[support] Drupal for University use

[Bill Fitzgerald]

Add me to the chorus -- looking forward to seeing it as well.

Mark Shropshire wrote:
> Thanks John. I look forward to seeing your presentation too.
>
> Mark
>
> On Jan 15, 2008, at 9:06 AM, John Callahan wrote:
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>   
>> I need to cite a few sources and make a few edits but yes, I will make
>> it available soon.
>>
>> - John
>>
>>
>>
>> Zohar Stolar wrote:
>>     
>>> Is the presentation available over the web (downloading/viewing)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Callahan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> 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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>>>>>           
>> -- 
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