drupal for rlace
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Drupal for beginners class for RLACE 6/7/12TRANSCRIPT
Drupal 7 for RLACE
Who is this guy?
Adult Services Computer Lab
Digital Media Lab
Desks
And WebsitesOf course
http://franklinparklibrary.org/
http://business.skokielibrary.info/
http://www.nsbdf.org/
Lots of Wordpress too
Others
SkokieNet
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Ann Arbor Public Library, MI
SOPAC
New York Public Library, NY
IUPUI
Time
The “I suck period”
I RULE !!1!!
Me
Why Drupal?
• Free – Open Source – Evolving • Add-ons* (Modules)• Menus• User permissions*• Themes• Tagging*• Comments*• RSS• Integration of blogs• Fluid front page
Why to Avoid Drupal
• Updating• Databases• Slow (if not hosted correctly)• The learning curve • It breaks
Hosts• Bluehost• GoDaddy• GreenGeeks• A2 Hosting • Acquia• LISHost• Your local consortium
Easy local install
• Acquia DAMP- DrupalApacheMySQLPHP
• Bitnami• LAMP (less easy)• WAMP (less easy)
Language of Drupal
The hardest part for new architects
But I want my own theme
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Keep in mind
• CSS vs. Tables• Accessibility
– Per Capita Grants– http://groups.drupal.org/node/18595?– http://www.ada.gov/websites2_prnt.pdf
Firefox/Firebug are your friends
My favorite theme helpers
• Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html• Firebug http://getfirebug.com/• Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/• Coral IE Tab
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10909• Web Developer Toolbar
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60• Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Modules
What are they?Add-onsAdd capabilitiesCore vs. Contributed
Not using Fields and Views?
What is Fields?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike9alive/479092117/
What is Views?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3410783929/
Togetherhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jonperson/2849999933/
Example Fields and View
Same information
Same again
Other non-core Modules you
MUST check out
PanelsCTools
PathautoToken
Date and Calendar
WYSIWYG
Google Analytics
Webform
Nice Menus
MegaMenu, Superfish, DHTML Menu
Feeds
MollomCAPTCHA, ReCAPTCHA
Scheduler
Organic Groups
Backup and
Migrate
Where to learn more
• Using Drupal• Drupal for Dummies• Drupal for Education
and E-Learning• Front End Drupal• Sams Teach Yourself
Drupal In 24 Hours
• GotDrupal.com? http://gotdrupal.com/• Drupal Dojo http://drupaldojo.com/• Drupal Handbooks
http://drupal.org/handbooks• Support http://drupal.org/forum• Lullabot http://drupalize.me/• Mustardseed Media
http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast
• Lynda.com/• Drupal Planet http://drupal.org/planet • Skill Compass
http://skillcompass.org/learning-resources
Please feel free to contact me @Please feel free to contact me @[email protected]@skokielibrary.infohttp://twitter.com/mickjacobsenhttp://twitter.com/mickjacobsen
http://www.slideshare.net/mjacobsen/drupal-for-nonwimpy-librarians-ilead-u-2011
• Configuration• Core Modules• Download a Module• Creating content• Themes• User Settings• Menus
• Structure– Content types– Taxonomy– Views– Display
Dirty Hands