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tumblike

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 22:44

Tumblike is a theme inspired by the elegant simplicity that is portrayed by many blogs on tumblr. This theme is very simple in design and form and really only intended to be used for a blog. Theme developed by Thomas Lattimore.

This theme is still in mid development. Though functional and ready for testing, it should not be used on production sites.

Enjoy.

Pandion

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 13:13

Based on Pandion.IM, this theme is meant to display products or business information. It'll integrate nicely with the carousel & gallery modules.

ALARM: Not for production use...yet.

Built on Drupal & Love. Built for You.

Sidney

Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:28

Based on Directi.com, this is a minimalist business theme featuring custom layouts for the front, inner & blog pages. It's named in honour of Sidney Bristow, a double agent for the CIA who tirelessly and unselfishly fought to make this world a better place.

ALARM: Not for production use...yet.

Built on Drupal & Love. Built for You.

Case Study: www.aidshilfe.de relaunch

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 18:33

The Deutsche Aids-Hilfe (DAH) is the leading German non-governmental organization that deals with the concerns of people living with HIV/AIDS and helps raise awareness of effective HIV prevention techniques.
As the governing body for more than 120 local AIDS service organizations, it supports this work at many different levels.

The DAH website, aidshilfe.de, is one of the organization’s main communication channels. It offers information on HIV and other sexual transmitted infections and covers the field of counseling for private matters. The website also provides contact information for local self-help-centers, a broad selection of free information material, workshops, community features, etc.

Work on the aidshilfe.de project was supported by many partners. Christoph Schüßler designed the website, which was implemented in Drupal by Berlin-based Werk21. The new aidshilfe.de is a step forward toward a future-proof system that features an attractive new design, interactive features, user-friendly community functionality and great usability.

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runvsc

Wed, 07/28/2010 - 10:44

runvsc is a tight, mean pre-processing base theme; all of the logic / markup is built from within the template.php.

You need to also download STARTVSC to use this base theme !

Startvsc is the starter theme for runvsc. Download this starter theme and place it in your theme folder (as a sibling) with runvsc. You can then copy this subtheme to use as your starting point for making your individual custom theme!

Click here to download startvsc from the project page. runvsc themes features include:
  1. Native 960 grid system -> configurable with simple integer variables in the template.php
  2. A theme "abstraction layer" -> I hunted down all the places where major items are declared and exposed them so you can find them!
  3. Useful functions -> such as a "div" generation function! All elements are processed through "runvsc_build_div_markup" so all output is reliable - no hanging h*.title elements!
  4. Preprocessing makes your theme 3 times faster -> the tpl files are simply print $variable statement. No pesky if - colon statements!

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Ticket Cake - An Event Ticketing Website

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 13:43


TicketCake.com is an event ticketing and promotion start-up that recently launched using Drupal as its framework. The website features an innovative design by White Label Graphics which balances functionality and simplicity.

Because Drupal has many ways to display dynamic content, finding the right way to implement a design can be a problem in itself. To overcome this obstacle, the Ticket Cake team focused a significant amount of time creating wireframes for the project.

Drupal’s unique ability to display content in various ways made the process of developing wireframes a constant back and forth. With each iteration, the team updated price quotes, layouts, and site flow.

“Throughout the construction of the wireframes, we always looked to a keep it simple philosophy that ended up being vital,” said Joe Henriod, head of the Ticket Cake business development team. “Measure twice, cut once.”

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CSS Template Demo

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 02:58

This theme is a demo platform for the CSS Template module (http://drupal.org/project/css_template).

Smokers

Mon, 07/26/2010 - 01:06

Smokers is an advanced theme developed by Dr. Radut for Smokers Association to be ideal for a wide range of sites, been optimized for e-commerce with Ubercart. It contains the same kinds of features you'll find in our other professional Drupal themes.

The theme validates XHTML 1.0 Strict / CSS 2, and it is cross-browser compatible; works perfect in Firefox, IE 6, IE 7, IE8, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.

Live demo at: Smokers Association.

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HTML5 Base

Sun, 07/25/2010 - 20:16

All your Drupal XHTML belong to us.

A base theme for HTML5.

This theme is not ready for use!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a total rough mess. Why is it here then? So that the group working on it can share code and process. DO NOT USE THIS THEME. DO NOT JUDGE THIS THEME! We know it's not anything yet.

Are you sad because you want some HTML5 awesomeness, and there's nothing finished to download yet? Well, the awesome stuff is over here: http://drupal.org/project/issues/html5_base Yummy, yummy discussions about how best to mark things up. Also, there's super yummy in the IRC channel #drupal-html5. Sometimes there is a whole mess of smart Drupalers discussing HTML5. Join us! Really, you. Anyone can join in. Don't be shy!

Read the manifesto: http://groups.drupal.org/node/82664

People currently working on this:
canaryMason / Mason Wendell / http://drupal.org/user/65865
mxgfx / Patrick Macom / http://drupal.org/user/195972
jensimmons / Jen Simmons / http://drupal.org/user/140882
theresaanna / Theresa Summa / http://drupal.org/user/215660
timplunkett / Tim Plunkett / http://drupal.org/user/241634
(and if your name should be here, ping one of the maintainers.)

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Floater Theme

Sun, 07/25/2010 - 18:34

This is a basic theme intended for sites that want to get away from the column feel, yet want to have a fluid look. This approach uses fixed-width content area to help ensure readability, while blocks "float" against it. (Hence the name.)

#D7CX — I pledge that this theme will have a full Drupal 7 release on the day that Drupal 7 is released.

#D7AX — I pledge to make this theme as accessible as it can be. If you find any flaws, please submit an issue. Help me fix them if you can.

Features
  • Blocks float against the content. The wider the page, the more blocks will bump up to fill in across the top.
  • Alternative layout styles apply on smaller resolution screens.
Caveats
  • Stable but subject to change. Alpha versions will be tested to work against alpha releases of Drupal 7, focusing on the use case of blocks in the right sidebar. Until Drupal 7 has a stable release, or at least a release candidate, things could change radically to keep up with the changes.

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Acre - growing visuals

Fri, 07/23/2010 - 13:36

A table-less, CSS driven, 2-coloumn, fixed 1024 size, centered theme that aims clearly designed sites.
Originally written for an address repository in Germany, now contributed to the community.
Customizable color schemes.

Enjoy!

Features
- Clear and bright theme
- Site Name, Site Slogan, Site Logo, Site Mission
- Customizable colors
- custom.css for extensions that survive updates
- Plain code region for insertion of tracking scripts ie.
- No fixed primary menu
- 12 regions
- Will work gracefully degrade for stone aged IE6

Sorry for the release delay - we're still on it

Case Study: Grandiflora

Fri, 07/23/2010 - 07:53

Grandiflora is a boutique florist based in Sydney, Australia. Although you might not have heard of them before, you've probably seen their work in the pages of Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and many other fashion magazines. They've also created the floral design for many celebrity weddings and events in the Australia's premier harbour city.

Recently Grandiflora were interested in updating their identity and marketing (including their website), so they tasked the team at House of Laudanum to create a custom online shopping experience to sell their products online. The previous website was a custom CMS written in Perl and while it did have some e-commerce facilities, it required updating to be a more integrated shopping solution.

Why was Drupal chosen for the project?

Although WordPress was considered early on in the decision making process, the team chose Drupal mainly because of the Ubercart module and some other contributed modules which laid the foundation for the integrated payment solution required for the project.

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DrupalCon Copenhagen: Initial program

Thu, 07/22/2010 - 14:42

After reviewing 240 sessions submitted for the conference, the track chairs, the Copenhagen team and the Drupal Association are proud to present the DrupalCon Copenhagen program.

The total of 94 sessions is made up of 83 regular sessions, 6 platinum sponsor sessions, 3 keynotes and 2 rounds of lightning talks.

The session selection accounts for many factors including attendee votes, addressing the breadth of interests of DrupalCon attendees, and providing a balanced and compelling program. For example, some sessions were picked because they were essential for introducing new developers to Drupal, other sessions were selected because they present important local Drupal business cases, etc.

If you proposed a session that didn't make it into the program, please consider presenting it at the Unconference on August 23rd or run it as a Birds of a Feather session. We will be adding more information about these options to the website in the coming weeks.

You can either see the sessions selected for each track below, or take a look at the program overview. Please bear in mind that this is not the final program and that sessions are likely to be moved around as we refine it.

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The redesign gets a boost

Tue, 07/20/2010 - 23:19

At the Drupal Association retreat in San Francisco, the general assembly set the completion of the drupal.org redesign as its number one priority for 2010. The assembly agreed to fund five contracts to help eliminate obstacles that had prevented the community from completing the redesign.

Five key roles were identified: Architect, Solr developer, Project module developer, and an infrastructure developer. The association also elected to upgrade Drupal.org code repository from CVS to Git to help maintain Drupal.org as the hub of Drupal development.

Hiring process:

Job descriptions were developed in conjunction with both the redesign volunteers and the Drupal.org project managers, Kieran Lal, Chris Strahl, and Lisa Rex. The job descriptions were then posted to groups.drupal.org for 3 weeks. Approximately 35 applications were received and a dozen interviews were conducted by the project management team. The contracts were negotiated with Drupal Association Interim General Manager Jacob Redding, to whom the project team reports directly. Contractors work day-to-day with the project management team. The association will pay for the contract work using the funds raised through memberships, advertising, partnerships, affiliates, and DrupalCon sponsorships.

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DrupalCamps Organizer Survey - Final Results

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 15:02

The Drupal Association has been working to figure out the most effective ways it can help local user groups organize Drupal camps. We quickly realized that there was a lack of data about how past and present Drupal camps were currently being organized. With that in mind, we created an online survey for DrupalCamp organizers that would help everyone understand how Drupal camps currently worked.

Over the course of about 7 weeks, we collected a total of 51 responses, with 6 duplicates and unusable, making our sample size 45 Drupal camps. In a previous article posted on the Drupal Event Organization Drupal group, I posted the results from the first 31 responses. Since that article was published (and because of it), we had an additional 14 responses, making the data that much more valuable.

Overall, the 45 camps that completed the survey had over 6,200 participants, a combined budget of almost $250,000, and were organized by over 400 volunteers.

The resulting data is extremely valuable to both the Drupal Association and Drupal user groups around the world. The Drupal Association now has an idea of how camps are currently being organized and can make informed decisions about how to help future organizers. Local user groups can use this data to help plan future events. In particular, the average cost-per-particpant and participants-per-volunteers data (highlighted below) should be considered when planning future camps.

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LA Drupal's 4th Annual DrupalCamp: August 7-8th, 2010 at UC Irvine

Sun, 07/11/2010 - 20:08
Start:  2010-08-07 09:00 - 2010-08-08 15:30 America/Los_Angeles Organizers:  Chris Charlton mike stewart jromine christefano rainbreaw nbluto thund3rbox DrupalShark snelson

Registration is now open for DrupalCamp LA 2010. Mark your calendars for Saturday & Sunday, August 7-8th, 2010. Attendance is free. The camp will be taking place in the same great venue from last year - UC Irvine in the city of Irvine, California. The campus has housing available if you wish to rent rooms to stay overnight.

If you registered last year then your account is already setup and you just need to login and edit your profile to mark what days you plan to attend.

Free to attend. Parking costs about $8-12 per day. Lunch is not provided but you can bring your own or buy a food pass from the cafeteria on campus (which people liked last year). Nighttime private camp party on Saturday 7PM-MIDNIGHT sponsored by MediaTemple.

SPONSORS

Warner Music Group

Media Temple

Achieve Internet

Volacci

Tropo

Stauffer New Media Development

Monstrositee

Commerce Guys

WHAT PEOPLE LEARN EACH YEAR AT DrupalCamp LA
  • Drupal 6 & 7
  • Drupal Basics
  • Business with Drupal
  • Administering & Maintaining Drupal
  • Building with Drupal
  • Drush
  • PHP & SQL
  • Designing & Developing for Drupal
  • Drupal Themes & Modules
  • Contributing back to Drupal, and more!

http://2010.drupalcampla.com

ADDITIONAL SPONSORS & CONTRIBUTORS

The Henry Samueli School of Engineering University of California Irvine
Acquia
Intrinsic Web Designs
SunRain Productions
Cherry Hill Co
Development Seed
Sage Tree Solutions

New site design provided by SoCal's premier Drupal agency This By Them, creators of the 2009 site.

http://2010.drupalcampla.com

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

By sponsoring our camp you get exposure and praise from our community mixed with networking possibilities during the entire camp. Due to budget cuts recently experienced by state schools in California, however, UC Irvine's costs have gone up, meaning our costs for the camp have also risen. We are charged with the task of raising upwards of $10,000 this year in order to fund the event our community has come to expect. Please consider sponsoring. Contact an organizer today.

Sponsor get their names/logo/link on our camp site, camp signs, maps & pamphlets, videos, our tweets - anything we can think of. If you want to make your presence known in the SoCal Drupal community then you want in on this. Visit http://2010.drupalcampla.com/sponsorship for more details.

RAFFLE PRIZES

Each day a dozen winners will be announced and each will get to choose a Drupal related prizes.

DrupalCamp LA APPAREL

At the camp we will be selling awesome new t-shirts for only $10! That's 50% off the online price. Our 2009 camp shirt is also (still) available and you can order yours before the camp!

This is the shirt being raffled off by XTND.US. You can order your own online.

Get more info about DrupalCamp LA

http://2010.drupalcampla.com

Sponsorship information available at http://2010.drupalcampla.com/sponsorship

Drupalcamp or Regional Summit Ventura Drupal

Drupal 7.0 Alpha 6 released

Fri, 07/09/2010 - 23:25

Our fifth Drupal 7 alpha version was released a little over a month ago. Today, we're proud to announce the release of the sixth (and hopefully final) alpha version of Drupal 7.x for your further testing and feedback. The first alpha announcement provided a comprehensive list of improvements made since Drupal 6.x, so in this announcement we'll concentrate on how you can help ensure that Drupal 7 is released as soon as possible and is as rock solid as the previous Drupal releases that you've grown to love!

This release includes many critical bug fixes, a nearly working upgrade path, and a new default core theme: Bartik!

Please see the release notes for more details.

When will alpha become beta?

We have identified several "beta blocking" issues, and itemized these at the Drupal core community initiatives page. On or about August 1, 2010 (or when the upgrade path is working, whichever comes first) we will create a new official Drupal 7 release. If this list is fixed, it will be a beta release. Otherwise, it will be another alpha release. It's expected we will have a few beta versions and at least one release candidate before Drupal 7.0 is finalized. We can potentially reach beta within the next month by focusing on this short-list of issues! Please help!

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Get involved with the Git migration!

Fri, 07/09/2010 - 20:37

Want to help migrate drupal to git? Great! This page overviews the different parts of the migration process, with a focus on making it easy for you to jump in wherever you'd like. See the Migration Roadmap for a more in-depth overview of what the migration entails.

Phase 2 of the migration has a lot of work to do, and it's spread all over the place. Being so spread out makes it hard for folks to know where to jump in and help. So instead, we've come up with these three loose avenues for participation - "Developing, Documenting, and Deciding." If you'd like to help, you should read through the stuff below and then ping sdboyer over email, twitter, or irc, saying, "I'd like to help with Development/Documenting/Deciding!" He'll get you squared away.

Develop

If you're a code monkey, we can definitely put you to work. There's modules to develop, a migration path to test, test sites to debug, and server settings to tinker with. The modules are the lowest-hanging fruit, and these are ones that really need love right now:

  1. Version Control API
  2. Version Control Git Backend
  3. Version Control / Project integration

Getting the latest branches of these modules finished and working is an absolute must for the migration. The 2.x branch of vc api is what this whole system will be based on, and we're trying to finish it up.

There's LOTS of other dev work to be done, too, including work on the migration path, experimenting with server setups, and work on the packaging script.

Document

It's been soundly agreed upon that documentation is just as essential as code for the success of this migration. Of course, 'documentation' covers a wide range. Here's the general picture of what we want to accomplish:

  1. Create a 1:1 analogue of the CVS Handbook. There's a prototype, and an issue to discuss it.
  2. Create a 'Git Instructions' module, analogous to the CVS Instructions module.
  3. Develop an "open source training curriculum" that will prepare new drupallers/git users for using git to contribute to and work on Drupal projects. (will provide a link here to that discussion once it's kicked off)
Decide

Want to be heard, but not do any work? This is for you! (kidding :P) There are a lot of things about the way d.o works, and the way we work with d.o, that are being decided by this migration - for example, we need to decide how commit statistics should work, and on how we'll replace $Id$ tags Some of these are decisions that can be taken now, while others we'll only realize as we run across them well doing other work. In both cases, though, we need to sort them out as a community for the migration to proceed. So if you're too strapped for time to offer anything but your voice, that's ok - just make sure you follow the migration gremlin, as crucial decisions are primarily be announced there.

Drupal.org Git Migration Team

DrupalCon Copenhagen: Keynote speakers

Thu, 07/08/2010 - 20:49

We are proud to announce the keynote speakers at DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010: Rasmus Lerdorf (topic to be crowdsourced), Jeremy Keith (Design of HTML5) and Dries Buytaert (State of Drupal).

The State of Drupal

Dries Buytaert, Drupal Project Lead
Tuesday, August 24th

Dries Buytaert will discuss where Drupal is and where it is going. In particular, he’ll discuss the final preparations for the release of Drupal 7, the Drupal.org redesign, and the plans for Drupal 8.

Dries Buytaert is passionate about the web, open source, and photography. He is the original creator and project lead of Drupal, an open source social publishing system. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Acquia, a venture-backed software company that offers products and services for Drupal. Dries is also working on Mollom, a service that helps you identify content quality and that stops website spam.

Topic to be decided by you

Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP Project Founder
Wednesday, August 25th

Tell Rasmus which topic you would like him to focus on by leaving a comment on the DrupalCon Copenhagen site.

Rasmus Lerdorf is known for creating the PHP project in 1995 and he has contributed to a number of other open source projects over the years. Rasmus was most recently an infrastructure architect at Yahoo! for over 7 years before joining WePay in 2010. He was born in Greenland, grew up in Denmark and Canada and has a Systems Design engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. You can follow @rasmus on Twitter.

The Design of HTML5

Jeremy Keith, Author of HTML5 For Web Designers
Thursday, August 26th

Everyone's talking about the benefits of HTML5 for Web applications but the specification also introduces an extra layer of semantic richness to our Web documents. These additions aren't wishful thinking for some far-flung future: you can start using them today. That's because the design principles driving HTML5 are steeped in pragmatism. Find out how important good design principles are to any project, whether it's a website, a content management system, or the very language that underpins the World Wide Web.

Jeremy Keith is an Irish web developer living in Brighton, England where he works with the Web consultancy firm Clearleft. He wrote the books DOM Scripting, Bulletproof Ajax, and most recently, HTML5 For Web Designers. His latest project is Huffduffer, a service for creating podcasts of found sounds. When he’s not making websites, Jeremy plays bouzouki in the band Salter Cane.

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COD Roadmap

Sat, 07/03/2010 - 19:48




What is COD?

COD stands for Conference Organizing Distribution and the goal of the project is to facilitate coordination of and participation in conferences via the conference website. COD can improve the efficiency of setting up a powerful website for both Drupal and non-Drupal conferences and events and provide value to non-developers and developers alike.

Work on COD documentation has started at http://groups.drupal.org/node/79003 .
If you like, you can vote for the DrupalCon Copenhagen session about COD.

COD existed as a group of modules for Drupal 5 and the Drupal 6 version is a rewrite with similar goals.

While COD draws on patterns used by other Drupal event websites, DrupalCamp Colorado 2010 was the first event to specifically use the Drupal 6 version of COD, and volunteers from that event contributed a great deal back to the project, specifically to the COD Support project which has been the main development focus thus far.

Key modules used in COD are the Signup module for managing lists of attendees, Ubercart for accepting payment for registration, and the UC_Signup module for simplifying the process of registering for an account on the site, entering attendee profile information, and paying registration fees.

The short term development goals for COD include developing a proper fully packaged Drupal distribution for COD that includes the COD_Support and other required modules for the project in order to facilitate easier installation and collaboration in the issue queue, so that we can improve COD as a community.

The chart below lists features that COD currently provides and could provide in the future, the level of configuration required to use those features, and the level of documentation available for each feature. These features are organized by general user role on the site (not necessarily a Drupal user role in the technical sense). For each role, a "user dashboard" is suggested, with the goal of making it easy for users to access information and perform tasks relevant to them.

ND = Needs documentation. Most of COD ND, though having a COD-specific document that points users to the documentation for the underlying modules will be appropriate in many cases.

Below this chart is a list of miscellaneous tasks and their related Drupal.org issues, where applicable.

"Needs more roadmap!"

The destination, briefly: "Fully featured, easy to use."

Yes, it's true that this document is more of an overview than a traditional roadmap. Right now, COD has several useful features, and is somewhat easy to use for site builders and developers who are familiar with Drupal. The overall goal for COD is to make it very easy for non-developers to build a fully-featured event management website. Therefore, the immediate direction for COD should be to add and improve the key features listed below in ways that make COD powerful and easy to use.
A critical short-term goal is to make COD and the COD_Support modules available as a fully packaged Drupal.org installation profile.

How can I get involved?

You can get in involved by:

  • Working on "Getting Started with COD" documentation.
    Right now, folks can install COD but it might not be clear what they can do to set it up and start using it. Documenting the basic setup steps for the features in the chart below would be extremely valuable to helping folks who are new to COD get it set up.

  • Identifying a feature below and opening an issue in the queue of cod_support or a dependency module to discuss how the feature should be implemented, and ideally provide a patch.

  • Using COD and providing feedback :) Download distribution here.

Key COD features, based on user role

Attendee

Use-case Setup required Documentation? Notes View basic event information (what, when, where, etc), official hash tag Basic content creation ND Signup and pay Add user profile fields if paying, remove signup.module form field ND or work for removing signup.module default form field on sites where registration is free Provide contact/profile information Fill out core profile fields ND View Session proposals Provided by cod_session ND Submit sessions Provided by cod_session ND Vote on sessions Provided by cod_session ND Based on Flag. Submit session & conference surveys online Not currently provided. Requires configuring Webform. ND Create a personalized session schedule Provided by cod_session ND Based on Flag Check in quickly and easily Some View building required. Better default views could be provided ND Connect with other attendees through profiles and forms Enable forum module, configure profile fields ND * Potential dashboard: o official announcements o sessions, forum posts with tags I subscribe to * As the event draws closer easily change homepage from sessions to announcements and include BOFs, Food, maps front and center

Checkin Administrator

Use-case Setup required Documentation? Notes Turn attendee data into badges Attendee views could use a CSV export ND Find attendee records by email, name, username Adding custom fields to attendee admin view. Could use better defaults ND See who has paid UC_Signup has Views integration that connects signups to orders, but could provide a better default admin view. UC_signup could store the signup ID in the order ND Easily mark attendees as checked in, have an accurate count of how many people attended Signup allows admins to mark users as checked in or not checked in. Could use an ajax toggle link for faster processing. Signup.module provides a count of who is attending ND

Session Organizer

Use-case Setup required Documentation? Notes See submitted sessions, votes Provided by COD_Session. Needs a view for accepted nodes ND See number planning on attending Provided by Signup module. Could be made more visible and placed in a dashboard. ND See self-described skill levels of people who plan on attending . Core profile field configuration ND Schedule sessions Requires configuring room and timeslot fields and then placing them into a view. This could be streamlined further. ND View session surveys Full configuration of webform. ND Mail users by session acceptance status Could be added using Views Bulk Operations and additional view exports. ND Mail users by proposed sessions last year, not yet this year Could be provided by VBO ND. * Potential Dashboard: o sessions proposed o most popular sessions by comments o most popular sessions by votes o recent session review submissions

Event Sponsor

Use-case Setup required Documentation? Notes See sponsor benefits Submit content ND Sign up, pay for sponsorship We could facilitate this process better * ND Profile sponsor info (Logo, blurb) Partially provided by cod_sponsor ND Get coupons to sign up other people in company UC_Signup + UC product kits for sponsorship + event attendees is one solution but coupons are not currently provided but could be with a UC discount module. ND

Sponsor Admin

Use-case Setup required Documentation? Notes Receive sponsorship info Sponsor content type exists, but we could make it easier for sponsors to enter info directly and admins to approve it ND Easily create coupons for sponsor benefits Not currently provided but could be provided with a UC discount module ND

Attendee relations/Event organizer

Use-case Setup required Documentation? Notes Add profile fields Add core profile fields ND . Send e-mails based on variety of factors (below) Partially provided by Signup and UC ND o profile fields o order status o previous event attendance and current event status

Misc Tasks

Assorted Ways to make things especially awesome:

Schedule

  • Clearly label session tracks and skill level

Sessions

  • Embedding videos after the event, making it easy to browse videos
  • Selling access to the embedded videos
  • Subscribe to sessions submission to a particular tag/track?
  • Session surveys via sms (twilio)
  • Provide responses to questions like "Next sessions" via sms

Checkin

  • Automate checkin process

Other

  • Provide rich(er) profiles and easy tools to navigate profiles and contact people for pre-event networking
  • Enable working groups to create and manage their own discussion area for pre-conference and post-conference discussion (i.e. OG)
  • Profile pages with links to relevant content (sponsor affiliation, presentations proposed by the individual, presentations where the person is a speaker)
  • Dashboard and reporting tools (probably a bunch of views) -- What kind of reporting do folks need?
  • Ability to hire/advertise availability for services
  • show attendee origin maps, distance traveled
  • Make it easier to switch between modes of the event and prioritize different information on the site:
    -- 1 Button to end session submission, enable session voting (by changing user permissions)
    -- Make it easier to offer earlybird pricing
Conference Organizing Distribution