A Better Way to Build and Manage Sites with Rain for Drupal 9
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The document introduces 'Rain', a new CMS built for Drupal 9 that aims to streamline website creation and management for IT professionals and marketers, boasting benefits like faster MVP deployment and improved authoring experience. It emphasizes Rain's advantages over Drupal core, including a more intuitive admin interface, pre-configured modules, and rapid project launches as demonstrated in case studies. The content highlights the open-source ethos of empowering users while providing tangible savings in time and resources when using Rain.
A Better Way to Build and Manage Sites with Rain for Drupal 9
- 1. A Better Way to Build and Manage Sites with "Rain" for Drupal 9 May 27, 2021
- 3. Our vision is to empower every person on the planet with the innovative freedom and community impact that open-source technology offers. Our Vision
- 4. Jay Callicott VP of Technical Operations ● Engineer and Organizational Leader ● Passion for Solving Real-World Problems ● Drupal and Open Source Advocate ● 15+ Years Advancing Open Source ● Operations and Product Leader ● Rain distribution won Acquia’s “Open Source Giants” award in 2019 in/jay-callicott-8535ba1/ @drupalninja
- 5. Today’s Agenda 1. Why We Created Rain 2. Who Does Rain Help? 3. Rain Savings 4. Case Studies 5. Live Demo 6. Q&A
- 6. Why We Created Rain
- 7. | 7 Benefits of Rain Go to Market in 30 Days ● Launch your MVP faster ● See immediate return on your investment Robust Authoring Experience ● Improve workflows ● Rain is made with content editors in mind Component Based Theming ● Save time ● Developer-friendly theming approach
- 8. How Does Rain Differ from Drupal 9? | 8
- 9. | 9 Rain CMS vs. Drupal Core Rain CMS Drupal Core Base Theme Ships with a flexible base theme including 15 ready-to-use and extensible components. Plus a Pattern Lab style guide. With Drupal 9, a simple set of themes serve as a demo. These themes are rarely used for production builds. Layout Builder Fully-featured, easy-to-use implementation of Layout Builder. Layout Builder is difficult to configure. Additional modules are needed to fill the gaps in features and functionality. Modules Dozens of pre-configured modules offer editorial enhancements, security hardening, and other functionality not available in Drupal core. Drupal Core does not ship with any contributed modules. With a vanilla instead of core, each module must be downloaded, installed and configured. Customizable Packed with flexible functionality. Everything can be customized to fit the project’s requirements. Limitless potential for customization but it’s like starting with a box of Legos and no instructions. Admin theme The Rain Admin was designed to make the authoring experience more intuitive to create, schedule, and moderate content. The default Drupal admin takes a simple approach but lacks some features that contributed themes offer.
- 10. Who Does Rain Help?
- 11. | 11 Powering Fast, Forward Thinking IT Professionals Expedite Drupal website creation, configuration, and deployment to get projects done faster. Marketers Marketers, designers, and strategists can make decisions faster by utilizing Rain’s pre-built features.
- 12. Rain Savings
- 13. | 13 3 Weeks To build the entire History Factory site, from kick-off to launch. 75% Reduced time to launch with Mediacurrent’s Rain install profile. 24 Hours Time to setup hosting environment on Pantheon. History Factory
- 14. | 14 Montefiore COVID-Safe Care Rapid Development Preconfigured component types and content types helped launch as fast as possible. Empowered Editors Intuitive UX interface to manage content and experiences for current and future patients. Flexible & Functional Reusable components with consistent appearance and functionality.
- 15. | 15 Scholar’s Edge Pre-Built Flexibility Although on Drupal 8, the previous site was hard to update. Rain changed that. Mobile Responsive New solution gives users easier access to content on mobile devices. Faster Launch Team could make custom landing pages without going through IT resources.
- 16. | 16 The Challenge ● Legacy CMS ● Scattered ecosystem ● Poor Authoring experience ● Inconsistent touchpoint ● Poor Performance
- 17. | 17 The Solution ● Enhanced CMS with Rain ● Integrated across systems ● Defined digital brand extension ● Touchpoint consistency ● Component design system.
- 18. @Mediacurrent Mediacurrent @Mediacurrent MediacurrentDrupal Mediacurrent.com @Mediacurrent Want to learn more? Check out: mediacurrent.com/rain Thank You!