Skills step-up

Get refreshed with new ideas.

Follow 4 days training in theming and module development with one day custom workshop focusing on your ideas.

This course requires prior experience in site building with Drupal. See the Site Building course description for details.

We can tailor the schedule to match your team's needs. Here are two examples.

Option 1

  • Day 1 & 2 - Drupal Theming & Layout
  • Day 3 & 4 - Module Development
  • Day 5 - Custom Deep Dive / Supervised Challenge Exercises

Or Option 2

  • Day 1 - Site Building (Tailored schedule)
  • Day 2 - Layout and Theming (Tailored schedule)
  • Day 3 - Panels
  • Day 4 - Module Development (Tailored schedule)
  • Day 5 - Custom Deep Dive / Supervised Challenge Exercises
  • Who it's for: Developers who want/need a refresh. Participants should know PHP, HTML, CSS & basic Drupal concepts/workflows.
  • What’s Covered: How to theme, design, & extend Drupal sites. One day of attention focused on YOUR questions and your specific Drupal installation.
  • Benefits: Quickly get new team members deep knowledge, get your team refreshed with new ideas and excited to get back at projects.
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.

Drupal Layout and Theming

In this two day course you'll learn a variety of approaches to making dynamic layouts in Drupal, and how to choose the right approach for your site. You will learn techniques and best practices for configuring a flexible and extendable layout for your site, then you'll learn how to get more control over the look and feel by creating a custom theme in Drupal.

By the end of the course, you'll know how to save yourself time in making easy to configure, responsive and smart layouts. You will also understand best practices in making your site secure and fast, and easy to maintain.

Drupal 7 Panels

Learn how to use a flexible system to control what displays on your site and where through configuration. Learn how to configure per-page or per-section layouts; or set up custom layouts for anonymous or selected roles; and control where content is displayed.

Drupal 7 Module Development

In this course, you'll learn how to eleverage Drupal's API by creating custom modules. You'll develop a module step by step and learn how to navigate the extensive documentation available and determine where you can hook into the system and add your new functionality. This course was designed for those who have experience with site building and knowledge of PHP.