distribution

For the past several months we have been working on a D6.x recipe for a web 2.0 style business/organization website, e.g. brochureware + portal. We have been using the old copy the database method to start new sites. However, over the holidays we decided to make profile out of the recipe. We weren’t anticipating it being that difficult, but now it’s close to done. I would like to get some opinions before we launch it officially.

You can download the entire distribution here:
http://www.leveltendesign.com/l10apps/cms/download

Hi,

i am putting together a distribution aimed at module developers. Basically it gives a quick install of developer used modules and enables certain blocks, so one does not need to bother about setting these up. This also means that its not safe for deployment on live site, its only built for devs.

Just raising awareness about digital distribution options...TuneCore is a music service that claims to charge a one time fee per track or album to get your music on iTunes and other digital distro networks. What seems unique about the service is they say they don't take percentage fees from the sales...that is - what iTunes gives them, they give you. Like all of these services, research their terms and conditions before signing up!

One of the most important and difficult parts of building a site is theming the integrated module output. If distributions are required to support all core themes, then designers will have to ensure that their integrated contributed modules will work with all core themes. This is too difficult. Profile and distribution designers should have the option to included fewer themes in their distribution.

Designers will want to focus on the user experience of their distributions and not on the laborious task of systems integration.

Kieran