July Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting

Posted by RockSoup on July 14, 2015 at 12:02am

Start:

2015-07-16 18:00 - 19:30 America/Los_Angeles

Organizers:

RockSoup

rlhawk

Event type:

User group meeting

We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, July 16th.

Learn about Drupal and meet local Drupal enthusiasts.

Agenda

Introductions
Drupal news
Open Mic: Tips, Tricks, and Tools to Improve the Life of Site Editors and Administrators

Event Details:

Open Mic: Tips, Tricks, and Tools to Improve the Life of Site Editors and Administrators

An important part of developing a Drupal site is making it easy to use for the people that log in and use it every day. Please come and share your favorite tips and tricks for making the life of those who use the site you built easier. Leave a comment below about a thing you would like to share and we will use those comments to form our agenda.

Thursday, July 16, 6:00pm - 7:30pm.

Northwest Worklofts, 3131 Western Ave (at Denny), Seattle

Sponsored by Fuse IQ

Coworking is available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Drip City (2929 1st Avenue (between Broad and Eagle); Map)

Comments

Inspiration

Posted by RockSoup on July 14, 2015 at 12:04am

This post was inspirational in considering this topic: http://www.daymuse.com/blogs/drupal-admin-theme-mobile-modules-menu-tuto...

-jared

time?

Posted by abeyer on July 15, 2015 at 8:08pm

Event says 4, text says 6.

The meeting starts at 6pm

Posted by RockSoup on July 15, 2015 at 8:13pm

It was a typo and I updated it- thanks!

-jared

Role-based interface

Posted by Shawn Conn on July 16, 2015 at 5:10pm

Great post! Thanks for sharing.

Drupal is a great tool for doing anything with site management, but the flip side is it's completely overwhelming, especially to those seeing an unfettered admin menu, or worse, having to navigate through the labyrinth that sits underneath /admin.

One thing I like to do when it comes to making life easier for all stakeholders is to cull the interface only to the parts relevant for the role. I try to get a sense of all the roles of the site (e.g. writer, content administrator, advertising, etc.), ask people in that role how do they interactive with the site, then customize the experience for that role.

Creating custom dashboards with the revelant data to that role, judiciously setting permissions, using modules like Simplify, & a little custom code (where warranted) do much for making site administration pleasant for everyone.