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• Views module
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Building Twitter in Drupal
- 1. ...in Drupal
- 4. What that means How we did it
- 5. What that means How we did it Why you shouldn’t
- 6. So… what is Twitter? • Streamlined info flow • 140 character messages • Just your friends • ...And eighty jillion users
- 7. Twitter is growing. Source: Jason Kottke (http://www.kottke.org/07/05/growth-of-twitter-vs-blogger)
- 9. No, really. Simple. Public User's Friends' Timeine Page Posts Individual Favorites Update Post List Form
- 10. What can users do?
- 11. What can users do? • Post an update
- 12. What can users do? • Post an update • Follow a user
- 13. What can users do? • Post an update • Follow a user • Bookmark a post
- 14. What can users do? • Post an update • Follow a user • Bookmark a post •…
- 15. What can users do? • Post an update • Follow a user • Bookmark a post •… • Profit!
- 16. Why rebuild Twitter? Image: Exploding Dog (http://www.explodingdog.com)
- 17. Why rebuild Twitter? • “Sandboxed” communication Image: Exploding Dog (http://www.explodingdog.com)
- 18. Why rebuild Twitter? • “Sandboxed” communication • Integration into a larger site Image: Exploding Dog (http://www.explodingdog.com)
- 19. Why rebuild Twitter? • “Sandboxed” communication • Integration into a larger site • The simplicity challenge Image: Exploding Dog (http://www.explodingdog.com)
- 20. Why rebuild Twitter? • “Sandboxed” communication • Integration into a larger site • The simplicity challenge • Because it was there Image: Exploding Dog (http://www.explodingdog.com)
- 21. What hath Drupal wrought?
- 22. What hath Drupal wrought? • The actions (post, follow, favorite)
- 23. What hath Drupal wrought? • The actions (post, follow, favorite) • The views (timeline, friends, favorites)
- 24. What hath Drupal wrought? • The actions (post, follow, favorite) • The views (timeline, friends, favorites) • The Simple™
- 25. What hath Drupal wrought? • The actions (post, follow, favorite) • The views (timeline, friends, favorites) • The Simple™ • ...In 24 man-hours.
- 26. What hathn’t Drupal wrought?
- 27. What hathn’t Drupal wrought? • Some layout details
- 28. What hathn’t Drupal wrought? • Some layout details • The SMS (SMS module)
- 29. What hathn’t Drupal wrought? • Some layout details • The SMS (SMS module) • The API (Services module)
- 30. What hathn’t Drupal wrought? • Some layout details • The SMS (SMS module) • The API (Services module) • The Community (magic)
- 32. What did we just see?
- 33. What did we just see? • One content type
- 34. What did we just see? • One content type • Two flags
- 35. What did we just see? • One content type • Two flags • Four helper modules
- 36. What did we just see? • One content type • Two flags • Four helper modules • Five views
- 37. What did we just see? • One content type • Two flags • Four helper modules • Five views • 200 lines of custom PHP
- 38. What did we just see? • One content type • Two flags • Four helper modules • Five views • 200 lines of custom PHP • One custom theme
- 39. The content type • No title, no options: just a body field. • Custom page.tpl.php in the theme
- 40. The sidebar • Two blocks • Defined by module • 50-60 lines of PHP • Faster, but brittle
- 41. Friends and favorites • “Following” flag • “Favorite” flag • Works cleanly with Views
- 42. The update form • Custom form in our module • Simple validation • Twitter’s Javascript
- 43. The listing pages • Views module • blittr.com/[list-style]/[username] • Filtered by Flags
- 44. The look and feel!
- 45. The look and feel! • Duplicates Twitter’s HTML • Uses Twitter’s CSS • Ignores the majority of Drupal’s data • Seven replacement templates views fields) (page, page-node, block, node, views-table,
- 46. The other bits • SMS Framework module • Services module • Mobile theme • Personal CSS skins • Privacy
- 47. The other bits • SMS Framework module • Services module • Mobile theme • Personal CSS skins • Privacy
- 48. Yay!
- 49. This was a Terrible Idea
- 51. Drupal is not (just) a framework
- 52. Drupal’s mastery curve can be steep
- 53. Drupal is not an island
- 54. Drupal is a powerful tool
- 57. Don’t rebuild Twitter... in any system!