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Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems:
How Drupal Alleviates Online
Community Growing Pains                     DUO
                                              C O N S U L T I N G




Using the Content Management System
that Evolved from Its Community
to Power Your Community




                                              Duo Consulting
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                                           Chicago, IL 60654
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Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains




                                     Congratulations: you’ve built a successful online community!
                                     You and the brand you represent are on your way to glory beyond your wildest dreams.

                                     What’s that? You’ll have to speak up.
                                     You say you forgot to plan for the future? You didn’t expect success?
                                     Your software can no longer handle the demands of your online community?
                                     Quit worrying. You have a friend in Drupal. Offering a strong out-of-the-box solution
                                     known as Drupal Commons, you have a final solution or at least a good start on a custom
                                     system. Or the Drupal platform can be configured from scratch to meet your precise
                                     community needs. At any rate, through some combination of these factors, you’ll be over
                                     your growing pains in no time.

                                     As your community has grown, do any of these challenges sound familiar?




                                     Drupal can solve all of these issues.



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                                                                But why Drupal?

                                                                When you get down to the nitty-gritty, Drupal’s strengths in community are pretty


                                                                As a content management system (CMS), Drupal:

                                                                   1. Evolved successfully and continues to grow from its own community
                                                                      of developers

                                                                   2. Is scalable for large libraries of content and a growing membership

                                                                   3. Creates a strong foundation for content organization

                                                                   4. Gives you full control of your content independent of formatting

                                                                   5. Provides strategies for optimizing website performance under load




    We’ll discuss these strengths plus real-world examples of Drupal powering communities
    over the course of this e-book. First, let’s dive into a little background on Drupal.



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                                                                Drupal Is For Community,
     825,000 People Power Drupal
                                                                By Community
                                                                In contrast to proprietary software platforms, Drupal was constructed on truly
                                                                democratic principles. Consider your two options:

                                  Available in                       Proprietary Software
              Used in                 181                            An online community solution developed by a core group of contributors,
                                                                     placed in a one-size-fits-all package and limited by the developing company’s
              228
              Countries
                                   Languages
                                                                     resources and imagination.

                                                                     Open Source Software
                                                                     An online community solution developed by a dedicated army of contributors,
                                       Nearly
                                                                     fully customizable and limited only by your imagination.
                                20,000
                                Developers Involved
                                                                If the next phase of your online community has arrived without warning, you can

                                                                how powerful a well-organized community can become.




                    2%
                                                                Drupal has maintained its community for 10+ years—since Dries Buytaert developed
                                                                Drupal in his dorm room at the University of Antwerp. As far as we’re concerned,
         Around                                                 that’s a pretty strong basis for calling Drupal one of the leaders in community
         of websites worldwide                                  development.
         are powered by Drupal



    Just how powerful has the
    Drupal community become?
    Source: drupal.org


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    Drupal’s Innate Genius for                                                                Drupal excels beyond other CMS
                                                                                              solutions in three significant ways.
    Enterprise Content Management                                                             Simple Organization
                                                                                              The ‘views’ module creates a highly organized
    What really sets Drupal apart from other online community platforms is its dynamic
                                                                                              taxonomy that administrators can easily manage
    construction. It’s a CMS that can handle the largest and most complicated enterprise
                                                                                              and members can easily navigate. Breaking
    websites out there. Time and time again, we’ve fallen back on Drupal to help configure
                                                                                              information into ‘content types’ also helps
    gigantic libraries of content, making them more user-friendly for our clients’ target
                                                                                              ease organization. Simple searchability is one
    audiences.
                                                                                              of the goals here; when content is tagged and
    Active online communities with thousands of members means thousands of pieces             organized, members can get to it using a variety
    of new content created on a regular basis. If you don’t have the right framework to       of paths.
    handle that kind of value, it’s easy to fall behind. The longer you go without a strong
                                                                                              Parsing Content
    system for organizing content, the more work you’ll have to do to catch up when
                                                                                              Breaking down individual pieces of content
    you do eventually realize the need for a stronger CMS.


    the two practical value propositions for your community, and networking can’t occur       formatting. These categorizations help avoid
    without content. Make the content accessible by providing easy ways for members           ‘blobs,’ or large blocks of content together on a
    to reach it.                                                                              single page, leading to content that’s difficult to
                                                                                              classify and separate from formatting.

                                                                                              High Performance
    the needs of administrators and members alike.                                            A strong configuration and Drupal’s overall
                                                                                              scalability maximize website performance,
                                                                                              ensuring your community won’t go down
                                                                                              when your members need it most.




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                                                                Acquia Pieces Together Quick-Build
                                                                Drupal Commons Solution
                                                                A pioneer in Drupal development,         is a trusted name within the community.
                                                                Noticing the web’s social trends, the company put together a package of Drupal
                                                                modules for easier web community development.
       Drupal Commons Capabilities:                             Drupal Commons makes a lot of sense, especially for smaller communities.
                                                                Community developers make a small upfront investment that offers them the
         Control your brand and the
                                                                flexibility of Drupal with plenty of prebuilt functionality to get started. That way, you
         user experience.                                       still have scalability and access to custom-coding you may need down the road.
         Create activity streams to keep
         members involved.
                                                                the evolving needs of community members.
         Allow members to create profiles
         and connect with other members.

         Develop groups and subgroups
                                                                Of course, we could talk all day about the power of Drupal
         within the community.
                                                                for communities, but where’s the proof?
         Give members the ability to
         share content.

         Use a strong analytics backend
         to monitor member behavior.




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    A Few Drupal Community Successes
    What we’re explaining here isn’t exactly a new concept in the world of Drupal. But that’s a good thing because
    it means there’s proof of enterprise success already out there.




       Twitter Developers                                       X.commerce (Ebay)                        Symantec Connect
       Twitter created a development community                  Developed to help bridge the worlds      Symantec established this community
       on Drupal Commons. Members of the                        of offline and online payments, Ebay’s   as a central resource for community-
       community discuss ideas for integrating                  X.commerce connects developers           driven support and information about
       Twitter’s API, as well as tips and                       and other stakeholders in the world      the company’s products. To date,
       troubleshooting.                                         of ecommerce.                            members have submitted nearly one
                                                                                                         million pieces of content.


    Want more detail into how Drupal works for online communities?
    Recently, Duo helped re-launch Built In Chicago.


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                                     Built In Chicago Migrates to Drupal
                                     After Massive Growth
                                     Built In Chicago is a resource for ‘digital professionals’ working to build great web and mobile businesses.
                                     It’s all focused around the local Chicago tech scene. If you’re part of a tech company in the city or suburbs,
                                     chances are good you’ve heard of it.


                                     software solution focused on online communities, Ning fit the bill for the first leg of BIC’s development.
                                     Eventually, the web community grew too big for its britches.


                                     administrative staff launched the site with capabilities previously unavailable through Ning.

                                                                            Quick Sidebar Customization: Administrators for the website can easily
                                                                            reorder or switch out items using a right-hand column made of Drupal blocks.
                                                                            The most convenient part of the column is how easily admins can feature
                                                                            startups, members, events, jobs, blogs and more.

                                                                            Tighter Control of Content: With Drupal, content became both more
                                                                            structured and more fluid. Designated fields helped separate and categorize
                                                                            blocks of content, while the new CMS freed content from formatting on the
                                                                            backend, easing distribution.

                                                                            Front End Access:
                                                                            includes designated pages for companies to identify themselves. While many
                                                                            of the company pages are created by administrators, companies now have
                                                                            the ability to ‘claim’ pages.


                                     Built In Chicago is just another example of how Drupal takes online communities
                                     to the next level. (Read the full Built In Chicago story if you’re hungry for more.)

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Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains




                                                                Conclusion
                                                                If you’ve successfully built an engaged, active online community,

                                                                platform yet, consider planning for the future: choose Drupal
                                                                for its scalability.
                                                                For all things online community related, check out
                                                                Duo Consulting CEO Michael Silverman’s new book,
                                                                Capturing Community: How to Build, Manage and
                                                                Market Your Online Community.




                                                                Duo utilizes Drupal open-source technologies to create content-rich
                                                                websites accessible through traditional and mobile platforms.

                                                                Contact Michael Silverman, CEO for more information
                                                                312.529.3000 | msilverman@duoconsulting.com


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Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains

  • 1. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains DUO C O N S U L T I N G Using the Content Management System that Evolved from Its Community to Power Your Community Duo Consulting 20 W Kinzie, Suite 1510 Chicago, IL 60654 312.529.3000 info@duoconsulting.com www.duoconsulting.com
  • 2. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains Congratulations: you’ve built a successful online community! You and the brand you represent are on your way to glory beyond your wildest dreams. What’s that? You’ll have to speak up. You say you forgot to plan for the future? You didn’t expect success? Your software can no longer handle the demands of your online community? Quit worrying. You have a friend in Drupal. Offering a strong out-of-the-box solution known as Drupal Commons, you have a final solution or at least a good start on a custom system. Or the Drupal platform can be configured from scratch to meet your precise community needs. At any rate, through some combination of these factors, you’ll be over your growing pains in no time. As your community has grown, do any of these challenges sound familiar? Drupal can solve all of these issues. 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 2
  • 3. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains But why Drupal? When you get down to the nitty-gritty, Drupal’s strengths in community are pretty As a content management system (CMS), Drupal: 1. Evolved successfully and continues to grow from its own community of developers 2. Is scalable for large libraries of content and a growing membership 3. Creates a strong foundation for content organization 4. Gives you full control of your content independent of formatting 5. Provides strategies for optimizing website performance under load We’ll discuss these strengths plus real-world examples of Drupal powering communities over the course of this e-book. First, let’s dive into a little background on Drupal. 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 3
  • 4. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains Drupal Is For Community, 825,000 People Power Drupal By Community In contrast to proprietary software platforms, Drupal was constructed on truly democratic principles. Consider your two options: Available in Proprietary Software Used in 181 An online community solution developed by a core group of contributors, placed in a one-size-fits-all package and limited by the developing company’s 228 Countries Languages resources and imagination. Open Source Software An online community solution developed by a dedicated army of contributors, Nearly fully customizable and limited only by your imagination. 20,000 Developers Involved If the next phase of your online community has arrived without warning, you can how powerful a well-organized community can become. 2% Drupal has maintained its community for 10+ years—since Dries Buytaert developed Drupal in his dorm room at the University of Antwerp. As far as we’re concerned, Around that’s a pretty strong basis for calling Drupal one of the leaders in community of websites worldwide development. are powered by Drupal Just how powerful has the Drupal community become? Source: drupal.org 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 4
  • 5. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains Drupal’s Innate Genius for Drupal excels beyond other CMS solutions in three significant ways. Enterprise Content Management Simple Organization The ‘views’ module creates a highly organized What really sets Drupal apart from other online community platforms is its dynamic taxonomy that administrators can easily manage construction. It’s a CMS that can handle the largest and most complicated enterprise and members can easily navigate. Breaking websites out there. Time and time again, we’ve fallen back on Drupal to help configure information into ‘content types’ also helps gigantic libraries of content, making them more user-friendly for our clients’ target ease organization. Simple searchability is one audiences. of the goals here; when content is tagged and Active online communities with thousands of members means thousands of pieces organized, members can get to it using a variety of new content created on a regular basis. If you don’t have the right framework to of paths. handle that kind of value, it’s easy to fall behind. The longer you go without a strong Parsing Content system for organizing content, the more work you’ll have to do to catch up when Breaking down individual pieces of content you do eventually realize the need for a stronger CMS. the two practical value propositions for your community, and networking can’t occur formatting. These categorizations help avoid without content. Make the content accessible by providing easy ways for members ‘blobs,’ or large blocks of content together on a to reach it. single page, leading to content that’s difficult to classify and separate from formatting. High Performance the needs of administrators and members alike. A strong configuration and Drupal’s overall scalability maximize website performance, ensuring your community won’t go down when your members need it most. 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 5
  • 6. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains Acquia Pieces Together Quick-Build Drupal Commons Solution A pioneer in Drupal development, is a trusted name within the community. Noticing the web’s social trends, the company put together a package of Drupal modules for easier web community development. Drupal Commons Capabilities: Drupal Commons makes a lot of sense, especially for smaller communities. Community developers make a small upfront investment that offers them the Control your brand and the flexibility of Drupal with plenty of prebuilt functionality to get started. That way, you user experience. still have scalability and access to custom-coding you may need down the road. Create activity streams to keep members involved. the evolving needs of community members. Allow members to create profiles and connect with other members. Develop groups and subgroups Of course, we could talk all day about the power of Drupal within the community. for communities, but where’s the proof? Give members the ability to share content. Use a strong analytics backend to monitor member behavior. 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 6
  • 7. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains A Few Drupal Community Successes What we’re explaining here isn’t exactly a new concept in the world of Drupal. But that’s a good thing because it means there’s proof of enterprise success already out there. Twitter Developers X.commerce (Ebay) Symantec Connect Twitter created a development community Developed to help bridge the worlds Symantec established this community on Drupal Commons. Members of the of offline and online payments, Ebay’s as a central resource for community- community discuss ideas for integrating X.commerce connects developers driven support and information about Twitter’s API, as well as tips and and other stakeholders in the world the company’s products. To date, troubleshooting. of ecommerce. members have submitted nearly one million pieces of content. Want more detail into how Drupal works for online communities? Recently, Duo helped re-launch Built In Chicago. 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 7
  • 8. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains Built In Chicago Migrates to Drupal After Massive Growth Built In Chicago is a resource for ‘digital professionals’ working to build great web and mobile businesses. It’s all focused around the local Chicago tech scene. If you’re part of a tech company in the city or suburbs, chances are good you’ve heard of it. software solution focused on online communities, Ning fit the bill for the first leg of BIC’s development. Eventually, the web community grew too big for its britches. administrative staff launched the site with capabilities previously unavailable through Ning. Quick Sidebar Customization: Administrators for the website can easily reorder or switch out items using a right-hand column made of Drupal blocks. The most convenient part of the column is how easily admins can feature startups, members, events, jobs, blogs and more. Tighter Control of Content: With Drupal, content became both more structured and more fluid. Designated fields helped separate and categorize blocks of content, while the new CMS freed content from formatting on the backend, easing distribution. Front End Access: includes designated pages for companies to identify themselves. While many of the company pages are created by administrators, companies now have the ability to ‘claim’ pages. Built In Chicago is just another example of how Drupal takes online communities to the next level. (Read the full Built In Chicago story if you’re hungry for more.) 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 8
  • 9. Mo’ Content, Mo’ Problems: How Drupal Alleviates Online Community Growing Pains Conclusion If you’ve successfully built an engaged, active online community, platform yet, consider planning for the future: choose Drupal for its scalability. For all things online community related, check out Duo Consulting CEO Michael Silverman’s new book, Capturing Community: How to Build, Manage and Market Your Online Community. Duo utilizes Drupal open-source technologies to create content-rich websites accessible through traditional and mobile platforms. Contact Michael Silverman, CEO for more information 312.529.3000 | msilverman@duoconsulting.com 312.529.3000 | info@duoconsulting.com | www.duoconsulting.com 9