Drupal

Drupal Course Content  

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Drupal

•  Introducing Drupal
•  Drupal Speak
•  What Does Drupal Need to Work?
•  Downloading Drupal
•  Downloading and installing Acquia Drupal

Lesson 2: Welcome to your new Acquia Drupal website!

• The Administration Menu
• The Administration menu - Content Management
• The Administration menu - Content Management & Site Building
• The Administration menu - Site Configuration
• The Administration menu - User Management
• The Administration menu - Reports
• Things to do

Lesson 3: Project

• Solution to lesson 2 tasks
• Introduction & Aims
• Taken project- Project Brief
• Solution
• Modules for the project site

Lesson 4: Modules & Content Types

• Modules for the project site
• Finding and assessing modules
• Installing Project Modules
• Content Types and CCK
• Building the news content type 1
• Building the news content type 2
• Building the News Content Type 3
• Building the News Content Type 4
• Installing a WYSIWYG Editor
• Using the Image Cache Module

Lesson 5: Calendars, Blocks & Menus

• The Events Content Type
• Drupal's Blocks
• Menus 1
• Menus 2

Lesson 6: Themes & More User Interaction

• Theming the Site
• Building the Site Forum
• The Contact Forms
• Setting up a Site Newsletter
• Roles & Permissions
• Roles & Permissions 2

Lesson 7: Views