I would like to thank Mark Burdett for reviewing and editing the survey. Please review and edit the survey questions. The survey results will be used in helping to direct user experience improvements for the Drupal software, Drupal.org, and community processes. The survey will be posted in the top left block on Drupal.org and run for 45 days. This draft, http://groups.drupal.org/node/1326, has also been posted in the Usability Group: http://groups.drupal.org/usability If you complete all the questions in this survey and would like to be recognized as a contributor to improving Drupal user experience please indicate your Drupal.org username Drupal.org username_______________ How would you describe yourself as a Drupal administrator? (pick the best one) New user Non-technical user forced to become "accidental technologist" Inexperienced with Drupal but learning fast, based on other website-building experience Experienced administrator, comfortable with configuring site rapidly Module developer who understands what's going on behind the scenes Other_______________ Which types of Drupal websites do you administer (select all that apply) Personal Blog Community site Social Change site Brochure site News site E-Commerce site ...? Other site How many Drupal sites do you administer? (select one) 1 2-5 6-11 12-24 25 or more How frequently do you administer you your Drupal site? (pick the best one) Monthly Once every couple of weeks Several times a week Daily for 30-60 minutes of website management Daily for several hours in site development and deployment Other_______________ How long do you administer your Drupal site in a single sitting approximately? (pick the best one) Thirty minutes to an hour Few hours Half a day All day long Other_______________ How does Drupal help you accomplish your goals as a web site administrator? (select no more than 3) Rapid deployment of features and ability to meet customer requirements Web based content publishing is easy and allows for end user contributions Easy-to-learn website that can be taught to users Allows website developers to leverage previous experience when building new sites Allows for monitoring and logging of the website Module configuration, extensibility with new modules, and clean code make it easy to customize the website as you need it Dynamic and exciting developer community allows for rapid and fun learning Other_______________ Why do you use Drupal? (select no more than 3) Features, extensibility, integration of modules, clean code allow you to customize your site Speed of deployment and re-use of existing functionality Quality community is helpful, has smart people, is very active, and is working on community solutions not just technical capabilities Allows users to create content, categorize content, and add navigation to the site Other_______________ How does Drupal help your users? (select no more than 3) Gives them the features they want quickly Allows users to create web based content such as forum posts, or blogs Drupal community innovates and provides new and improved community-building tools Cost effective, easy to convince non-technical decision makers Other_______________ What are your *most common* Drupal administration tasks? (select no more than 3) Monitor site through reviewing logs, looking at user activity Manage spam through comments, trackbacks, forum, and user registration Configure modules Update modules, install modules, test patches, track fixes for modules Work on themes and edit theme templates to customize module output Learn about Drupal capabilities and features, understand terminology, and plan improvements Manage users accounts, change permissions Respond to user feedback during testing and make changes Create web pages through the creating content types Other_______________ What are your *least common* Drupal tasks? (select no more than 3) Add new features by adding modules or coding new features Manage spam, delete content and comment, and banning users Modify existing content such publishing to the front page, making content sticky, or changing titles Layout content in positions with blocks, views, or designing a content section Change site theme or theme a content section Modify site navigation Other_______________ When you administer your site you find it *easy* to: (1 is *not easy*, 5 is *very easy*) 1-5 Add new features and install modules 1-5 Automate tasks using cron 1-5 Manage user information by editing user account permissions 1-5 Change themes or make changes to layout with theme templates 1-5 Post, edit, and version web pages and other content types 1-5 General settings such as changing titles, or date format When you administer your site you find it *hard* to: (1 is *not hard*, 5 is *very hard*) 1-5 Discover where to configure site settings, or where all the different places where a site needs to be configured are 1-5 Understanding Drupal specific concepts or understand technical language without pictures 1-5 Upgrade modules manually, theme/customize module output, determine module dependencies 1-5 Manage content specifically creating new content types, viewing differences in node versions, importing content, or seeing multiple previews of content on a single page 1-5 Manage large groups or users, nodes, menu items, comments, blocks 1-5 Get overview of new content and activities on site 1-5 Configure user permissions with increasing granularity 1-5 Manage menus such as changing menu block weights for all menus on a page, or ordering menu items within a menu What are some *important* administration tasks that did not fit into the categories above for you? (select no more than 3) Analyzing logs to understand the state of your site Integrating modules, resolving incompatibilities, theming the output Setting up a testing process including creating a test role, soliciting feedback from users, configuring corrections, and working with module development process to get bugs resolved Work on the theme and templates to create structure and distinct looks to sections of the site Hide output from modules such as node links or browsing links Managing menus with the menu editing interface, bulk menu editing, and menu options Manage performance of the site Identify popular content Aggregate content from other sources into a site _______________ Other