We’ll start out by walking through the various modules and libraries that are needed in order to fully utilize Zencoder, Amazon S3 and the Video module on your website. Then we’ll walk through setting up our Amazon S3 account, create a bucket for our videos and make sure that Zencoder has access to our bucket. Then we’ll move on to configuring the Video module itself, including how to convert the videos, what player(s) to use, and whether to convert the videos individually or in batches. We will also create our Zencoder account and configure Zencoder to talk to our site.
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There are times when you want to create a piece of content before it should be published, and have it automatically publish itself at the right time. Or have it automatically unpublish itself. For example, let's say you have an upcoming special event and you create a large banner to be displayed on your homepage. The Scheduler module will allow you to post that banner weeks ahead of time, automatically publish itself when you want it seen, and then automatically unpublish itself after the event has happened, and would no longer be valid. Handy!
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If you would like to allow anonymous users to create an account, create content, or comment on your site, but don't want to leave it vulnerable to spam, you'll need to install some form of spam protection. Mollom is a third party service that has plugins and integration with a variety of software including Drupal, Wordpress, .NET, Ruby and a number of other systems. One of its most useful features is that, regardless of the platform it is implemented on, it references a central repository of known spam, and everyone who uses it can contribute to and benefit from that central repository.
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Backup and Migrate makes backing up and restoring your database easy. You can schedule automatic backups and It supports gzip, bzip and zip compression. The backup can be saved to your local machine, a private folder on the server or saved off-site to a service like Amazon S3 or NodeSquirrel. You can restore your site from a backup at any time, or restore the backup to a dev site for testing.
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The Views Slideshow module can be used to create a slideshow of anything that can be displayed with Views. Such as an image slideshow or a recent content slideshow. This series will walk through some of the most common ways to setup slideshows.
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The Pathauto, Sub-pathauto and Redirect modules can be used together to automatically create SEO and user-friendly URLs. Some site-builders are unsure about which module does what, and whether or not all three modules are needed. This series explains what each module does, and when it should be used.
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If you haven't already, watch the Workbench Suite introduction video.
The Workbench suite introduces huge improvements to the way content is managed in Drupal. It provides a single user interface for users who only need to work with content. That means no need to "learn Drupal". It allows you to set editor permissions based on your organizations structure, not your web site's. You can even create editorial workflows that allow users to create content, but not publish it, while other users may review content, and decide whether it needs an additional revision, or that it is ready to be published, and do so.
Here's an overview of each of the modules in the Workbench suite, and what they do.
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The webform series covers all of the basics of creating a webform. Then, shows how to create a fully customizable contact form, and even shows how to protect your forms from spam.
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In this series, you'll learn how to use the FileField Podcaster module to create and maintain a podcast using Drupal 7.
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In the Simplenews series you will learn how to create and send great HTML newsletters using your Drupal 7 site.
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