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Don't Be Afraid of Drupal Failure Perry Brown @UpTil4Music Perry Brown @UpTil4Music Drupal since 2009 Obstacles to Success Obstacles to Success Giving up Reinventing the wheel Doing things the hard way Everything is difficult

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Don't Be Afraid of Drupal Failure

Perry Brown @UpTil4Music

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Perry Brown

@UpTil4Music Drupal since 2009

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Obstacles to Success

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Obstacles to Success

  • Giving up
  • Reinventing the wheel
  • Doing things the hard way
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Everything is difficult until it's easy

Don’t give up

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Steal everyone’s best ideas

Don’t reinvent the wheel

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Perfect is the enemy of the good

—Voltaire

The way I’m doing it wrong is better than the way you’re not doing it

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Tools for Success

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Tools for Success

  • 1. Build cheap and often

a. Pantheon - https://pantheon.io/ b. Acquia - https://www.acquia.com/ c. GoDaddy - https://www.godaddy.com/ d. SimplyTest.me - https://simplytest.me/

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Tools for Success

  • 1. Build cheap and often
  • 2. Read a book

a. Using Drupal - http://amzn.to/1Gtyl2P (7), http://amzn. to/1M8N8fu (8) b. Drupal: The Guide to Planning and Building Websites - http://amzn. to/1kwQz9V c. Drupal's Building Blocks: Quickly Building Web Sites with CCK, Views, and Panels - http://amzn.to/1QYlBlo

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Tools for Success

  • 1. Build cheap and often
  • 2. Read a book
  • 3. Watch a video

a. Drupalize.me - https://drupalize.me/videos b. Mustardseed Media - http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast c. BuildAModule - http://buildamodule.com/collections

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Tools for Success

  • 1. Build cheap and often
  • 2. Read a book
  • 3. Watch a video
  • 4. Read the documentation

a. Drupal.org - https://www.drupal.org/documentation b. Issues - https://www.drupal.org/project/issues c. IRC - https://www.drupal.org/irc

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Drupal theme anatomy

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Tools for Success

  • 1. Build cheap and often
  • 2. Read a book
  • 3. Watch a video
  • 4. Read the documentation
  • 5. Have a plan for updates

a. Updating modules - http://bit.ly/1McsXn7 b. Updating Drupal core - http://bit.ly/1GtV26U

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Tools for Success

  • 1. Build cheap and often
  • 2. Read a book
  • 3. Watch a video
  • 4. Read the documentation
  • 5. Have a plan for updates
  • 6. Attend events

a. User groups - CODUG b. Drupal camps - OH, PA, TN, MI, IL c. DrupalCon - New Orleans

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Recap

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Don't Be Afraid of Drupal Failure

○ Everything is difficult until it's easy ○ Steal everyone’s best ideas ○ Perfect is the enemy of the good ○ Build cheap and often ○ Get an education ○ Have a plan ○ Hang out with the awesome Drupal community

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Suggestions?

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Questions?

Perry Brown @UpTil4Music