I first tinkered with Drupal a few years ago. I didn’t dig too deep, but I realized very quickly that Drupal lived up to its reputation of having a very steep learning curve.

Flash forward to 2009. It was time to redo a client’s website, www.livingyogadallas.com, and add features to turn it into a community portal. Once again, Drupal appeared on my radar. After a bit of research, I made the decision that Drupal was the right tool for the job.

Wow. If I had known what I was in for, I might have made a different choice. Learning Drupal is quite the task. Someday soon, maybe I’ll revisit all the frustration that accompanied that nasty learning curve. But through all my cursing, lynda.com trainings, module finds and google research, I laid the foundation for future Drupal endeavors. Along the way, I launched a beautiful and functional client site that is fabulously expandable and has been embraced by its target community.

But there’s so much more to learn. That’s why I’ll be heading to Austin next weekend for DrupalCamp Austin. Two days of full-on Drupal sessions, learning from others to expand and enhance my Drupal knowledge. With a powerful tool like Drupal, the learning will never end.