined views


Basic design patterns


Build things once. Build them right.


My 10th floor… Plenty of tested functions and layouts right after the installation


Improved editor experience


I have great customer quotes

«The software is amazing, simple

and logical. Seems that maintaining our website can even be fun.»

(Actually, I did not ask this customer for any quote at all)


«As simple as Wordpress. As flexible as Drupal.»

(Well, to be honest: I am not quite there yet)


I have a much clearer viewhow to make the move

from service provider to platform


Issues with Panopoly


Panopoly is not multilingual by default

Issues with FPP (Fieldable Panel Panes) when using Entity Translation, requires workarounds.


Panopoly does not come with CKEditor

Uses TinyMCE and the WYSIWYG module.Loading CKEditor requires to break some dependencies.


I want my Display Suite…;-) Can be added, but sometimes interferes

with the Panel/Pages concept (minor issue)


Panopoly 2.0

Development for Drupal 8 has started.

Due to Drupal 8 core improvements, several modules will be obsolete.

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Therefore we can expect a working version to be ready… when it’s ready;-)


Try Panopoly https://www.getpantheon.com/

https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly

https://www.getpantheon.com/

https://www.drupal.org/project/panopoly


(Off topic) !

Plays nicely with Panopoly:www.codyhouse.co

http://www.codyhouse.co


Questions?