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How I Got Involved: Social Networking in Drupal

Tue, Jun 29, 2010 - 7:05am -- Isaac Sukin

This blog post was originally posted to my blog at Mediacurrent. It appeared on Drupal Planet.

I got involved with Drupal in 2007 when I decided I wanted to build an online community of young people interested in politics in order to encourage their interest and activism. I was in way over my head; I had dabbled with a number of desktop programming languages, but I had never built a website. I got my first hosting account on my dad's recommendation, and it came with an installer for a large number of open-source software in a variety of categories. I researched each one, and it ultimately came down to Drupal or Joomla! as the only options that could potentially fulfill my vision of vibrant forums, in-depth blogs, stunning image galleries, relevant news, timely events, thorough user profiles, and close-knit groups. I ended up choosing Drupal 5 mainly because, as someone who had no idea what a CMS was, Drupal.org actually explained what Drupal was supposed to do for me. I was also put off by the number of paid add-ons for Joomla!, as my budget was zero.

Social Networking in Drupal: my SouthEast LinuxFest Drupal Day presentation

Thu, Jun 10, 2010 - 8:31am -- Isaac Sukin

UPDATE: I gave an updated version of this presentation to the Atlanta Drupal User Group. You can get the newer slides here.

I gave a presentation on Social Networking at DrupalCamp South Carolina on June 13th, 2010 (hosted by the SouthEast LinuxFest). Here are the slides I presented (complete with my notes on them) in various formats, as well as a link to the demo site (feel free to play around) and the downloadable Feature I exported based on the demo site.

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