DRUPAL CMS half-an-hour Super guide for newbie's! Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective OSSCamp Delhi 2007

AGENDA Intro Pre-requisites Downloading & installing Configuring Maintenance Security Updates OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Intro

Pre-requisites

Downloading & installing

Configuring

Maintenance

Security

Updates

INTRO Why use Drupal at all? Advantages over other CMS (Joomla!, PHP-Nuke, e107 etc.) Yet, its NOT everyone’s cup of tea. ITS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY PLUMBING! OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Why use Drupal at all?

Advantages over other CMS (Joomla!, PHP-Nuke, e107 etc.)

Yet, its NOT everyone’s cup of tea.

ITS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY PLUMBING!

PRE-REQUISITES Web server (Apache rocks) Database (MySQL rocks, PostgreSQL fine) PHP 4.x + OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Web server (Apache rocks)

Database (MySQL rocks, PostgreSQL fine)

PHP 4.x +

DOWNLOADING & INSTALLING One-click deployment Easy, fast, no headaches But… If errors, then they’re nice too! OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

One-click deployment

Easy, fast, no headaches

But…

If errors, then they’re nice too!

CONFIGURING & MAINTENANCE Site information Administration (BIG!) Permissions (IMP!) Modules (BIG!) Themes and design SEO (IMP!) Long term- Logs System status OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Site information

Administration (BIG!)

Permissions (IMP!)

Modules (BIG!)

Themes and design

SEO (IMP!)

Long term-

Logs

System status

SECURITY Done via- Permissions Access rules for banning Checking sys-logs OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Done via-

Permissions

Access rules for banning

Checking sys-logs

UPDATING Very sensitive... But- Are you sure? Easy if done as instructed Check overall compatibility Take a BACKUP! OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Very sensitive... But-

Are you sure?

Easy if done as instructed

Check overall compatibility

Take a BACKUP!

IMPORTANT LINKS Drupal.org (for everything including themes, modules, updates, security bulletins) External links Themegarden.org Lullabot.com Demo of a Drupal install at opensourcecms.com OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

Drupal.org (for everything including themes, modules, updates, security bulletins)

External links

Themegarden.org

Lullabot.com

Demo of a Drupal install at opensourcecms.com

FINE EXAMPLES TechJugaad (techjugaad.com) Finer ones…  Gallery (gallery.menalto.com) Spread Firefox (spreadfirefox.com) MTV UK (mtv.co.uk) Kernel Trap (kerneltrap.org) OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

TechJugaad (techjugaad.com)

Finer ones… 

Gallery (gallery.menalto.com)

Spread Firefox (spreadfirefox.com)

MTV UK (mtv.co.uk)

Kernel Trap (kerneltrap.org)

I HATE DIMENSIONS! The Fourth Universal Dimension prevents me from continuing the dissipation of my supreme knowledge… Ah, time! OSSCamp Delhi 2007 Pratul Kalia | TechJugaad.com | Indian Technocrats Collective

The Fourth Universal Dimension prevents me from continuing the dissipation of my supreme knowledge… Ah, time!