Intermediate

This session will be a quick hands-on how-to overview of the Rules module http://drupal.org/project/rules

More and more modules are including rules support and in my opinion will soon be as common and relied upon as views is now.

In order to show the power of this relatively new module, as well as going over general interface and functionality we will create a simple workflow interface using rules

Get the design specifics on taking your site to a higher level of sales effectiveness in 2010, with an inspirational, interactive talk with Josh Ward. He describes how to get 40-50% improvements in conversion from conversion-rate-focused design adjustments to a exisitng, well-executed SEO initiatives. Josh offers results from Volacci clients, such as an online retailer in health and wellness. Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) efforts yield big results with relatively minor changes.

Do you ever feel frustrated trying to sell your Drupal expertise/services? Has your excitement for Drupal not translated into more customers? Do you struggle filling up your pipeline and planning for future growth? In this session you will learn some ways to improve your Drupal sales method and process. The session will focus on developing and executing a strategy to bring in a constant flow of leads and customers. We're all tired of traditional sales "trickery", but we still need to find new clients.

Overview
Many publishers and media companies have shifted their Websites to Drupal. This DrupalCampNYC8 session explores why this is the case by examining current and future trends. We will present several case studies and host an open discussion about workflow tools, popular contributed modules, mobile publishing, and techniques for monetizing content, all of which are helping publishers rethink their businesses. From workflow management, multiplatform publishing, and subscription payments, to video integration, social media integration, and user generated content, this session will focus on how publishers and media companies are using Drupal to invite wider audience participation and ultimately improving their bottom line.

Duration: 1 hour

One hour, ten mini-sessions, any topic...as long as it's five minutes long. Pitch your crazy new module, complain about the state of documentation, show how you built your lizard selling site using Drupal, talk about the 5 best modules for organizing profile pictures, dazzle us with strategies for getting work done while taking care of five small dogs and a baby, demonstrate your awesome Jquery menus, show newbies how to review a patch, brag about how you got your users to navigate 70 different content types. As long as it's 5 minutes long, it's fair game.

Description

Exportables have become all the rage in drupal over the last year or so. They go a long way to solve the long standing issue in drupal that not only is content stored in the database, but much of the configuration of the site as well. That configuration is what makes your site different from the basic install that drupal ships with, and often is the real "work" in creating a drupal site. Because it lives in the database, it makes it hard to:

• Track changes to configurations overtime
• Store backups of just the configuration

Description

Views was originally targeted toward site builders to allow them to create lists of users and content without having to know any SQL or php, but it has grown to become an awesome tool for module developers creating custom or contrib modules. In this session we will cover how module developers can leverage the views module in the following ways.

Agenda

• Easily views enable your module's tables using the table wizard module. Complete with relationships and sorts.

Duration: 1 hour

Brief description: How do you create a site that can handle millions of page views per day without crumbling under the load? Caching won't solve all your site problems, but it has to be part of your strategy. In this session we'll cover Drupal's internal caching mechanisms, what Memcache can do for you, the types of scenarios that Varnish can cover, and the whys and wherefores of Edge Caching. We'll discuss the differences between building a static site that can handle thousands of page requests per second, and what it means to your performance when you start adding authenticated users and node edits.

In this presentation I'll discuss (possibly with co-presenters) the process of going from an independent contractor to a Drupal development shop, and specifically some of the problems I/we have gone through in building Zivtech from 1 to 13 people over the past 2.5 years.