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color=#0000ff size=2>Why not use the boot camps as a way to produce
documentation, multimedia clips, and more code-level examples of how to work
with Drupal? Let part of this be a training session, and part of it be a
production where people show off how to make good CivicSpace
sites.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Something that occurs to me is that Drupal support is
really following the same track as Allaire did with ColdFusion years ago. There
are mailing lists, users groups, online portals for documentation and examples,
meetings, and experts there to answer questions. When ColdFusion passed onto
MacroMedia, the support became a lot slicker. There were highly visible portals
dedicated to discussing advanced topics, experts with their pictures being
published all over the place, multimedia presentations describing where the
product fit into the enterprise, video with people getting up describing new
features, etc. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=687540817-23022006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Some of this is due to the fact MacroMedia was who they
were, some of it is just the demands of the market. Drupal documentation is one
way to get people's attention, but IT decision makers are a lot more
sophisticated (even at the tiny civic group level).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>One thing I know is 'people' don't really like to read so
much as have people tell them what to do. Not 'people' as in brilliant thinkers
deeply concerned with the intersection of technology, culture, politics, free
markets and philosophy like you and me, but the great unwashed masses who
are amazed by Windows XP and really want to do something with this Intraweb
thing over their AOL dialup accounts. I would love to create a 'Drupal in a Box'
kit for people to download. Something that has a coordinated set of documents
and video that take you from conceptualizing a site, setting drupal up on a
server (or setting up Apache, PHP, MySQL then Drupal on a server), designing a
theme, configuring modules, building a custom module, using PHPTemplate to
override the appearance of various bits of Drupal, etc. Something that says, end
to end, here's what you do to get your Drupal installation going and here's how
you use the skills you already have to work with Drupal. This could generate
funds for Drupal.org through selling DVD copies of the whole presentation and
answer people's questions without having to do a lot of research on the nuances
you need to know to be effecitve with the platform. We could easily do
voiceovers for languages other than English, and include subtitles in the
cases of DVDs. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=687540817-23022006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Anyways, Drupal Boot Camps could be a good way to do this.
You would have lots of creative minds in the right place at the right time, and
it would be great marketing for the shops where people work. After going to
Vancouver, I know there are a lot of friendly, telegenic, well spoken
individuals who would make great spokespersons and would probably flip at the
chance to do something like this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> consulting-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Kieran
Lal<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:25 AM<BR><B>To:</B> A list
for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [consulting] and they call it drupalcamp -PHP Snippets and thehandbook
need love<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Camps are nice. I think you should do them. It makes sense for businesses
to recruit local developers at these events.</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span>But if you write a good page of
documentation then hundreds , thousands, and even tens of thousands of people
will read it and use it 24/7/365 from all around the world. I have included a
partial days handbook traffic on programming topics alone. If every Drupal
volunteer and Drupal related business spent just 1 hour a month helping with
developer training documentation <B>we could train thousands of developers</B>
to use the platform in an economically accessible way.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Most popular handbook pages: <A
href="http://drupal.org/node/508">http://drupal.org/node/508</A></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">12<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Module developer's guide<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>180<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>80858</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">13<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Theme developer's guide<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>172<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>99690</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">14<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>PHPTemplate theme engine<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>160<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>81897</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">16<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>PHPTemplate Theme Snippets<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>140<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>7427</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">17<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>PHP page snippets<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>139<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>43870</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">19<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>PHP snippets<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>131<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>16633</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">20<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Drupal's APIs<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>119<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>43365</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">29<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Actions snippets<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>85<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>1284</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">41<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Page.tpl.php<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>63<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>27622</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">46<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Creating a new PHPTemplate<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>58<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>34108</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">47<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Views snippets<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>58<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>2021</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">57<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Overriding other theme functions<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>50<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>19629</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">59<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Node.tpl.php<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>47<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>19071</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">63<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Theme snippets<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>45<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>11508</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">64<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Coding standards<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>45<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>20929</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">81<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Developing for Drupal<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>39<SPAN
class=Apple-tab-span style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>50644</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">85<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Plain PHP themes<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>38<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>21903</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">92<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>SQL snippets<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>37<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>3599</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">95<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>Comment.tpl.php<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>35<SPAN class=Apple-tab-span
style="WHITE-SPACE: pre"> </SPAN>11880</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Kieran</DIV>
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