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Questionnaire Regarding Intranet/Corporate use of Drupal

In this questionnaire, you will be asked a series of short answer and open ended questions regarding the use of Drupal in the corporate world. This survey is in cooperation with the “Drupal Case Study Project: Promotional Documentation and Development.” Some of these questions focus on the global use of the Drupal software while other questions are related to how specific companies use the program. There is no required length of response to these questions, and any feedback you provide will be beneficial to our research. The approximate time to complete this survey is 10 minutes. Please return all surveys by November 23, 2004. Thank you for your time.

Global:

1.) Do you think Drupal offers enough visual appeal to attract an audience?

2.) Is your site searchable through engines such as Google or MSN?

3.) Does Drupal support programs that allow customers to browse online
catalogs?

4.) Is your website available in different languages to facilitate overseas
customers?

5.) Does Drupal support advanced web design, such as Flash?

6.) What are the most popular sites listed in Drupal? Why do they draw attention?

7.) How can you make the Drupal website more user friendly?

8.) Do you think corporate privacy is hampered by using Drupal? How does Drupal manage privacy?

Local Questions:

The following is a survey intended for educational use (see hding’s post on 10/23). We are developing a recommendation for Drupal, specifically for community portal websites, based upon responses from this survey along with research. It is a 10 question survey and should take 15 to 20 minutes to complete. We appreciate all responses and thank you for your time.

Cade Rarick
Jason Moehlmann
Greg Noren

We are involved in the Drupal Case Study Project through Purdue University. Please take a few minutes (roughly ten) of your time to complete questions concerning Drupal. The questions are divided into global questions concerning Drupal and specific questions about the use of Drupal with aficionado websites. Please have answers posted before November 23, 2004. After the survey we will post the results on Drupal. Thank you for your time and input.

Global

1. Due to the fact that there are so many users that are registered on these sites, is it possible to have multiple administrators?

2. What technical aspects of Drupal are hardest to master?

3. What type of advertising if any does Drupal use?

4. Why would Drupal be more useful for the viewer of a website versus one created through other means?

5. How labor intensive is the system administrator's job for a Drupal site?

Specific for Aficionado

6. What's the most used/effective module for an aficionado website and why?

7. What things could be done to the calendar module in order to make it more applicable for the aficionado type of website?

8. What kind of new module would most benefit an aficionado site?

9. Is there a certain layout that would be more applicable for aficionado websites as opposed to other layouts?

10. What can be done through filtering options and post prioritization in Drupal to make sure that the website is not overcrowded with information, due to the fact that users can create the content?

Cover Letter for Survey
Group Memebers:Eric Lakich and Raven McClure

Dear respondent, we are conducting a short survey for our Business English class regarding the Drupal website. Our Class is curious to understand why consumers use Drupal and the benefits that they have gained or would like to gain from Drupal in the future. This survey focuses specifically on the general use of Drupal and the use of resource and non-profit sites on Drupal.org. This survey should only take 10 minutes to fill out. For our purposes we ask that you complete this survey no later than November 23, 2004. Thank you for your participation.

Global Drupal questions:

1)What can a Drupal site do for an organization?
2)What is personal profile information used for if I join a Drupal site?
3)What type of credibility issues are associated with Drupal?
4)Can the content of some Drupal sites ruin the credibility of Drupal as a whole?
5)Can Drupal be implemented into currently running websites?
6) How difficult is the change-over?

Questions directed toward our group topic:
7)What are the advantages of using Drupal over other web patforms?
8)What signifies a Drupal site as a resource or a non-profit site?
9)What other search platforms cater to Drupal sites besides drupal.org?
10)What methods are used to establish credibility among resource or non-profit sites?
11)What adavantages can Drupal offer non-profit organizations?

We are conducting an informal survey relating to Drupal-based websites which specifically serve the international community. Ten questions are listed which act to evaluate the effectiveness of Drupal both generally and specifically related to international websites. Our findings will be made available to your site along with other Drupal users in order for international sites to better utilize the features found with the Drupal platform. We are requesting to have all responses by November 23rd.

Anthony Gregory
agregory@purdue.edu

Hwei Gene Chin
hchin@purdue.edu

INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE

Global:
1) What are the major advantages/disadvantages of using Drupal over other website platforms?
2) What are the features that Drupal has for security purposes?
3) What design aspects of Drupal have you found difficult to master?
4) What types of OSS that Drupal supports?
5) How do the client’s manage/maintain the sites?

International-Specific:
6) Have you found creating an international site written in English is more effective rather than in another language (i.e. does this make the site accessible to more people)?
7) Is it easy to create a site in several different languages using Drupal?
8) What are the modules used in the international sites?
9) What are the themes that are suitable for international sites?
10) What happens if Drupal doesn’t provide certain language translator such as the Malay Language?