Easily Build and Deploy Websites With Drupal

Training Provided by Urban Insight, Inc Drupal (pronounced /'dru-pal/) is a popular, flexible, free and open source web content management system. It is used to power many different types of websites, ranging from small personal blogs to large corporate, entertainment and political sites. (Examples include Recovery. gov, Popular Science and The Onion.) Because Drupal is so flexible and powerful, it can sometimes be confusing to new users. This hands-on, instructor-led course will gently introduce you to Drupal as we build a neighborhood association website. The course is divided into a series of 30-minute topics. For each topic, the instructor will introduce the concept, and then you will have hands-on practice implementing what you just learned by creating your own Drupal website. This course is intended for individuals who have basic familiarity with building a web page or blogging; no programming experience is assumed or necessary.

Easily Build and Deploy Websites With Drupal Course Outline

1. Introductions, Networking, HTML Refresher
2. Understanding Drupal
3. Basic Installation & Configuration
4. Controlling what users can do (Access controls)
5. Organizing your website (Categorization)
6. Creating dynamic sections on your website (Blocks)
7. Selecting and adding new Modules (Modules)

Lunch & Discussion: Lunch is provided

8. Create new types of pages (Content types)
9. Displaying different types of pages (Views)
10. Building a visual design (Theming)
11. Advanced designing (Advanced Theming)
12. Drupal Recipes, Tips, & Tricks


After taking this course you will be able to:

* Install and configure Drupal.
* Select and install Drupal modules.
* Create and maintain web pages using Drupal.
* Create users and grant access to your website to selected users.
* Create and change the navigation/ menu system.
* Create and edit web forms.
* Create news stories and a blog.
* Add features, such as a calendar, to your website.
* Integrate third party content and widgets with your website.
* Be familiar with tags and taxonomies.
* Understand the Drupal "framework" and Drupal terminology.
* Understand Drupal content types, and how to build new content types.
* Understand how to use Drupal building components such as blocks and views.
* Understand how to find and use RSS feeds generated by Drupal.
* Recognize the choices that need to be made when using Drupal.

About The Training Provider: Urban Insight, Inc