DrupalConCPH day 2 underway

Wolfgang Ziegler is presenting the Rules module, and is getting started...

Rules are reactions to events. Events, as we all know, are the basic function of calling a Drupal URL.

Rules 2- Drupal 7 only is the order of the day at this session.

Rules 2 retrieves all content from node metadata, taxonomy can also be metadata. A possible client to Rules2 could be e.g. Services Module.

Rules 2 supports arguments through a Data Selector, and through direct arguments from tokens, data selection and data processors. Data processing could be date-manipulated input, or e.g. Data being summed through arithmetic.

Looping over listed content is a primitive, and need not be handled through php loops handcoded. Lists also feature insertion and removal operations; list_remove, list_add etc.

Reuse and saved rules are copyable and configurable for each entity/copyable of the first implementation.


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Day 1 - DrupalCON CPH - Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, Typo3...

Point of departure
Comparing Drupal to Joomla, WordPress and Typo3 had the focus on this day one...
WordPress and Typo3 were thoroughly showcased by their "official representatives" - professionals dedicated to the two platforms/systems.  Joomla and Drupal was showcased by a German guy*, who also has authored books on both - at developer level for both systems.

Conclusions

• A casual webuser, fed-up with the limitations of Facebook, MySpace and other hosted "blogger-solutions", are quite well served by WordPress
• WordPress can be made to implement large sites, although is is NOT recommended!
• Joomla is a bit of a legacy CMS system, quite capable, but marred by too many workflows that could well be improved, but are VERY integral to Joomla, so probably won't be.  Joomla is ONLY CMS not to currently include image-processing - Scaling, thumbnailing and soforth!
• Drupal is great for websites, of pretty much any size, but the installation-process is tedious/overcoming for most newbies.  Drupalgardens.com may well serve as good starting point for WordPress-converts that want a free hosted Drupal-website.
  Drupal has, as a competing CMS, many things to learn in simplifications from WordPress!!! This is very clear!
• Typo3 is by far the most advanced system of the four, but as seen from a non Typo3-tech's aspect, the system is just too daunting, also in everyday use for administrators.  Typo3 also has a very ambitious upgrade-path, and no particular support is given to assist the vital extension-developers in keeping up with "the curve", other than backwards-compatibility features. 

 
*: Will insert real name, when I re-read it...

Day 1 - DrupalCON CPH - Lessons/tips...

The following are the most important Drupal-related modules that were mentioned/debated at Day One of the Drupal Con CPH 2010:

The Modules
- Panels (Project-Panels)
- Display Suite (Project-DS)
- Data (Project-Data)
- Composite Layout for nodes (Project-Composite)

The Starter themes
- Zen
- BluePrint (Works with the BluePrint CSS library)
- Foundation  (comment was that it was in many ways FAR superior to Zen)