The survey questions and responses listed below are derived from interviews conducted with Drupal administrators from novice to expert. The responses must be evaluated for clarity and conciseness. All questions are multiple selection in that the survey taker can select those that apply to help us best understand the Drupal users in aggregate. Each question in the survey will have an other selection so we can look for answers that did not surface during interviews. The survey will be done using SurveyMonkey.com. It will run for 45 days linked from the front page of Drupal.org. 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? (select all that apply) New user Non-technical user developing community or social change web site forced to become "accidental technologist" Inexperienced with Drupal but curious. Learning fast based on other web site building experience Experienced user, comfortable with configuring site rapidly Module developer who understands what's going on behind the scenes Other_______________ How frequently do you administer you your Drupal site? (select all that apply) 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? (select all that apply) 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 all that apply) Rapid deployment of features and ability to meet customer requirements saves time Web based content publishing is easy and allows for end user contributions Learnable website that can be taught to users and allows website developers to leverage existing learning when building new sites Allows for monitoring and logging of the website Module configuration, extensibility with new modules, and clean code make it easier to configure the website as you need it Dynamic and exciting community allows for rapid and fun learning Other_______________ Why do you use Drupal? (select all that apply) 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 all that apply) 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 community building capacity with Drupal Cost effective and winning over non-technical decision makers Other_______________ What are some common Drupal administration tasks? (select all that apply) Monitor site through reviewing logs, looking at user activity Manage spam through comments, track backs, forum, and user registration Configure modules Update modules, install modules, test patches, track fixes for modules Work on themes and add theme template 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 some infrequent Drupal tasks? (select all that apply) 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, manage module conflicts in output, download modules that don't include 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 existing 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 other important tasks did not fit into the categories above for you? (select all that apply) Analyzing logs to understand the state of your site Integrating modules and resolving clashes in 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 Here is table which was used to manually cluster responses from the interviews: http://drupal.org/node/77193. The clusters were used to make up the survey responses. If one of the survey options is confusing or needs to be reworded please consult the table and source interviews to help in making the responses clearer. Interview 1: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1136 Interview 2: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1135 Interview 3: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1133 Interview 4: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1137 Interview 5: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1134 Interview 6: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1139 Interview 7: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1143 Interview 8: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1144 Interview 9: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1146 Interview 10: http://groups.drupal.org/node/1148