[support] Drupal for University use

[Mark Shropshire]

Thanks John. I look forward to seeing your presentation too.

Mark

On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:06 AM, John Callahan wrote:

> I need to cite a few sources and make a few edits but yes, I will make
> it available soon.
>
> - John
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> Zohar Stolar wrote:
>> Is the presentation available over the web (downloading/viewing)?
>>
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>>
>> John Callahan wrote:
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>>> Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for information about
>>> Drupal for university use.  My presentation last Friday was very  
>>> well
>>> received and, from my estimation, Drupal may be in the lead  
>>> compared to
>>> other open source CMS solutions.  There are even a few groups using
>>> SharePoint that are now asking questions about Drupal possibilities.
>>> That is definitely a good sign!  Thanks again for your help.
>>>
>>> - John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Callahan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> The University I work for is looking at various CMS solutions for
>>>> several web needs, such as their primary websites, for
>>>> colleges/department/research centers, for social networks, for  
>>>> student
>>>> organizations, maybe even for individual student web sites.  The  
>>>> idea is
>>>> for the central IT group to host our primary sites and sites for  
>>>> smaller
>>>> groups without IT experience... and to support others on campus  
>>>> who want
>>>> to run their own servers/sites/databases.   I have put together a  
>>>> few
>>>> smaller Drupal 5 sites and have enjoyed my experience so far.   
>>>> So, I
>>>> making a presentation to our Web CMS committee this Friday.   (I  
>>>> believe
>>>> they're also looking at Joomla, Plone, and a few commercial  
>>>> options; and
>>>> we are testing Sakai for course management.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm putting together the basics (basic architecture and IT  
>>>> requirements,
>>>> pros and cons of Drupal, list of major Drupal web sites  
>>>> particularly
>>>> academic sites) but I'd like to know if anyone else has done the  
>>>> same.
>>>> What kind of feedback did you get?   Are there are pertinent  
>>>> points not
>>>> obvious to the beginning Drupal user (such as myself) that may be  
>>>> worth
>>>> mentioning?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scalability is also an issue.  I don't know the traffic  
>>>> statistics but
>>>> there will be a wide range of applications and volume; from our  
>>>> basic
>>>> informational pages to social networks run by faculty/staff to  
>>>> small
>>>> research groups.   I've read on a few sites that Drupal does not  
>>>> scale
>>>> well to high traffic sites, such as 15M+ hits/month or so.   
>>>> However,
>>>> those references are a bit out-dated and I know The Onion, MTV  
>>>> UK, and
>>>> others receive much higher traffic than we would.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> - John
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