What does does Siruna do?

Siruna provides software to create dynamic mobile websites. Our software makes life much easier for web developers by detecting the mobile devices accessing the site and adapting the content accordingly. Siruna is a hybrid solution between automatic content-adaptation and mobile authoring, giving the possibility of fast prototyping. We use an easy XML based scripting language to make adaptations more dynamic. We collaborate with our partner network, consisting of web developers and web agencies who create mobile experiences for their customers by using the Siruna Composer and Transcoding engine. The software can be run on your own server, or you can subscribe to our hosted service, which is completely free to try!

What does your involvement with the Drupal community look like?

In addition to the fact that both Siruna and Drupal have their roots in Belgium, Siruna believes that, in the coming years, Drupal is going to become one of the main CMS systems used worldwide. Due to the modular nature and the high quality theming available on Drupal sites, Drupal integrates very well with Siruna. We will support the Drupal community by creating an integration between Drupal and our platform. By doing this, we can increase Drupal’s capabilities by making it a real multi-platform CMS system. The current mobility solutions for Drupal are not adequate and are seldom used. In addition to an integration module for Drupal and Siruna, we are creating a device detection module for Drupal that works independently of our software.

At DrupalCon I plan to present an overview and some best practice advice on making your Drupal site mobile, and you can find me on Planet Drupal with my blog on this topic (http://www.mobiledrupal.com).


What should the Drupal community be thinking about when it comes to integration with mobile devices?

Just try and be creative :)

I believe that we do not yet completely understand the power of the mobile web. It needs some creative minds and people with good ideas to harness this technology and show the true power of the mobile web. We will see that in short term, developing for the mobile web will become easier and more accessible for everyone. And that is exactly what Siruna is about: giving developers the tools for creating mobile experiences.

What are you most looking forward to at DrupalCon DC?

I have been developing in Drupal for a long time, and have seen the Drupal community grow enormously. But still this is my first DrupalCon and I am looking forward to feeling the spirit and meeting some mobile-minded people to discuss the future of Drupal and mobile technology. I’m also hoping, clearly, that my session on "mobile Drupal" will be well received.