Introduction to Drupal

Introduction to Drupal online course
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Introduction to Drupal

Drupal is a free and open source Content Management System written in PHP. With Drupal you can create a simple personal homepage, a company website, a blog, an ecommerce site, etc. Hundreds of modules are available for use with Drupal. You can create slide shows, events calendars, a contact form, product catalogs, polls or surveys, guestbook, a forum or blog, or newsletter signup. The possibilities are endless. Basically, there are no limits with Drupal, you really can make any type of website you want.

Applicable Job Roles: web developer, web designer, and web content manager.

Objectives for this class are:
  • Manual installation of Drupal on your web host
  • How to use the Administration pages (Content Management, Site Building, Permissions and Roles, etc.)
  • Building a navigation framework
  • The importance of modules in adding functionality to your site
  • How to find and install modules
  • Knowing how to change the design of your site with themes
  • Understanding how themes work behind the scenes
  • Knowing options on how to speed up your site
  • How to create custom content to store in your Drupal database using CCK
Outline
Week 1 - Getting Started with Drupal
  • Drupal is a CMS
  • Basic architecture of Drupal
  • Manual installation on a web server
  • Uses of Drupal
  • Troubleshooting
Week 2 - Administration and Site Maintenance
  • Understanding users, roles and permissions
  • Creating menus
  • What are nodes?
  • Managing URLs
  • Taxonomy overview
Week 3 - Modules
  • Themes and Blocks Explaining the module architecture.
  • Configuring the blog, poll, forum and webform modules Themes overview.
Week 4 - Content types and Views
  • How content works with Drupal
  • Creating custom content types
  • Adding new CCK modules: Date, Email and Link Using Views to display content
Week 5 - Themes
  • How themes work
  • Ways to create your own theme
  • Sub-theming with the Zen framework
Week 6 - Drupal Website
  • Creating a Drupal 7 site from scratch
Prerequisites
Good understanding of HTML. CSS and PHP knowledge would be helpful but not required.
Requirements
You must have an UNIX/LINUX web host account that supports PHP and has a MySQL database.
Class Books
No book is required for this class.
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Course Price
  • Member Price: $100 US
  • Non-Member Price: $200.00 US
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Additional Information:
Your place in the course is confirmed by your payment. Introductory courses are intended for students with no experience in the subject matter and are seeking beginner level training.

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Additional Cost: Book and software migh be required for the course. Read the Requirements and Book section for more information. Course fee does not include the book and software cost .

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How eClasses Work:Instructors post lectures, reading selections, and hands-on assignments once a week in the online classroom. Students can discuss the assignments with the instructor and amongst themselves in the classroom area. This format has no set meeting time, which allows students to attend class at a time most convenient to them, yet still provides logically organized communication between class participants. Students can apply for the completion certificate after finishing the class. Web Study certificate is also available. Click on the Certificates link on the top navigation bar for more information.

 

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  • Member Price: $100 US
  • Non-Member Price: $200.00 US
  • Web Course No: B130
  • Instructor: Frank Stepanski
  • Co-instructor/TA:
  • CEUs: 3
  • Duration: 6 weeks
  • Session Open for Registration
Before you register for this class, please read carefully the Outline, Prerequisites, Requirements, Books, and Refund Policy sections.


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