drupal: organizing content for multiple audiences
DESCRIPTION
iFactory delivered this webinar on May 1st as part of our iFactoryEd webinar series. The range of audiences needing specialized gateways, content and pathways on dot edu sites can be difficult to manage. In this webinar, we'll discuss strategies which can help you tailor your site to a particular audience, both with and without user login. Topics covered: > Configuring options for audience selectors > Implementing different designs to distinguish areas of the site for each audience > Using the Field Permissions module to deliver fine-grained customization of content delivery The presenter was Lisa Sawin, Solutions Architect for iFactory. This was part 3 of a 3-part series. For the full webinar visit our YouTube channel: youtube.com/ifactorybostonTRANSCRIPT
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Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences
an iFactoryEd webinar
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Who is iFactory?•Based in Boston•Interactive design and development company with over 20
years experience•A division of RDW Group, a full-service agency•Designers, strategic consultants, information architects,
usability experts, developers•Higher ed profiles include:
colleges & universities | public & private
large & small | ivy league to community colleges
undergraduate & graduate | Massachusetts to California
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Where to find uswww.ifactory.com
blog: interactivity.ifactory.com
Find us as iFactoryBoston:
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What you’ll learn today:
• Configuring options for audience selectors
• Implementing different designs to distinguish areas of the site for each audience
• Using the Field Permissions module to deliver fine-grained customization of content delivery
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Your presenter
Lisa Sawin Solutions Architect for iFactory
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Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
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Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
![Page 8: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
![Page 9: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of these
ideas
![Page 10: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Audience gateways
• Group content for a specific audience
• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site
• Present content for a specific user type
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Audience gateways
• Group content for a specific audience
• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site
• Present content for a specific user type
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Audience gateways
• Group content for a specific audience
• Style content to demarcate it from areas of the site
• Present content for a specific user type
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Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
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Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
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Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
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Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
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Audience gateway selectors
• Simple list of links in a block• Javascript-enabled jump menu• Javascript-enabled sliding panel
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Altering the look & feel
• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes
• More complex section: use Context module
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Altering the look & feel
• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes
• More complex section: use Context module
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Altering the look & feel
• Simple section based on menu tree: use automatic body classes
• More complex section: use Context module
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Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
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Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
![Page 33: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
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Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
![Page 36: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
![Page 37: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Altering the content
• Field Permissions for displaying individual fields for specific roles
• Context module handles display of blocks on a per-role or per-section basis
• Custom context conditions for block presentation based on page views
![Page 38: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
Tailor content & presentation
• Can target users by gateways, altering content and/or design
• Lots of ways to handle it• Drupal has tools to build all of
these ideas
![Page 39: Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences](https://reader034.vdocuments.mx/reader034/viewer/2022051816/5472ba73b4af9fc80a8b501e/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
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