Drupal A-Z (DrupalCamp Atlanta 2010)

Drupal A-Z From Actions to Zebra, An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Drupal Erik Webb @erikwebb on Twitter

Erik Webb

Erik Webb Technical Consultant at Acquia

Erik Webb Technical Consultant at Acquia Working with Drupal 3+ years

Erik Webb Technical Consultant at Acquia Working with Drupal 3+ years Background in systems administration (RHCE) and PHP application development

Erik Webb Technical Consultant at Acquia Working with Drupal 3+ years Background in systems administration (RHCE) and PHP application development Previously worked with Georgia Tech in School of Mathematics and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Erik Webb Technical Consultant at Acquia Working with Drupal 3+ years Background in systems administration (RHCE) and PHP application development Previously worked with Georgia Tech in School of Mathematics and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Graduated from Georgia Tech, CS/Pre-Law ’08

What is Drupal?

“Druplicon” What is Drupal?

Marketing Speak Drupal is an open source social publishing software that empowers individuals, teams, and communities to easily publish, manage and organize web content. Tens of thousands of organizations use Drupal to power community web portals, corporate web sites, social networking sites, personal web sites or blogs, and much more.

History of Drupal

History of Drupal Created in 2001 by Dries Buytaert, now CTO at Acquia

History of Drupal Created in 2001 by Dries Buytaert, now CTO at Acquia Software built by engineers (...and sometimes for engineers)

History of Drupal Created in 2001 by Dries Buytaert, now CTO at Acquia Software built by engineers (...and sometimes for engineers) Largely gained steam from Howard Dean among other campaigns in 2004 elections

History of Drupal Created in 2001 by Dries Buytaert, now CTO at Acquia Software built by engineers (...and sometimes for engineers) Largely gained steam from Howard Dean among other campaigns in 2004 elections Currently at version 6.19, version 7 coming later this year

History of Drupal Created in 2001 by Dries Buytaert, now CTO at Acquia Software built by engineers (...and sometimes for engineers) Largely gained steam from Howard Dean among other campaigns in 2004 elections Currently at version 6.19, version 7 coming later this year Installed on 350k+ sites (approx. 1% of top sites)

The Community

Drupal Components

Drupal Components Modules

Drupal Components Modules Themes

Drupal Components Modules Themes Content/Structure

Drupal Components Modules Themes Content/Structure Users

Drupal Components Modules Themes Content/Structure Users Internationalization

Modules

Modules Functional components

Modules Functional components Deﬁne interactive features via PHP

Modules Functional components Deﬁne interactive features via PHP Thousands of modules

Modules Functional components Deﬁne interactive features via PHP Thousands of modules Dependencies

Modules Functional components Deﬁne interactive features via PHP Thousands of modules Dependencies http://drupal.org/ project/Modules

Theme Design elements

Theme Design elements Web page structure

Theme Design elements Web page structure HTML, CSS and JS

Theme Design elements Web page structure HTML, CSS and JS Flexible overriding

Theme Design elements Web page structure HTML, CSS and JS Flexible overriding Sub-themes

What is “core”?

What is “core”? Set of functionality included with Drupal

What is “core”? Set of functionality included with Drupal Limited to basic functionality most sites would need

What is “core”? Set of functionality included with Drupal Limited to basic functionality most sites would need Heavily tested and democratized features

What is “core”? Set of functionality included with Drupal Limited to basic functionality most sites would need Heavily tested and democratized features Includes modules for custom URLs, user proﬁles, blogs, forums, and others

What is “contrib”?

What is “contrib”? Community-created modules hosted on drupal.org

What is “contrib”? Community-created modules hosted on drupal.org Developed by thousands of developers around the world

What is “contrib”? Community-created modules hosted on drupal.org Developed by thousands of developers around the world Maintained independently of Drupal core

What is “contrib”? Community-created modules hosted on drupal.org Developed by thousands of developers around the world Maintained independently of Drupal core Limited community testing

Roles and Permissions

Roles and Permissions Functional groups of users

Roles and Permissions Functional groups of users CRUD - Create, Read, Update, Delete

Roles and Permissions Functional groups of users CRUD - Create, Read, Update, Delete Fine-grained control

Roles and Permissions Functional groups of users CRUD - Create, Read, Update, Delete Fine-grained control Permissions deﬁned by modules

Building Blocks of Drupal

Content Types

Content Types Types of nodes

Content Types Types of nodes Different objects

Content Types Types of nodes Different objects Unique sets of ﬁelds and usage

Content Types Types of nodes Different objects Unique sets of ﬁelds and usage Separate create/edit permissions

Content Types Types of nodes Examples - Different objects Unique sets of ﬁelds and usage Separate create/edit permissions

Content Types Types of nodes Examples - Different objects Books Unique sets of ﬁelds and usage Separate create/edit permissions

Content Types Types of nodes Examples - Different objects Books Unique sets of ﬁelds Magazines and usage Separate create/edit permissions

Content Types Types of nodes Examples - Different objects Books Unique sets of ﬁelds Magazines and usage Newspapers Separate create/edit permissions

Content Types Types of nodes Examples - Different objects Books Unique sets of ﬁelds Magazines and usage Newspapers Separate create/edit permissions DVD

Content Types Types of nodes Examples - Different objects Books Unique sets of ﬁelds Magazines and usage Newspapers Separate create/edit permissions DVD CD

Nodes Individual pieces of content

Nodes Individual pieces of content Each ﬁts within one content type

Nodes Individual pieces of content Each ﬁts within one content type Revisions

Nodes Individual pieces of content Each ﬁts within one content type Revisions Teaser view

Nodes Individual pieces of content Each ﬁts within one content type Revisions Teaser view Published, Sticky, Promoted to Front Page

CCK/Fields

CCK/Fields CCK contrib module in D6; Fields core module in D7

CCK/Fields CCK contrib module in D6; Fields core module in D7 Add custom ﬁelds to content types

CCK/Fields CCK contrib module in D6; Fields core module in D7 Add custom ﬁelds to content types Many types of ﬁelds available

CCK/Fields CCK contrib module in D6; Fields core module in D7 Add custom ﬁelds to content types Many types of ﬁelds available Custom options and views for each type

Taxonomy

Taxonomy Organization

Taxonomy Organization Vocabularies contain terms

Taxonomy Organization Vocabularies contain terms Tagging

Taxonomy Organization Vocabularies contain terms Tagging Examples - genres, origin, audience

Blocks

Blocks Movable containers

Blocks Movable containers Can be arranged around a page

Blocks Movable containers Can be arranged around a page May be created by modules or by users

Blocks Movable containers Can be arranged around a page May be created by modules or by users Supplemental

Views #1 contrib module

Views #1 contrib module Report/query builder

Views #1 contrib module Report/query builder Pluggable display options like tables, RSS feeds, and lists

Views #1 contrib module Report/query builder Pluggable display options like tables, RSS feeds, and lists Onerous UI, extremely ﬂexible

Distributions

Distributions Pre-packaged sets of modules, themes, and conﬁgurations

Distributions Pre-packaged sets of modules, themes, and conﬁgurations Purpose-built applications

Distributions Pre-packaged sets of modules, themes, and conﬁgurations Purpose-built applications Drupal Commons

Distributions Pre-packaged sets of modules, themes, and conﬁgurations Purpose-built applications Drupal Commons OpenPublish

Distributions Pre-packaged sets of modules, themes, and conﬁgurations Purpose-built applications Drupal Commons OpenPublish OpenScholar

Distributions Pre-packaged sets of modules, themes, and conﬁgurations Purpose-built applications Drupal Commons OpenPublish OpenScholar OpenAtrium

Where to learn?

Where to learn? Here!

Where to learn? Here! Atlanta Drupal Users Group

Where to learn? Here! Atlanta Drupal Users Group Drupal Dojo

Where to learn? Here! Atlanta Drupal Users Group Drupal Dojo Self-study Course: Introduction to Drupal

Where to learn? Here! Podcasts/screencasts Atlanta Drupal Users Group Drupal Dojo Self-study Course: Introduction to Drupal

Where to learn? Here! Podcasts/screencasts Atlanta Drupal Users IRC (#drupal) Group Drupal Dojo Self-study Course: Introduction to Drupal

Where to learn? Here! Podcasts/screencasts Atlanta Drupal Users IRC (#drupal) Group Drupal Handbook Drupal Dojo Self-study Course: Introduction to Drupal

Where to learn? Here! Podcasts/screencasts Atlanta Drupal Users IRC (#drupal) Group Drupal Handbook Drupal Dojo Training providers Self-study Course: Introduction to Drupal

Where to learn? Here! Podcasts/screencasts Atlanta Drupal Users IRC (#drupal) Group Drupal Handbook Drupal Dojo Training providers Self-study Course: Introduction to Twitter Drupal

Where to learn? Here! Podcasts/screencasts Atlanta Drupal Users IRC (#drupal) Group Drupal Handbook Drupal Dojo Training providers Self-study Course: Introduction to Twitter Drupal Dive right in!

Photo Credits Building blocks - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmtucker/3355551036/ Bolts and Nuts - http://www.flickr.com/ photos/kryptos5/3281740790/ Bookstore - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/397127634/ Book display - http://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/4595459276/ Crayons - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapkap/274808215/ D7 Contributors Tag Cloud - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ davereid20/4226400428/ Field - http://www.flickr.com/photos/22131873@N04/2298565565/ Private property sign - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelfrenzy/20017104/ Tetris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilmatte/2405714702/

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