hands on drupal - schipulcon 09
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With Hands on Drupal, you can dive into the easy world of this wonderful CMS. Content is easy to customize and create with CCK, and Views can display it every which way you can imagine. The flexible basis of Drupal, combined with the online community, will give you the solid foundation on which to build your next site.TRANSCRIPT
Albert Hughes, John-Michael Oswalt, David Stagg Schipul—The Web Marketing [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
HANDS-ON DRUPALFunny Name, Serious CMS.
THE PEOPLE ON STAGE RIGHT NOWWe’ll be your hosts for this evening
Albert D. HughesProject Manager at Schipul
John-Michael OswaltSearch Engine Marketing at Schipul
David StaggCreative Director at Schipul
3 Big Questions
1. What is Drupal?2. What can Drupal do?3. Is Drupal right for me?
WHAT IS DRUPAL?Funny name, serious CMS.
Building a Web siteSigned,The 1990s
CONTENT
CONTENTMANAGEMENT
CONTENTMANAGEMENTSYSTEM
CONTENTMANAGEMENTSYSTEM
Drupal
1. Open-source2. Easy to tailor (customizable)3. Supported by a large on-line community
WHAT CAN DRUPAL DO?With great power comes great responsibility. And a Porsche.
Bird’s Eye View
• Sites powered by Drupal• How sites leveraged Drupal– Content/Content Types– Menus– Blocks– Nodes
Bird’s Eye View, cont.
• Custom content types• Search engine optimization• Use of third-party modules
NOW LET’S DO IT.Where after it’s all over, you still feel morally reputable.
• Hosting plans• Installing– Self-hosted– One-click installation
Hosting and Installing
Administration
• Site Information (“Customize and Configure”)• Adding a basic page• Menus and navigation• Roles, Users, Permissions
Core Modules
• What is a module?• Modules– Comments– Contact– Path– Search
Third-Party Modules
• Free to download, free to use• Necessary for improved
Drupal functionality• Community-submitted• Installed in separate, specific
directory– /sites/all/modules/
Third-Party Modules, cont.
• CCK (Content Construction Kit)• Image-related:– File Field (CCK)– Image Field (CCK)– Image API– ImageCache
• Views
Putting It All Together
1. Create the content type2. Create the content3. Publish the content
a. View a full list of content on my site
Themes
• The basic look may not suit your organization– Core Themes– Third-Party Themes– Custom Themes
• Changing your theme• Theme settings– Site logo
THREE BIG QUESTIONSShould you ask it out on a date?
3 Big Questions—Answered!
1. What is Drupal?An easy to tailor open-source content management
system (CMS) supported by a large on-line community.
3 Big Questions—Answered!
2. What can Drupal do?Drupal can use modules, like CCK and Views, to take
your information types and organize and display them in a streamlined approach.
3 Big Questions—Answered!
3. Is Drupal right for me?Not always!
Q&ADear Lord, I hope we know the answer
“Hands-On Drupal”
John-Michael Oswaltjmoswalt.comtwitter.com/jmoswalt
David Staggdavidstagg.comtwitter.com/dstagg
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Albert Hughesheadwreckas.comtwitter.com/ahughes3
HUGHES, OSWALT, STAGGSchipul—The Web Marketing Company