Case Study of a Social Network
iLoveBolly.com is a social network built with Drupal targeting the Indian entertainment segment (Movies, Songs, Celebrities, TV Serials, Videos, Images, ....
This case study is intended to target both Drupal experts and newbies as a "What (more) can you do with Drupal?" session.
Proposed Agenda:
- iLoveBolly Introduction : Aim, Audience, Scope.
- Feature List to be Discussed:
- Brief Architecture : Discuss a few custom content types, some views, taxonomy, information architecture
- News Aggregation - Introduction to aggregation in Drupal (modules that can be used), Demo of feeds being used on iLoveBolly, Multiple sources in multiple categories, multiple sources in one category
- 3rd party Integration - Example of 3rd party integration (YouTube API), Working demo, Videos dynamically retrieved for song nodes on iLoveBolly, Plaxo, Trynt Web Services.
- Fan Clubs using OG - Build it on top of existing modules, Introduction to OG, Concept of a fan club, Nodes associated with nodes (fanclubs to movies/celebrities)
- SEO in Drupal - Pathauto, XML Sitemap, Nodewords (Metatags), Customization
- Brief Architecture : Discuss a few custom content types, some views, taxonomy, information architecture
- iLoveBolly's future path with Drupal
Goals for the session:
1. Provide the audience with an insight on what can be done with Drupal
2. Discuss some challenging/interesting features on iLoveBolly.com
