Introduction and Welcome
  • INTRODUCTION and WELCOME!
  • What is a CMS? What is Drupal?
  • When to use Drupal? (and when NOT to?)
  • Help is always at hand
  • Quiz for Section 1: Introduction to Drupal and CMSs
Drupal 8 SUPER EASY Installation
  • Drupal 8 Automated Installation
PROJECT 1 - BEGINNER LEVEL: Company Brochure Website
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • A first look at Drupal
  • Discover the Drupal Interface
  • 2.4 Company Brochure Website 1 - Adding a HOMEPAGE
  • 2.4 Company Brochure Website 2 - APPEARANCE
  • 2.4 Company Brochure Website 3 - Additional Pages and CONTACT form
ASSIGNMENT #1 - Classic brochure website
  • ASSIGNMENT #1 - Classic brochure website
Content Management ESSENTIALS
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • A Quick look - Content and Content Types
  • Article Type: In Depth
  • Article Type: Continued
  • Drupal's Powerful Versioning System
  • Managing Content - in bulk
PROJECT 2 - BEGINNER LEVEL: Blog Site
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • What is a blog? Design Elements of a Blog
  • Blog Project - Build your own Blog
  • Blog Project - Notes, Tips and Tricks
User Management with Drupal
  • What is RBAC? Users, Roles and Permissions
  • User Account Settings
  • Creating User Accounts, User Generated Accounts, Resetting Passwords
  • Creating Roles, Assigning Permissions
PROJECT 3 - SIMPLE LEVEL: Internet Forum
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • What is a Forum? Design Elements of a Forum
  • Forum creation and user management
  • CONTENT WORKFLOWS in a Forum
  • ADVANCED Notes, tips and tricks
POWERFUL THEMES
  • How far can you go with the UX? - 8 examples
  • Working with Themes - The Basics
  • Installing a new FREE Theme
  • Theme Personalization and Customization - MULTIPLE techniques
PROJECT 4 - SIMPLE LEVEL: USING Themes
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • WHERE to find great Themes?
  • How To Choose a Theme - Making a DECISION
  • Theme Selection Checklist - PRINT AND USE
Magic of Taxonomy
  • What is Taxonomy and why is it so useful?
  • Creating Taxonomy Vocabularies
  • Using Taxonomy Vocabularies
PROJECT 5 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: Recipe Website
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • Recipe Website Creation and Configuration
  • Recipe Website Taxonomy and Usage
Drupal Content Types - The flexible Solution
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • What is a "Content Type"? OOTB Content Types
  • Creating a Custom Content Type
  • Adding different Fields
  • Input/Output Formatting for Content Types
PROJECT 6 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: Film Review Site
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • Film Review Website - Install, Theme, Custom Fields, Input Formatting
  • Project Design - Taxonomy vs. Content Fields
  • Film Review Website Creation - Completion
Magical DRUPAL BLOCKS
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • The "Building Blocks" of Drupal
  • Block Layout Page - Blocks, Theme Regions and Modules
  • Simple Block Creation and Configuration
PROJECT 7 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: News Magazine website
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • News Magazine Website - Install, Theme, Drupal Core Blocks
  • News Magazine Website - Blocks from Menus, Blocks from Modules
  • News Magazine Website - Custom Block Type
  • Controlling Drupal Block Visibility
Drupal Modules IN DEPTH
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • Introduction to Modules, Core vs. Contributed, PITFALLS
  • Discovering and Evaluating Contributed Modules
  • Installing Modules
  • Different ways of Configuring Modules
  • Upgrade / Uninstalling Modules
PROJECT 8 - ADVANCED LEVEL: Simple eCommerce Site
  • Learning Objectives of this section
  • Design Elements and Components of an eCommerce Site
  • eCommerce Site - Install, Module Choices Decision
  • eCommerce Site - UberCart Install , Catalog creation
  • eCommerce Site - Creating Products, Change Theme, Design Front page
POWERFUL Drupal 8 VIEWS
  • An Introduction to VIEWS
  • Views in Drupal Core - Existing pages
  • Drupal Views - Interface Introduced - Simple Exercise
  • Simple View Exercise for Movie Project
  • SQL vs. Drupal Views - A Deeper Understanding