CODE MY WEBSITE
WITH DRUPAL 6
Makara Wang

Code my Drupal 6 site
What’s in this session
Setup a basic website with Drupal 6
Build some custom modules
Discussion

Code my Drupal 6 site
Why Drupal 6

Code my Drupal 6 site
Why Code
Extensible
Version control
...

SETUP DRUPAL 6

Code my Drupal 6 site
Setup a clean Drupal 6
Your directory, database...
Install
Play with modules
Setup Profile
RSVP, Organization, URL

BUILD MY MODULES

Code my Drupal 6 site
Requirements
Content types
Session, Sponsor
Pages / Blocks
Session list, Sponsor list, Attendee list
Random sponsor logo

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Contributed Modules
Must have
Devel
Recommend
BUEditor

Code my Drupal 6 site
Coding Guidelines
Keep simple
Always find examples
Core, Handbook...
Use existing functions & hooks
Read Documents

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Documentations
Module developer's guide 6.x
http://drupal.org/node/231276
http://api.drupal.org
http://api.drupal.org/api/file/developer/
examples/node_example.module/6

Code my Drupal 6 site
Build a Content Type
“Session”
Subject, Description, Presenter
Implement hooks
Display (theme) your fields (nodes)

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Another type
“Sponsor”
Name, Description, URL, Logo
URL
hook_validate, valid_url
Logo
Img module; Image functions later

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Build pages & blocks
Sessions list page & block
hook_menu, hook_block
Query, Table, Pager
Sessions admin page (form)
drupal_get_form
system_settings_form

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Another page
Sponsors list
Theme sponsor logo
Dealing with images
image.inc

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Site support module
A specific module for one site
Best practice
Attendees list - using profile names

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What else
I18n
...

Code my Drupal 6 site
Conclusion of coding
Drupal as framework

DISCUSSION

THANK YOU
Makara Wang