What is Drupal?

Global Training DayDecember 14, 2012

HandsomeDog Studio

An introduction to Drupal, from content management system (CMS) and open source basics to content types, user

permissions, theming, taxonomies and accessing data through views.

A Clarification

It's my dog that's handsome:

http://handsomedogstudio.com

(I thought it was important to mention)

Today's agendaI. Introduction to Drupal

a. Overview of a CMSb. What "open source" meansc. Drupal Showcase - how Drupal is being used worldwided. Drupal vs. Wordpress, DNN

II. Some exciting things that Drupal can doa. User roles and permissions b. Social media integrationc. Business processes / rule-based actionsd. Distributions

III. Getting started with Drupala. Aquia Desktop development environmentb. Installing code base, configuring setup.php

IV. User managementa. Creating user rolesb. Creating / managing user accounts

Today's agenda, continuedV. Modules

a. Overviewb. Some handy modules you may want to usec. Enabling / configuring modules

VI. Themesa. Contributed themesb. Commercial themesc. Installing / configuring themes

VII. Contenta. Content typesb. Taxonomiesc. URL aliases

VIII. Blocks, Regions and Menus

Today's agenda, continuedIX. Accessing content through Views a. overview b. setting up a view c. accessing view through URL with a contextual filter

X. The Colorado Drupal Community a. groups.drupal.org/denver b. IRC: #drupal-colorado c. turntable.fm/drupalcolorado

XI. Questions and Answers

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Introduction to Drupal

● Overview of a CMS● What "open source" means● Drupal Showcase - how Drupal is being

used worldwide (drupalshowcase.com)● Drupal vs. Wordpress, DNN

Some exciting things that Drupal can do

● User roles and permissions ● Social media integration● Business processes / rule-based actions● http://drupal.org/project/distributions

Distributions● FedEx, Stanford, UMG,

USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Getting started with Drupal

● Aquia Desktop development environment– “LAMP”, “MAMP”, “WAMP”

– https://network.acquia.com/downloads/7.x

– Download latest version fromdrupal.org/project/drupal

● Installing code base, database– “settings”, then “sites”, then “import”

Getting started with Drupal

● Quick overview of setup.php– $db_url

– $databases array

– Change when publishing to production server

User Management

● Use cases– Triathlon club (admin, board, members,

unauthenticated users)

– Rowing club (coaches, board, rowers, unauthenticated users)

User management

● /admin/people/permissions/roles● “Authenticated user” permissions● Adding a role● Setting permissions

User management

● Account settings – who can add users?– /admin/config/people/accounts

– manage user account fields

– email messages

● Adding users – /admin/people/create

– select role(s)

Modules

Modules

● Contributed vs. custom● Drupal's “hook” system (click for article)● Core modules● Popular modules

– Ctools, Views, Pathauto

Let's install a module

● drupal.org/project/views– quick word on views in Drupal 8

– download, unzip move/copy to “sites/all/modules”

– reload modules page (/admin/modules)

– missing dependency

● drupal.org/project/ctools

Configuring modules

● After enabling a module, check for updates● Example: Contact module

– enable

– check for updates

– configure● add a contact form category

Themes

● Cue Lindsay. . .

http://5ringsweb.com

Content

● Content types– /admin/structure/types

– Let's create a new type: coffee

– Add fields: origin country, rating

Taxonomies

● That's another word for “categories”● /admin/structure/taxonomy

– add vocabulary

– add terms

– rearrange if desired

● Add new field to a content type to cover taxonomy - “field type” is “term reference”

URL aliases

● For SEO and human reasons, it's good to have URL aliases

– http://yourdomain.com/node/14

– http://yourdomain.com/about-us

● A couple of ways to use aliases– at the /node/add level

– pathauto module

Blocks and menus

● Blocks – configurable nuggets of content● Regions – places on a page layout where

blocks can be displayed● Menus – standard or custom

– Main, Management, Navigation, User

Menus

● Example – add “contact” page to the main menu

– /admin/structure/menu

– logical place is “main” menu● add link

Views

● A structured way to query your database and select content

– database platform neutral

– “SELECT * FROM 'coffeedrinks' WHERE 'caffeinecontent' = “high”

Views

● Add content first– by the way, front page doesn't have to look

like a blog● create basic page● /admin/config/system/site-information● set new default front page

Views

● /admin/structure/views● Let's make a view that shows us all content

that has taxonomy term of “coffee”