On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Ariel Gold <arielqgold@gmail.com> wrote:

HI Folks,

I'm build websites, specializing in Drupal and CiviCRM and Hans has asked me to give a presentation Thursday, May 12th.

Is there anything in particular you'd like me to present? I was thinking about giving a presentation on Aegir, including drush make. I'm also happy to give a more basic presentation on something like how to build an online business directory.

What is Aegir?
The Aegir hosting system allows developers and site administrators to automate many of the common tasks associated with deploying and managing large websites. Aegir makes it easy to install, upgrade, deploy, and backup an entire network of Drupal sites.
Recent support for multi-server site deployment and management allows for migrating sites between servers, including large sites spread across multiple web servers.

What is Drush make?

Drush make is an extension to drush that can create a ready-to-use drupal site, pulling sources from various locations. It does this by parsing a flat text file (similar to a drupal .info file) and downloading the sources it describes. In practical terms, this means that it is possible to distribute a complicated Drupal distribution as a single text file.

http://aegirproject.org
http://drupal.org/project/drush_make

See you!

Ariel Gold