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zachwhalen commented on the post, Who is working with Drupal? (I am — here's why), on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 right now

@Douglas

For upgrading from Drupal 5 to Drupal 7, you probably will need to redo some things, but if your content is all created with well-maintained modules (CCK etc.), there should be a smooth upgrade path […]

zachwhalen commented on the post, Who is working with Drupal? (I am — here's why), on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 right now

@Douglas — I know what you mean. I’ve spent years with Drupal, and I still get frustrated trying to get it to do what I want to. The problem of which module to use can be mitigated somewhat by using installation […]

zachwhalen commented on the post, Who is working with Drupal? (I am — here's why), on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 right now

Excellent! I do indeed think that scholarly publishing is an area where Drupal presents a lot of possibilities, and not just as a platform for developing an online journal platform like OJS (although I hear […]

zachwhalen commented on the post, Digital Publishing-Getting Beyond the Manuscript, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 right now

This is an interesting topic and I’d love to sit in on this conversation at camp. I too am in the figuring-out stage of a book or book-like project, and this is something I’m starting to explore.

On the question […]

zachwhalen commented on the post, From History Student to Webmaster?, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 right now

I’m in this boat, too, and I’m interested in this topic of digital skills attained outside of the classroom and what that process of discovery can teach us about bringing those skills back into our […]