Are you using Rules yet? You should! The Rules module can take care of a whole lot of things that previously would require you to write a custom module, and can help you automate processes on your website.

This session will give you:

An introduction to what Rules is and some basic use cases.
Hands-on demonstrations of some intermediate use cases, including Rule sets and Rules scheduler*.
Hands-on demonstrations of advanced use cases â where Rules and Views Bulk Operations work in harmony or short PHP snippets make Rules do things you thought needed 200 lines of code.
Some hints and advice of how you shouldn't use Rules.
* See comment below

While writing custom mini modules may be fun, every line of code is also one line to debug, update and document. Rules gives you a robust framework, which makes life easier for both developers and site managers â during development, live use and upgrades.

Using Rules is easy. Using Rules is fun.
Be happy. Use Rules.

Note that this session will mainly consist of hands-on demonstrations, and it will only cover Rules 1 for Drupal 6. Don't miss fago's and klausi's session about Rules 2 and rule-based interaction with remote systems!

what is rules?
New to Rules? There's a neat documentation for the module and you can find discussions and support at the Rules group. Here are some examples of what you can do with Rules:

Populate CCK fields with complex conditions
When a node gets updated, perform updates on referenced nodes as well
Notify authors of node and parent comment when new comments are posted
Let users delete their own accounts â even in Drupal 6!
Schedule publishing, unpublishing, deletion and other actions on content
Send reminder emails to users who haven't logged in the last month
Unpublish comments with at least three abuse flags, and notify administrators

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