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Session: Multi-Site for Drupal
Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Ben Bassi
Track: CMS PowerTrack
Audience: Businesspeople, Content Creators, Developers

Reduce the Cost of Each New Website With Drupal Multi-Site

Drupal’s elegant multi-site capabilities give businesses a repeatable framework on which to run many websites from a single installation of Drupal—enabling centralized system management while reducing the incremental cost of additional websites to almost zero. The benefits of multi-site include streamlined maintenance, lower operational costs, and the ability to target market segments in a more controlled way.

To successfully implement a multi-site installation, a business must also be aware of caveats and changes that may be required to their deployment model. This presentation aims to be a primer of the benefits, and subsequent boundaries, of such a system.

Key Points Covered:

• What exactly is meant by multi-site? Key examples.
• Identify where a multi-site installation is appropriate and where it is not
• What are the benefits of using such a system?
• What are the caveats that must be addressed for a successful implementation?
• Multi-site handling search, e-commerce, user registration, and profiles
• Planning a successful multi-site
• Examining a case study of a successful multi-site
• Q & A Session

If you are looking for a cost effective way to manage multiple websites, this presentation will be just what you are looking for.

Prerequisite: There is no prerequisite for this session, other than a firm understanding of Drupal CMS.  For new users, it is highly recommended to attend one or more of the CMS KickStart Learning Sessions.

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