Drupal Camp Connecticut Slides and Demo Site
Update 8-29
I uploaded a tar file of the demo site and database.
You can download that here. http://www.rvtc.us/files/demorvtc.tar.gz
There is a file in the main folder called INSTALL_DEMO.txt that will explain how to set it up.
I will make a video early this week on the Views Tabs so just keep an eye out for that here http://rvtc.blip.tv/ <--the first 10 videos are recent demo videos of our work but after that are some drupal tutorials.
Also attached the presentation which has some info and links that may help though the one demo link on the site will bring you to the 4 demos.
Keep in mind the demo links go to port 8888 because of the setup on my machine but you will not need that on your machine unless you run MAMP as well.
Good luck!
Help decide what items to cover.
Updated Session List (if it can all really fit)
1. Some thoughts on Views and how much programming work no longer needed thanks(?) to its great features.
2. Look at the Rewrite Output option
--This simple view will extend into
----Filters as a block
----Attachment
----Feed
----Grouping
3. Pushing the Rewrite Output a bit further again no coding.
--Some jquery tooltip (copy paste type work) and Hover Windows
4. A quick look at Semantic Views and cleaning up the output.
--Settings in Views
--How this helps you out (or helps out the person doing CSS)
5. Views Bulk Operations
--Just a great module a quick demo of it and thoughts of using it for Clients admin area.
6. Importing Exporting for Dev / Live work
--This is an easy to miss feature and can make life a lot easier going from dev to live etc.
7. When you need to make a Template File and views_embed_view function
--Not needed as often but worth noting how easy it is to set this up.
8. Q and A
Some items I might cover if time allows or demand?)
Tabs
Draggable Views
----end update----
Poll http://blog.rvtc.us/drupalcamp_sessions_views_201 (sorry I set it to expire too soon so it is closed feel free to use the Contact Us form)
Not really an intro to views but digging a bit deeper into how to really do more with views.
- views_embed_view - how handy this little function is
- template files that views helps you create.
- add on modules like editable views
- arguments and passing those around
- views and panels
- questions and answers
Hmm might have to remove some of them but basically getting a little more out of this amazing module
Faceted Search
Author Profile
Not counting my Commodore 64 years, I began my IT career when Windows 95 hit the scene and Google was just a glimmer on the Californian horizon. I discovered Drupal four years ago when it was giving Joomla a run for its money.
At the time, I was working as the IT manager at the National Priorities Project (NPP). We were using Joolma and getting about 200,000 visitors a month and the site was not scaling well. I saw the limits of Joomla and the promise of Drupal 4 with its taxonomy system, clean urls, and security features. I converted NPP to Drupal and migrated their main database, http://nationalpriorities.org/nppdatabase_tool, from webobjects to a Drupal-friendly structure in MySQL. Still not satisfied, I moved NPP’s constituent data (including their 25,000 member email list) out of the expensive Raiser's Edge and into the free and open source CiviCRM 1.8, saving the company money that it was spending on their desktop software.
Thus began my commitment to supporting non-profits by creating affordable, custom-built content management systems in Drupal and CiviCRM. I founded River Valley Tech Collective as a collaborative team of other like-minded techies to provide Drupal-driven sites to a wider range of non-profits, educational institutions and local community organizations.
