drupal7 an introduction by ayushiinfotech
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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
