case study

This session will covers the creation of a website for Chicago's Prussing Elementary School, from a vague set of requirements through design, delivery, and maintenance. For beginning and intermediate Drupalists -- this is more about process and experience than coding.

Prussing had been using a site created in Joomla, hosting on a Chicago Public Schools server. They were unable to administer or maintain the site, so it had gone out of date. They wanted a site that they could maintain, allowed teachers to manage their own content, and had an up-to-date design.

Drupal continues to gain increasing momentum among startups, both pure-play startup companies and internal startup groups within large organizations.

HuliHealth is a Chicago-based healthcare tech startup.

Come and learn about the flexibility of Drupal and how it can be applied to a unique business idea, such as wedding planning.

Neha Goyal, President of Marigold Events/ Launching Frog, will present a case study discussing the flexibility of Drupal in creating a full fledged wedding planning website with wedding planning tools, photo gallery, forums and member/vendor search for brides and vendors.

We will talk about the following topics during this session:
1. The need for this project
2. The vision for this project
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• A look at WindyCitizen.com, a social news site for Chicago, Warts and All.
• Brainstorming ideas for how to fix problems vexing the site's first-time Drupal developer.