Hot DrupalCon Session Proposals: Aggregation, Design, Messaging, and Multilingual Support
Vote for Talks on FeedAPI, Custom Workflows, Notifications and Messaging, and Multilingual Features in Drupal 6
With DrupalCon just three weeks away, we're tying up loose ends and getting ready to make the trek up to Boston. Last week we all put our heads together and came up with several ideas that we think will make interesting additions to the conference agenda. But see for yourself - and vote on the ones you want to see at DrupalCon Boston.
Aggregation: Last year FeedAPI entered the Drupal aggregation scene as a Google Summer of Code project by Aron Novak. Since then a lot of progress has been made and version 1.0 was recently released. In this session, Alex will share recent development on FeedAPI, show off the cool things it can do, talk about how the module performs under a heavy load, and talk about what's in store for FeedAPI in the future. Read full description and vote.
Custom Workflows: As Young mentioned before, he's proposed a session about improving usability through simplifying the workflow and limiting user choice. Young and Jeff will walk through the user story of a complex news aggregation system, Managing News, and explain how clearly defined user stories lead to a simple and intuitive workflow. They'll also discuss how Drupal's core hooks and the context module can be used to improve workflow and usability. Read full description and vote.
Notifications and Messaging: This session will give an introduction to the Notifications and Messaging Frameworks. Jose, Tim, and Jeff will talk about the features these modules have and how they can be used to provide subscriptions-like functionality in Drupal website. Jose wrote more about these modules here. Read full session description and vote.
Multilingual Support: Gabor and Jose will be talking about the multilanguage request handling and content support that will be in Drupal 6. They'll also lead a discussion on what features are missing and how multilingual support can be improved in Drupal 7. Read full description and vote.
We've also proposed a bunch of birds of a feather talks on more specific topics. More on that later, but for the meantime, here's what we're thinking:
- Bootstrapping Data Visualizations in Drupal
- Python and Drupal. Really.
- Managing News: A Resource-Demanding Drupal-Based Application
- Dirty Drupal Hacks
- Hosting Your Drupal: Experiences from the Field
- Instant Messaging and Drupal
See you in Boston!