The Denver Drupal Meetup

Drupal has always been very strong at customizing user experiences for authenticated users, but what about anonymous users? What if you wanted to show a new banner block on your home page for first time visitors? Or gate a resource until users have filled out a contact form? For the most part, anonymous user display is determined by the URL path, and per-user customization is dependent on excluding the page from cache, custom Javascript or third parties. In this session, we’ll introduce the Smart Content contributed suite of modules. Smart Content at its core is a tool-set for defining conditions based on data attainable from anonymous and authenticated users(such as cookies, browser properties and third-party data), and providing subsequent reactions utilizing Drupal’s content editing prowess. This month Michael Lander, technical director at Elevated Third, will cover initial setup and some basic use cases for the modules, as well as dig deeper into what’s under the hood and how it all works.

Key areas we’ll address:

Brief overview of personalization, the modules and project history
Module setup and step-by-step implementation walkthrough
How it works and how we minimize impact on performance
Potential use cases and sub-module ecosystem
How you can get involved!

Pizza and socializing starts at 6:30 p.m. Discussion and presentations start at 7.

Signup here or on the Groups.Drupal.org page (https://groups.drupal.org/node/535084). The meet-up will take place at the office of Aten Design Group, just north of Downtown Denver. (http://bit.ly/dbug-aten-location). Add a comment if you have a question or want to share something!

Pizza and Drinks will be provided by Aten Design Group (https://aten.io).