Succeed with your first big Drupal project and contrib

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1. Friday, 1 June 12
2. SUCCEED WITH YOUR FIRST BIG DRUPAL PROJECT AND CONTRIB Friday, 1 June 12
3. SUCCEED WITH YOUR FIRST BIG DRUPAL PROJECT AND CONTRIB By Alex Burrows d.o: aburrows twitter: aburrows Friday, 1 June 12
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5. WHAT FUNCTIONALITY? Friday, 1 June 12
6. WHAT FUNCTIONALITY? •Find out what they need •Find out if “there’s a module for that” •If it meets your requirements use it •If it doesn’t whats missing, can you create a patch for it or will you need to create your own? Friday, 1 June 12
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8. WITH CONTRIB Friday, 1 June 12
9. WITH CONTRIB Amazing modules to make lightwork of your job Friday, 1 June 12
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11. SOME TOP USEFUL MODULES Friday, 1 June 12
12. SOME TOP USEFUL MODULES •Views (http://drupal.org/project/views) •Panels (http://drupal.org/project/panels) •Token (http://drupal.org/project/token) •Rules (http://drupal.org/project/rules) •Workbench (http://drupal.org/project/workbench) •Pathauto (http://drupal.org/project/pathauto) •Webform (http://drupal.org/project/webform) •Slideshow (http://drupal.org/project/views_slideshow) •Features (http://drupal.org/project/features) •ckeditor (http://drupal.org/project/ckeditor) Friday, 1 June 12
13. WHICH DO I USE? Friday, 1 June 12
14. NEED HELP? Drupal Forums Drupal IRC #drupal-support #drupal-uk #drupal-core Friday, 1 June 12
15. KEEPING CONTROL Friday, 1 June 12
16. HOSTING IT RIGHT •Will my host support PHP 5.3+ and MySQL 5+? •Do I have FTP or SFTP access? •Do I have access to php.ini? •Whats my memory limit (memory_limit)? •Can I install Drush? •Can I deploy from development to production? •Acquia DevCloud Friday, 1 June 12
17. DRUPAL ON MULTIPLATFORM Friday, 1 June 12