Hands On Drupal - SchipulCon 09

HANDS-ON DRUPAL Funny Name, Serious CMS.

THE PEOPLE ON STAGE RIGHT NOW
We’ll be your hosts for this evening

Albert D. Hughes
Project Manager at Schipul

John-Michael Oswalt
Search Engine Marketing at Schipul

David Stagg
Creative Director at Schipul

3 Big Questions
What is Drupal?
What can Drupal do?
Is Drupal right for me?

WHAT IS DRUPAL?
Funny name, serious CMS.

Building a Web site
Signed,
The 1990s

CONTENT

CONTENT
MANAGEMENT

CONTENT
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

C ONTENT
M ANAGEMENT
S YSTEM

Drupal
Open-source
Easy to tailor (customizable)
Supported by a large on-line community

WHAT CAN DRUPAL DO?
With great power comes great responsibility. And a Porsche.

Bird’s Eye View
Sites powered by Drupal
How sites leveraged Drupal
Content/Content Types
Menus
Blocks
Nodes

Bird’s Eye View, cont.
Custom content types
Search engine optimization
Use of third-party modules

NOW LET’S DO IT.
Where after it’s all over, you still feel morally reputable.

Hosting plans
Installing
Self-hosted
One-click installation
Hosting and Installing

Administration
Site Information (“Customize and Configure”)
Adding a basic page
Menus and navigation
Roles, Users, Permissions

Core Modules
What is a module?
Modules
Comments
Contact
Path
Search

Third-Party Modules
Free to download, free to use
Necessary for improved Drupal functionality
Community-submitted
Installed in separate, specific directory
/sites/all/modules/

Third-Party Modules, cont.
CCK (Content Construction Kit)
Image-related:
File Field (CCK)
Image Field (CCK)
Image API
ImageCache
Views

Putting It All Together
Create the content type
Create the content
Publish the content
View a full list of content on my site

Themes
The basic look may not suit your organization
Core Themes
Third-Party Themes
Custom Themes
Changing your theme
Theme settings
Site logo

THREE BIG QUESTIONS
Should you ask it out on a date?

3 Big Questions—Answered!
What is Drupal?
An easy to tailor open-source content management system (CMS) supported by a large on-line community.

2. What can Drupal do?
Drupal can use modules, like CCK and Views, to take your information types and organize and display them in a streamlined approach.

3. Is Drupal right for me?
Not always!

Q&A
Dear Lord, I hope we know the answer

“ Hands-On Drupal”

HUGHES, OSWALT, STAGG Schipul—The Web Marketing Company

Hands On Drupal - SchipulCon 09

by John-Michael Oswalt

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