Basics of COD

1. Basics of COD Hans Hoerschelman

2. whoami • Hans Hoerschelman • @hoerschelman hans@460design.net • Sr. Application Developer @ UI • 460 Design (moonlight) • UIDUG & DrupalHawks • DrupalCorn 2013 Steering Committee • CoderDojo Mentor – coderdojo.ictechnest.com • Rabbit owner

3. What is COD? • Conference Organizing Distribution • https://drupal.org/project/cod • Drush dl cod • What’s a Distribution? • Drupal core + a set of modules and/or features aimed at a specific use case

4. COD Features • “Events” with a registration • Free • Paid (w/Commerce, Commerce Registration, and Paid Event modules) • Resource Management • Sessions • Users propose sessions • Schedule Item (eg– lunch, breaks, etc) • Rooms • Timeslots • Attendees • Sponsors

5. COD Features • Scheduling • Automate conference schedule • Sessions • BoFs • User can build personalized schedule • Sponsor Management • Associate users with sponsors • Allow sponsor to manage their content • Sell sponsorship

6. COD Features • Promotion • All the stuff you can already to with Drupal • Tools for contacting users • Community Section • Feedback / Post event • Session Evaluations • Video embeds of sessions or other resources

7. The Guts of COD • What COD is NOT • A turnkey solution (for now) • No example with clean install • Really easy to understand • Have to grok Rules • Have to grok Commerce (for paid events) • A stable release • Currently Alpha2

8. The Guts of COD - Default • Drupal 7 • Modules • addressfield • admin_menu • admin_menu_toolbar • advanced_help • auto_nodetitle • block • comment • commons_profile_base • commons_wysiwyg • content_access • context • contextual • context_ui • ctools • ckeditor • dashboard • date • date_api • date_popup • dblog • devel • devel_generate • diff • entity • entityreference • entityreference_prepopulate • entity_token • features • field • field_group • field_permissions • field_select_ct • field_collection • field_sql_storage • field_ui • file • Filter • flag • forum • image • jquery_update • link • list • menu • node • number • options • og • og_access • og_context • og_field_access • og_ui • path • pathauto • quicktabs • quicktabs_tabstyles • rules • rules_admin • search • strongarm • system • text • token • update • user • views • views_field_view • views_bulk_operations • views_content • views_data_export • views_ui • Webform

9. The Guts of COD - Default • Features • cod_base • cod_session • cod_events • cod_community • cod_sponsors • Views • Admin views embedded on dashboards and other nodes • Community • Sponsors • Events • Patches • Its still Alpha!

10. Modules You’ll HaveTo Understand to Set things Up • Views • Rules • Commerce (for paid registrations) • Organic Groups • Especially permissions

11. Getting Started • After install, start with 1 event “DrupalCampAntartica” • No other configuration • COD default ‘on’ modules • Base, Session, Sponsor, Events • Some default views • A really ugly frontpage with no content

12. Getting Started • To get a single free event with 1 session up and going • Create the Event, making sure it is an OG Group • ALL EVENT CONTENT MUST BELONG TO THE EVENT GROUP! • Have to set proper Event OG permissions: • <site>/admin/config/group/permissions/node/event • Need a Session • Need a Room/location • Need a timeslot • Need a track (taxonomy term) • Can’t promise you won’t run into trouble…

13. Lets look at the (DEV) site. COD 7 Acquia Cloud hosting A simple custom module Some contrib and sandbox modules Some small hiccups

14. Our Experience • Lots of learning curve • Understanding the usage of OG • Figuring out commerce and rules • Bugs • Paid Event registration ‘half open’ carts • Person is registered but not paid, leaves cart/session timeout, blocked from registering when return OR Multiple carts • Bad field settings (holdover from D6->D7) • Unused features due to lack of understanding • Session Evaluation • Multiple registration

15. Thank You QUESTIONS? hans@460design.net @hoerschelman