Drupal Corporate Brochure in 45 Minutes Pratt Web Services

Pratt Web Services

Drupal Dec 2000

Drupal Sept 2001

Managers/Owners Easy Flexible Stable Modular Developers To stimulate a discussion about the basics of Drupal.

Managers/Owners

Easy

Flexible

Stable

Modular

Developers

To stimulate a discussion about the basics of Drupal.

Drupal Drool http://www.fastcompany.com/ http://www.herron.iupui.edu/ http://michaelbuble.com/ http://diamond.businessobjects.com/ http://purcellmountainlodge.com IBM, Sony BMG, AOL... http://sandbox.anguspratt.com

http://www.fastcompany.com/

http://www.herron.iupui.edu/

http://michaelbuble.com/

http://diamond.businessobjects.com/

http://purcellmountainlodge.com

IBM, Sony BMG, AOL...

http://sandbox.anguspratt.com

Planning Installing Configuring Best Practices

Planning

Installing

Configuring

Best Practices

Front Page Products News Contact Us

Planning Functionality Rich Text Editor Spam Control Search Engine Friendly Google Analytics Image Management Administration Menu Update Status

Rich Text Editor

Spam Control

Search Engine Friendly

Google Analytics

Image Management

Administration Menu

Update Status

Web Hosting PHP4 (4.3.5 or greater) or PHP5 MySQL, version 4.1or greater Web Server - Apache preferred Windows IIS possible Apache 'mod_rewrite' extension for clean urls Other little gotchas (Register_Globals) Check Drupal documentation

PHP4 (4.3.5 or greater) or PHP5

MySQL, version 4.1or greater

Web Server - Apache preferred

Windows IIS possible

Apache 'mod_rewrite' extension for clean urls

Other little gotchas (Register_Globals) Check Drupal documentation

Installing FTP Shell / SSH / Command line wget tar -xvzf DATABASE Database name User and Password Host (uses localhost by default)

FTP

Shell / SSH / Command line

wget

tar -xvzf

DATABASE

Database name

User and Password

Host (uses localhost by default)

Finding Modules Spam control - http://drupal.org/project/akismet Google Analytics - http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics Pathauto - http://drupal.org/project/pathauto requires Token - http://drupal.org/project/token Update module - http://drupal.org/project/update_status

Spam control - http://drupal.org/project/akismet

Google Analytics - http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics

Pathauto - http://drupal.org/project/pathauto

requires Token - http://drupal.org/project/token

Update module - http://drupal.org/project/update_status

TinyMCE - http://drupal.org/project/tinyMCE use auto Configuration http://drupal.org/project/tinymce_autoconf Images - http://drupal.org/project/image Image Assist - http://drupal.org/project/img_assist Administration menu - http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu

TinyMCE - http://drupal.org/project/tinyMCE

use auto Configuration http://drupal.org/project/tinymce_autoconf

Images - http://drupal.org/project/image

Image Assist - http://drupal.org/project/img_assist

Administration menu - http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu

Site Configuration Create the first user Go to admin page – handle errors Site configuration - file system Enable clean URLs Enable modules Create roles Create second user – use it

Create the first user

Go to admin page – handle errors

Site configuration - file system

Enable clean URLs

Enable modules

Create roles

Create second user – use it

Add Content Stuff

Stuff

Creating News 1. Create a vocabulary (administer»categories»add vocabulary tab) called "News" with "story" checked under "Types:", "Hierarchy:", set to "Disabled", "Multiple select" unchecked and "Required" checked 2. Create terms (administer»categories»add terms) under this "News" Vocabulary as follows: "News", "Media Releases" and "Events"

1. Create a vocabulary (administer»categories»add vocabulary tab) called "News" with "story" checked under "Types:", "Hierarchy:", set to "Disabled", "Multiple select" unchecked and "Required" checked

2. Create terms (administer»categories»add terms) under this "News" Vocabulary as follows: "News", "Media Releases" and "Events"

News 2 1. Administer»Views»Add tab 2. Under "Name", enter "recent_stories" 3. Under "Page" 1. Check "Provide Page View 2. Under "URL" enter "news" 3. Under "View Type:" select "Teaser List" 4. Under "Title:" enter "Recent News"

1. Administer»Views»Add tab

2. Under "Name", enter "recent_stories"

3. Under "Page"

1. Check "Provide Page View

2. Under "URL" enter "news"

3. Under "View Type:" select "Teaser List"

4. Under "Title:" enter "Recent News"

News 3 4. Under "Block" 1. check "Provide Block" 2. Under View Type", select "List View" 3. Under "Title", enter "Recent News" 4. Under "Nodes per Block:", enter "5"

4. Under "Block"

1. check "Provide Block"

2. Under View Type", select "List View"

3. Under "Title", enter "Recent News"

4. Under "Nodes per Block:", enter "5"

News 4 5. Under "Fields" 1. Under "Add Field" select "Node: Title" and click "Add Field" and leave the default options unchanged

5. Under "Fields"

1. Under "Add Field" select "Node: Title" and click "Add Field" and leave the default options unchanged

News 5 6. Under "Filters": 1. Under "Add Filter" select "Node: Published" and click "Add Filter" and leave the default options unchanged 2. Under "Add Filter" select "Node: Type" and click "Add Filter" and change "Value" to "Story" by clicking on "Story"

6. Under "Filters":

1. Under "Add Filter" select "Node: Published" and click "Add Filter" and leave the default options unchanged

2. Under "Add Filter" select "Node: Type" and click "Add Filter" and change "Value" to "Story" by clicking on "Story"

News 6 7. Under "Sort Criteria:" 1. Under "Add criteria" select "Node: Updated Time" and click "Add Criteria" 2. Select "Descending" under "Order" to show the list of News items sorted reverse chronologically by time.

7. Under "Sort Criteria:"

1. Under "Add criteria" select "Node: Updated Time" and click "Add Criteria"

2. Select "Descending" under "Order" to show the list of News items sorted reverse chronologically by time.

Best Practices Don't Hack Core! Accounts and Roles Plan for the future (upgrades) Back up both the database and the files Use sites/all/modules and sites/all/themes Avoid spaces in any directory name

Don't Hack Core!

Accounts and Roles

Plan for the future (upgrades)

Back up both the database and the files

Use sites/all/modules and sites/all/themes

Avoid spaces in any directory name

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