drupal7 an introduction by ayushiinfotech

Drupal 7An Introduction

MandakiniAyushi Infotech

Overview What is DrupalA brief history Why DrupalDrupal CommunityThe Stack Drupal CoreDrupal ContribDrupal Vocabulary

• Content Management System (CMS) • Framework - Content Management

Framework CMF• Open Source - Under GPL General Public

License • Web Application Framework - Written in

PHP • A way for developers and non-developers alike

to manage content. Uses control panels rather than straight code.

What is Drupal

A brief history• Created by Dries Buytart Developer from Antwerp, Belgium

• Began as a bulletin board for a College student and his friends

• Open sourced in 2001• Driven by an ever-growing community ever since!

• Best PHP Open Source CMS from Packt Publishing

• Best Overall Open Source CMS Award for Second Year in a Row

• It does everything Wordpress does, and a lot more• Its code is cleaner and better supported than

Joomla!’s• Is one of hundreds of CMS, but is continually

growing.

Why Drupal

Drupal Community•Drupal.org•Groups.Drupal.org•Drupal.org/forum•Conferences – DrupalCon• Unconferences - DrupalCamps •Meetups, etc.

Drupal Community•Drupal IRC!

• irc.freenode.net•#drupal-support•#drupal•#drupal-themes

The Stack•Apache (lighttpd, IIS)•MySQL (PostgresSQL, SQL Server, Oracle)

•PHP•PHPMyAdmin for adminisering your SQL Database

•Linux (BSD, Mac OS, Windows, Solaris)

The Stack

Drupal Core•Base package which comes with a set of modules (some optional, others required)

•Provides basic set of common features and a rich API

Drupal Core

Drupal Vocabulary•Node/Content•Content Type•Taxnomy/Vocabulary•Menu•Region•Block•Page

Drupal Vocabulary

•Role•Permission•Theme•Module

Drupal Vocabulary

•CCK•Field•Views

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