Workshops & Showcases

How to merge multiple platforms into a single unified multi-brand ecosystem.

Join us as we share our experience of executing a successful digital transformation program on Drupal for Saint-Gobain, the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction. Over the past 10+ years, Saint-Gobain has been using Drupal at a scale, starting from Drupal 7, and had multiple multisite Drupal platforms created for each brand. Our project aimed to merge these multiple platforms into a single unified multi-brand platform, and we want to share our journey and insights with the Drupal community.

In this session, we will discuss the objectives of the project, the main building blocks of the Drupal implementation, the governance and organization model that we followed, and the current state of the platform roadmap. We will also highlight the challenges we faced and the solutions we implemented during the project. Our co-presenters from Saint-Gobain Marketing & Development and Group Digital & IT departments will provide insights from the client's perspective and share their experience working closely with multiple markets worldwide and our team.

Key Takeaways:

- Learn about the challenges and opportunities of executing a digital transformation program on Drupal for a global leader in the construction industry.
- Understand the main building blocks of a Drupal implementation for a complex multisite platform.
- Gain insights into the governance and organization model for managing a large-scale Drupal project.
- Learn about the current state of the platform roadmap and future plans for further enhancement.

Whether you're a Drupal developer, a product owner, or a digital strategist, this session will provide you with valuable insights on executing large-scale digital transformation programs on Drupal.
 

Date: 18th October 2023
Time: 15:00 - 15:45
Location: Room 3.3

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When using Layout Builder the goal is to empower the users to actually own their website and create amazing content with a smooth experience. Though, there are certain issues users face, for example: by default the users have way too many options for adding elements into layout builder, which makes it difficult and confusing for them, also they can’t see how a component looks like until they have filled up the form, the Save button is not placed in the most intuitive place, and so on. So just using what is in core is not enough most of the times and there are big needs to customize it.
In this workshop we will be making an advanced use of Layout Builder, we’ll go through some modules involved in making Layout Builder a more pleasant experience for content editors, we’ll see how they can be configured to make the most out of it and we’ll learn how to extend it using plugins.

Key Takeaways:

- Understand the main challenges of working with Layout Builder and different ways of improving it.
- Use contributed modules to improve layout builder and extend it through configuration.
- Create plugins for providing new types of sections to layout builder.

Date: 18th October 2023
Time: 10:30 - 12:15
Location: Room 3.3

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This workshop is for people who want to improve their website search experience in a quick and easy way. No deep technical knowledge is required, either in Drupal or site search technologies. 

The goal of this workshop is to provide a hands-on, guided set of exercises that walk the attendee through the provisioning, setup, configuration, and management of a fully functional site search experience. 

You'll learn the basic concepts of SearchStax Studio capabilities - installing a Search UI app, setting up facets and filters, synonyms, stopwords, spell check, auto-suggest, related searches, relevance models, and more. 

Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will receive a SearchStax Professional badge that acknowledges their skill level in SearchStax technologies. The SearchStax Professional level is the first step in the SearchStax Certification Program.

Date: 19th October 2023
Time: 10:30 - 12:15
Location: Room 3.3

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Session introduction

We start off with a demo session of how we’re using Gutenberg today, and some of the great selling points you typically miss when simply trying it out on your own.

Divided into 3 groups/topics

Editors will experience hands-on the power of the Gutenberg editing capabilities and developers will discover the many ways to extend Gutenberg editor.

Group 1: Are you interested in seeing how the editorial experience can be improved for your organization or your clients? Or are you interested in offering this to your clients, but are unsure if the technological investment will be worth it for your team or company? We have workshop content for you either way!

Group 2: Developing for Gutenberg

We do hands-on work developing your own Gutenberg blocks. 

Group 3: Migrating into Gutenberg

Migrating content into Gutenberg formats, or migrating organizations into the Gutenberg directions are two very different things, but are usually both very relevant topics that you might worry about, considering Gutenberg for your client or for your own organization. We cover both in this session.

Discussion for all

• Where do you want Gutenberg to go?
• What is blocking you from using Gutenberg in your organization

Closing session end game: Workshots

Optional and on the house.

Key takeaways from this workshop:

• What is Drupal Gutenberg and how can it benefit your organization?
• How do you work with Gutenberg as an editor or site builder?
• How do you customize Drupal Gutenberg and deliver tailored solutions for your clients or content team?

See why people want the Drupal Association to fund this work. 

Date: 17th October 2023
Time: 16:15 - 18:00
Location: Room 3.3

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