drupal

After choosing Drupal 6 as the Web site CMS, Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) started the process to overhaul their Web site. Eight months later TJSL launched a dynamic and easy-to-navigate site in addition to a simplified user interface for content maintainers. Using the CMS as single source of data, information is easily distributed to the Web site, student organization sites, digital signage, and student portal. Hear about the process of discovery, mock-ups, research, launch, maintenance, benefits, lessons learned, and the future.

Slides: 

TJSL-JCooper-CALI-2011.ppt

TJSL-PRamert-CALI-2011.ppt

Drupal is a tremendous cross between a CMS and a Framework for web development that makes developing a dynamic and robust website in a hurry easy (or easier), but out of the box it leaves much to be desired in terms of performance and content optimization.

In this session we will go over the third party modules and services that can be used to optimize your drupal based site for performance and search engine optimization.

I've uploaded my slides to slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/nickmoline/the-afterburner-optimizing-drupal-f...

And here are some links:

There are limited in-person opportunities for law school faculty to workshop quarter- and half-baked ideas with colleagues. Sites like SSRN provide an electronic option to solicit feedback on drafts, but due to those sites' wide reach, many faculty only post substantially finished work, preferring to keep developing work under wraps from the world at large. To fill the gap, Loyola Law School is developing an in-house repository for article drafts. Faculty can post ideas and drafts electronically, granting access to individually selected colleagues or to the entire faculty.