meet drupal
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Meet Drupal!
Prepared by: Patrick Ofilada
A brief history
• Began as a bulletin board for a College student and his friends
• Open sourced in 2001• Driven by an ever-growing community ever
since!
Dries Buytaert- Founder and the Creator of Drupal for 12 years from now
First Thing Came to Mind when you hear Drupal?
Content management System
Content management System?
• CMS- it is a software application that help you organize your contents, from creation of contents to updating and deleting .
Why Drupal?
Why Should I use , learn, love, and share Drupal?
• Free and open source software (FOSS)• Drupal’s API allows you to create and customize
Functionality• Clean URLs• Stable, secure and Flexible platform• Drupal is powerful more than what you can
imagine• The Power of the community• The Openness of the Drupal Source code
Drupal Core Leaders in Philippines and their Stories
Daniel Honrade -Contributed the OM-Maximenu In drupal.org
Gerald Villorente-PHP,Joomla,Drupal (CNN )
Marc Robinson caballero-started his advocacy since 2005 in drupal and other open source
community
Sven Berg Ryen-started his first drupal 2004 and became successful currently owned his own
company
Paul de paula-started his advocacy in joomla ,php,drupal (Abs-cbn news online)
way back 2007
Gem Devanadera- started her advocacy in Drupal 2 years from now
Who are the people that needs Drupal to help them build personality and career???
• Volunteer• Speaker• Mentor• Module Contributor• Site building• Graphic/design• Event organizer• Founder of your own drupal shop or company• Sponsor drupal meet ups and events
Where do I fit in Drupal?
The Ladder of success in building your career in the Drupal world!
The First step with your Drupal Ladder:
First Step is important
2. Positive Thoughts and ideas are important
3. Passion on what you do
4. Patience
• Patience is a virtue
5. Set up Priorities
6. Get involved
7. Open your self to Criticism and corrections
8. Learn the hard way
9. Learn the “Pay it forward “ principles
10. Keep your feet on the ground
Now How do we see your self in the Drupal Ladder???
Websites built in drupal
Installation Demo
Drupal Community
Now are you ready to Rock with Drupal?
For Future references:• To learn drupal, check out drupal.org website• Visit us on Facebook:
• Philippine Drupal Users Group• Ilocandians Drupal Meet Up Group
• Email me @: [email protected]• JOIN US ! And Learn with us !• Thank you