Drupal 7 Site Building

Course details

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In two days, participants will be brought up to speed on Drupal and will be ready to tackle their own project. Learn how to manage media, build calendars and complex, dynamic queries of content by selecting and configuring the most popular modules.

Duration: 
2 days
Prerequisites: 

Experience with web development. This course is suitable both for users who are new to Drupal and those who want to broaden their Drupal skills. Participants may have completed Drupal in a Day, or have equivalent experience with Drupal. You should be able to:

  • Navigate the administration area to manage essential tasks
  • Configure and set up a basic Drupal site.
  • Install and configure modules.
  • Manage user roles and accounts.
By the end of the training you will be able to: 
  • Understand the possibilities with Drupal
  • Manage users, create user profiles
  • Add custom content, and manage that content
  • Manage navigation through Drupalʼs menu system.
  • Create content references and relationships.
  • Create content flagging and bookmarking.
  • Configure event calendar display.
  • Manage content layout with Display Suite.
  • Customize content administration.
  • Configure both controlled vocabularies and free tagging with Taxonomy.
  • Configure your site to improve search, through the use of URL path configuration, and configure faceted search.
  • Configure automatically generated thumbnails.
  • Create advanced listings of content.
  • Maintain a secure and speedy website.
What is provided: 
Some events provide lunch and refreshments. Check the individual event listings for details.
Participants will receive a printed manual which outlines step-by-step activities.
Depending on venue, participants will either be provided with a sandbox environment in a computer lab, or they will use their own computers.

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