It was an amazing experience to present at Drupalcon Portland. In front of a packed room of ~300 people, I gave this presentation that I had previously given at Drupalcamp Atlanta 2012. The main take-away that I want people to learn is that it takes time and effort to make Drupal's authoring experience awesome.
Awesomizing your Editor's Back-end Drupal experience - best session i've attended today. OR 201 standing room only. #drupalcon
— Neil McKay (@neilrmckay) May 21, 2013
This presentation covers a lot of real-world techniques and methodologies on how to make Drupal rock for the back end!
Enjoy!
youtube:https://www.youtube.com/embed/DbQBzd8UCo0
The presentation got a great reception! Selected tweets are below.
"Learning curve of popular CMSes," shared by @mikeherchel in "Awesomizing your editor's back-end" @Drupalcon http://t.co/15rXFrMVv1
— Ivan Boothe (@rootwork) May 21, 2013
We're 2 minutes into this guy's session and I can already tell it may be the best today - @mikeherchel #DrupalCon
— Jake DiMare (@jakedimare) May 21, 2013
Remove unused WYSIWYG buttons YES PLEASE #drupalcon #awesomizing cc / @mikeherchel
— John Eckman (@jeckman) May 21, 2013
On WYSIWYG: "Take away some f%$!ng buttons" from your editors. "There's a Flash button up there." @mikeherchel at @drupalcon
— Ivan Boothe (@rootwork) May 21, 2013
It's the development team that makes Drupal seem like it sucks. "Awesomeize your Backend for Your Editors" with @mikeherchel #drupalcon
— Vincent Flesouras (@vinsnazzypants) May 21, 2013
Awesomizing your Editor's Back-end Drupal experience - best session i've attended today. OR 201 standing room only. #drupalcon
— Neil McKay (@neilrmckay) May 21, 2013
bummed to miss the #edu #drupalcon #bof but this session on awesomizing editor back end experience is amazing!
— sarah ryder (@sarah_ryder) May 21, 2013
@mikeherchel Awesome tips to better Admin user experience. No longer secrets & now YOU don't have to make Drupal7 suck. AWESOME #drupalcon
— David Bone (@bonestructure) May 21, 2013
@mikeherchel just awesomized my DrupalCon experience! Way to rock a presentation!
— ultimike (@ultimike) May 21, 2013
“Don’t make a Drupal site that sucks.” - one of @mikeherchel’s secrets to awesomizing your editor’s back-end Drupal experience #DrupalCon
— Kelley Curry (@BrightBold) May 21, 2013
@sarah_ryder I agree ... @mikeherchel's awesomizing editor session was my favorite so far #drupalcon.
— Ben Woods (@bwoods43) May 21, 2013
@mikeherchel Awesome tips to better Admin user experience. No longer secrets & now YOU don't have to make Drup... http://t.co/xL0GTFYYib
— Maastrix UX (@maastrix_ux) May 21, 2013
@mikeherchel Your session was AWESOME x 3!!! Thanks for the tips and module secrets. #drupalcon
— Paula Jones (@pgjones00) May 21, 2013
Notes up for Secrets to Awesomizing Your Editor's Back-End Drupal Experience. Crazy useful stuff! http://t.co/87Con8sktE #DrupalCon
— Kat (@webbykat) May 22, 2013
@mikeherchel Really useful, dare I say awesome, session about drupal editor UX, thanks for sharing at @drupalcon
— Jeremy Zerr (@jrzerr) May 22, 2013
@mikeherchel MIKE! Hey just wanted to give a quick thank you for a superb & very entertaining track at #drupalcon, much thx! #ucmerced
— Steven Powers (@PhotoGypsy831) May 30, 2013
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