Drupal Zeitgeist 2008

1. Enter some personal information. Only country is required. Name and company will not be shared publicly.

Enter some personal information. Only country is required. Name and company will not be shared publicly. Name:
Company:
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2. I consider myself to be

I consider myself to be A Drupal end-user

A Drupal end-user and Drupal developer

3. Which best describes your experience using Drupal?

Which best describes your experience using Drupal? Expert

Proficient

Beginner

No Experience

4. Do you make a living with Drupal (e.g. consultant, writer, trainer, ....)?

Do you make a living with Drupal (e.g. consultant, writer, trainer, ....)? No, Drupal is mostly a hobby

Yes, Drupal is my main source of income

Yes, but Drupal is not my main source of income

5. As a user or administrator, how many Drupal sites do you currently operate or contribute to?

As a user or administrator, how many Drupal sites do you currently operate or contribute to?

6. As a developer, how many Drupal sites have you (helped) build in the last 12 months?

As a developer, how many Drupal sites have you (helped) build in the last 12 months?

7. When you work on a web development project, what is your primary role?

When you work on a web development project, what is your primary role? I have no role in web development

Setting the business goals for the project

Writing/editing/approving site content

Managing the project/scheduling resources/tracking progress

Defining the information architecture

Designing the user experience and interaction flows

Designing the graphical look and feel

Defining architecture/design patterns/development best practices

Developing/coding the theme and other UI elements

Developing/coding elements other than UI

Designing and/or administering the database

Quality assurance and testing

Systems administration

Managing people who do all or some of the above

Other (please specify)

8. For the typical web development project you work on, which technology would you choose first, second, and third?

	First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Drupal	For the typical web development project you work on, which technology would you choose first, second, and third? Drupal First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Wordpress	Wordpress First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Joomla	Joomla First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Alfresco	Alfresco First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Django	Django First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Plone	Plone First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Typo3	Typo3 First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
EZ Publish	EZ Publish First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
OpenCMS	OpenCMS First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Dotnetnuke	Dotnetnuke First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Socialtext	Socialtext First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
MediaWiki	MediaWiki First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Mindtouch Dekiwiki	Mindtouch Dekiwiki First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Atlassian Confluence	Atlassian Confluence First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Jive Clearspace	Jive Clearspace First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Traction Teampage	Traction Teampage First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Vignette	Vignette First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Interwoven	Interwoven First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Fatwire	Fatwire First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Tridion	Tridion First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Micosoft Sharepoint	Micosoft Sharepoint First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Custom PHP	Custom PHP First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Custom Ruby on Rails	Custom Ruby on Rails First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Custom Java	Custom Java First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Custom ASP	Custom ASP First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Custom Ruby	Custom Ruby First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice
Custom Other	Custom Other First choice	Second choice	Thrid choice

Other (please specify)

9. Most of the Drupal sites that I have worked on are hosted ...

Most of the Drupal sites that I have worked on are hosted ... On a public shared host

On a public virtual private server

On a public co-located server

On a public cloud server (Amazon EC2, etc.)

On a server behind corporate firewalls (intranet)

Other (please specify)

10. What Drupal functionality did you use on your sites in the last 12 months?

What Drupal functionality did you use on your sites in the last 12 months? Wiki

User profiles

Video/music/photo sharing

Rich text editing

Workflow and versioning

Classification (taxonomy, categories, tag clouds)

E-commerce

Access permissions

Personal blog

Multi-site feature

Multi-user blogs

Multi-lingual

Reviews and ratings

Localization

User contributed content

Syndication and aggregation

CCK and Views

Forums

File and document management

11. What are your primary skills?

	Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
CCK and Views	What are your primary skills? CCK and Views Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Content authoring	Content authoring Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
CSS	CSS Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Flash/Flex/RIAs	Flash/Flex/RIAs Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Graphic design	Graphic design Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Hosting	Hosting Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
HTML	HTML Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
JavaScript/AJAX/jQuery	JavaScript/AJAX/jQuery Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Module development	Module development Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Open Source development	Open Source development Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
PHP development	PHP development Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Scalability	Scalability Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Security	Security Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
SQL	SQL Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Technical writing	Technical writing Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Test driven development	Test driven development Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Theme development	Theme development Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience
Web services	Web services Expert level	Know well	Know basics	Little or no experience

12. What skills do you want to invest your time learning in because you think it is important to get better at them?

What skills do you want to invest your time learning in because you think it is important to get better at them? SQL

Theme development

Hosting

CSS

HTML

CCK and Views

Scalability

Content authoring

Module development

JavaScript/AJAX/jQuery

PHP development

Security

Flash/Flex/RIAs

Test driven development

Open Source development

Web services

Technical writing

Graphic design

13. How hard are any of the following Drupal tasks?

	Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Changing the look and feel	How hard are any of the following Drupal tasks? Changing the look and feel Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Configuring access rights	Configuring access rights Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Contributing to Drupal	Contributing to Drupal Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Creating and marking up content	Creating and marking up content Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Finding good documentation	Finding good documentation Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Finding skilled Drupal designers	Finding skilled Drupal designers Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Finding skilled Drupal developers	Finding skilled Drupal developers Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Getting help in the forums	Getting help in the forums Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Installing Drupal	Installing Drupal Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Learning Drupal	Learning Drupal Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Module selection	Module selection Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Scaling Drupal	Scaling Drupal Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Staging a Drupal site	Staging a Drupal site Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Structuring your website	Structuring your website Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy
Upgrading Drupal	Upgrading Drupal Very hard	Hard	Easy	Very easy

Other (please specify other things that are hard)

14. Where on drupal.org do you spend most of your time?

	A lot of time	Average time	Limited time
Drupal IRC channels	Where on drupal.org do you spend most of your time? Drupal IRC channels A lot of time	Average time	Limited time
Drupal mailing lists	Drupal mailing lists A lot of time	Average time	Limited time
Drupal.org forums	Drupal.org forums A lot of time	Average time	Limited time
Drupal.org handbooks	Drupal.org handbooks A lot of time	Average time	Limited time
Drupal.org issue queue	Drupal.org issue queue A lot of time	Average time	Limited time
Groups.drupal.org	Groups.drupal.org A lot of time	Average time	Limited time

Other (please specify)

15. What is important for drupal.org?

	Very important	Important	Not important
A marketplace for Drupal services	What is important for drupal.org? A marketplace for Drupal services Very important	Important	Not important
A redesign of the current site	A redesign of the current site Very important	Important	Not important
Module reviews	Module reviews Very important	Important	Not important
Module ratings	Module ratings Very important	Important	Not important
Better search results	Better search results Very important	Important	Not important
Better site performance	Better site performance Very important	Important	Not important
Better bug tracking functionality	Better bug tracking functionality Very important	Important	Not important
E-mail notifications for forum topics	E-mail notifications for forum topics Very important	Important	Not important
An upgrade from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6	An upgrade from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 Very important	Important	Not important
Test results for each module	Test results for each module Very important	Important	Not important

Other (please specify)

16. Most of all, I think Drupal should be

Most of all, I think Drupal should be An end-user tool

A developer platform

17. What is holding back Drupal's adoption the most? Pick

	Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Restricted access to Drupal talent	What is holding back Drupal's adoption the most? Pick Restricted access to Drupal talent Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Lack of marketing	Lack of marketing Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Lack of local user group meetings	Lack of local user group meetings Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Drupal.org experience	Drupal.org experience Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Lack of features	Lack of features Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Slow porting of contributed modules	Slow porting of contributed modules Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Ineffective governance by the Drupal Association	Ineffective governance by the Drupal Association Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Ineffective process for improving the Drupal software	Ineffective process for improving the Drupal software Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Too many features	Too many features Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix
Learning curve	Learning curve Critical to fix	Very important to fix	Important to fix

Provide a concrete suggestion for improving the deficiency above

18. What do you think we should focus on for Drupal 7 and beyond?

	Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Improve node access system	What do you think we should focus on for Drupal 7 and beyond? Improve node access system Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Better core theme(s)	Better core theme(s) Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Improved database abstraction layer	Improved database abstraction layer Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Custom content types and fields in core	Custom content types and fields in core Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Basic install profiles in core	Basic install profiles in core Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
A test framework and lots of tests	A test framework and lots of tests Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Better search	Better search Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
A WYSIWYG editor in core	A WYSIWYG editor in core Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Discussion forum improvements	Discussion forum improvements Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Support for microformats	Support for microformats Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Performance improvements	Performance improvements Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Improved APIs	Improved APIs Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
SSL support	SSL support Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Better translations	Better translations Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Support for web services	Support for web services Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Better media handling (images, videos)	Better media handling (images, videos) Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Better import/export functionality	Better import/export functionality Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Better document management	Better document management Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Easier upgrade functionality	Easier upgrade functionality Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Support for content staging	Support for content staging Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Usability improvements	Usability improvements Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Views in core	Views in core Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care
Modal dialogs	Modal dialogs Critical	Very important	Nice to have	Don't care

Other (please specify)

19. What is the more important trend for the future?

What is the more important trend for the future? Data portability

Mobile

Software as a service (SaaS)

Social networking

Cloud computing

Open Source

Other (please specify)

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1. Enter some personal information. Only country is required. Name and company will not be shared publicly.

2. I consider myself to be

3. Which best describes your experience using Drupal?

4. Do you make a living with Drupal (e.g. consultant, writer, trainer, ....)?

5. As a user or administrator, how many Drupal sites do you currently operate or contribute to?

6. As a developer, how many Drupal sites have you (helped) build in the last 12 months?

7. When you work on a web development project, what is your primary role?

8. For the typical web development project you work on, which technology would you choose first, second, and third?

9. Most of the Drupal sites that I have worked on are hosted ...

10. What Drupal functionality did you use on your sites in the last 12 months?

11. What are your primary skills?

12. What skills do you want to invest your time learning in because you think it is important to get better at them?

13. How hard are any of the following Drupal tasks?

14. Where on drupal.org do you spend most of your time?

15. What is important for drupal.org?

16. Most of all, I think Drupal should be

17. What is holding back Drupal's adoption the most? Pick

18. What do you think we should focus on for Drupal 7 and beyond?

19. What is the more important trend for the future?

20. Drupal is ...