Beginners Guide To Drupal

Gerald Z. VillorenteCNN Travel / Kite Systems Ltd.

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Drupal is...

is awesome

a CMS

a framework

is modular

free and open-source

is used by thousands of websites

a still growing framlication

written in PHP

Why Drupal?

Rapid Website Development

Scalable (tons of extensions, hooks, API)

It's Secure (ACL, user authentication, permission)

Multilingual

Custom Content Type (CCK)

Powerful Template System

Easy to Update

It's Open Source (FREE!)

Large Community Support

Version Control content

Who uses Drupal?

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

http://www.cnngo.com/ (migrating to http://www.travel.cnn.com)

http://www.ubuntu.com/

http://www.novell.com/communities/

http://officepranks.forbes.com/ Or http://www.goingon.com/

http://news.van.fedex.com/

http://home.java.net/

http://www.britney.com/us/home

http://www.avrillavigne.com/us/home

Drupal Requirements...

Web Server (Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, IIS)

Database (MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MSSQL)

PHP 5.2+

See also:

XAMPP / WAMP

LAMPP

MAMP

Drupal Structure (core)

Drupal Structure (scripts)

Drupal Structure (sites)

Drupal Structure (all)

Drupal Structure (modules)

Drupal Structure (files/settings)

Drupal Theme Anatomy

Drupal Flow (5 main layers)

Drupal Installation (Profile Selection)

Drupal Installation (Language)

Drupal Installation (DB Configuration)

Drupal Installation (Install Profile)

Drupal Installation (Configuration)

Drupal Installation (Finished)

Drupal Admin Panel

Drupal Admin Panel

Node Properties

Extending Core

Contrib Module and Theme - http://drupal.org/download

Extract the package and put it inside sites/all/modules/contribfor modules and sites/all/themes for themes

Install the module or theme (see next slide A and B)

Extending Core - A

Extending Core - B

Drupal Terms

Node

Taxonomy

Vocabulary

Terms

Block

Region

Permission

Roles

Node Type

Teaser

Module

Core

Contrib

Anonymous

Cache

Custom

Resources:

http://drupal.org/documentation/customization/tutorials/beginners-cookbook

http://drupal.org/documentation/install

http://www.leveltendesign.com/tutorial/course/getting-started-drupal-7

http://www.opensourcecms.com/free/videos/drupal.php?videoid=7

http://www.masteringdrupal.com/videos

http://apex.vtc.com/Drupal-7.php

http://www.online-teach.com/drupal6.php

http://drupalize.me/videos

http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorial/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slashnode-free-drupal-training/id502265601

http://buildamodule.com/

http://www.lullabot.com/

Resources:

http://learnbythedrop.com/gettingstarted

http://www.digett.com/drupal-video-tutorials

http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast

http://graphicline.co.za/tags/drupal-video-tutorials

http://drupal.org/glossary

http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal

Contact Me:

Skype : gerald[dot]villorente

Email : gerald[at]ninjas-corner[dot]com geraldvillorente[at]gmail[dot]com

Mobile: 09498429269

IRC : drup4l_n00b

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