Drupal Site Building

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.

The ideal accompaniment is to follow this with a one day introduction to using Panels.

Duration: 
2 day
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 should have completed Drupal in a Day, or 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: 
  • Overview of the possibilities with Drupal
  • How to manage users, create user profiles
  • How to add custom content, and manage that content
  • Manage navigation through Drupalʼs menu system.
  • Content references and relationships.
  • 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.
  • Be able to configure automatically generated thumbnails.
  • Know how to 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.
Track: 
Designing with Drupal
Site building foundation
Skills step-up

Upcoming events

Date Event details City Country Training By
May 27 - May 28 Site Building with Drupal- Nuremberg Nuremberg Germany OlinData Sign up
Jun 4 - Jun 5 Site Building with Drupal! Paris France Linalis Sign up
Jun 10 - Jun 11 Site Building with Drupal- Oslo Oslo Norway OlinData Sign up
Jun 11 - Jun 12 Site Building with Drupal - Washington D.C. Washington United States Fig Leaf Software Sign up
Jun 13 - Jun 14 Site Building with Drupal- Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark OlinData Sign up
Jun 17 - Jun 18 Site Building with Drupal - Vancouver, BC Vancouver Canada Drupal Schoolhouse [northStudio & Q College] Sign up
Jun 17 - Jun 18 Drupal Site Building - 2 Day - Columbia, MD Columbia United States NxtTeam Sign up
Jun 24 - Jun 25 Drupal Site Building - 2-Day - Live Virtual Schaumburg United States NxtTeam Sign up
Jul 2 - Jul 3 Site Building with Drupal! Genève Switzerland Linalis Sign up
Jul 2 - Jul 3 Site building Paris la-défense France LINAGORA Sign up
Jul 15 - Jul 16 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2-Day - Madison, WI Madison United States NxtTeam Sign up
Jul 22 - Jul 23 Site Building with Drupal - Washington D.C. Washington United States Fig Leaf Software Sign up
Jul 22 - Jul 23 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2-Day - Austin, TX Austin United States NxtTeam Sign up
Aug 5 - Aug 6 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2 day - Columbia, MD Columbia United States NxtTeam Sign up
Aug 12 - Aug 13 Site Building with Drupal - Washington D.C. Washington United States Fig Leaf Software Sign up
Aug 12 - Aug 13 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2 day - Schaumburg, IL Schaumburg United States NxtTeam Sign up
Aug 19 - Aug 20 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2 Day - Phoenix, AZ Phoenix United States NxtTeam Sign up
Sep 9 - Sep 10 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2 day - Raleigh, NC Morrisville United States NxtTeam Sign up
Sep 16 - Sep 17 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2 Day - ONLINE Schaumburg United States NxtTeam Sign up
Sep 17 - Sep 18 Site Building with Drupal - Calgary, AB Calgary Canada Drupal Schoolhouse [northStudio & Q College] Sign up
Sep 30 - Oct 1 Drupal 7 Site Building - 2 day - Madison, WI Madison United States NxtTeam Sign up