This document provides an overview of a Drupal workshop presented by OS Solutions. The workshop covers Drupal fundamentals like installation, administration, modules, themes, content creation and management, Views, and additional resources. It is intended for beginner, intermediate and advanced Drupal users and aims to cover as much of the content management system as possible within a 2 hour time frame.

1. Drupal WorkshopPresented by OS Solutions

2. About UsCompanyRogerStevenCaseyBryan

3. Intended AudienceBeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

4. OverviewTo cover as much Drupal as we can in 2 hours to meet all audience levels

5. drupal.orgNavigationGITGroups

6. TerminologyModulesBlocksThemesTaxonomy

7. Drupal RequirementsLinuxPHPMySQL

8. InstallationDir in Apache web dirSetup confHosts (local)MySQLsettings.php / files

9. Admin InterfaceDefaultAdminAdmin Menu

10. DrushPHP Drop-inCommand LineQuick Commands

11. Enabling ModulesDownload, Extract, EnableNew D7 Paste URLDrush dl, en (den on github)https://github.com/jacksinn/Moar-Drush-Commands

12. Creating ContentManualDevelImport

13. Creating New Content TypesCCKCCK ExtensionsD7

14. CCK FieldsCreatingOrderingDisplaying

15. Node ReferenceCCK Field TypeAJAX Field (easy, node title -> nid)Relates nodes

16. TaxonomySemantic WebSimilar ContentUse across node types

17. Displaying ContentBlock OutputViews DisplaysTPL Files

18. BlocksChunks of informationCan drop in code

19. ViewsQuery GeneratorCreate pages, blocks, feedsLive query results

20. Views UIMain interfaceConfigurationDisplays

21. Views DisplaysBlockPageFeedAttachment

22. Views FieldsItems to output‘select’ clauseOrdering, relationships

23. Views FiltersMain Filtering‘where’ clauseCan expose filters

24. Views SortSort query output‘order by’ clauseMultiple options

25. Views ArgumentsLike filtersLimit output based on node information, relationships

26. Views RelationshipsUsed to tie information / nodes together‘join’ clauseUse with fields and filters

27. UsersUser 1User 0Management

28. RolesLogically group usersShare permissionsUser may have multiple roles

29. PermissionsWhat users may and may not view or modifySetup by roleUsers with multiple roles get the most liberal (‘or’ logic)

30. Rules / TriggersExecute actions on eventGenerate emailsCreate new contentFlagged content

31. FlagsAllow users to mark nodes (like, report)Use with triggered rulesBy user or global

32. Other Common ModulesDrupal relies on contrib modules to increase robustnessModules on drupal.org are GPLv2 Licensed

33. ContextLogically display items based on conditionsBundle regional information to be used across many node types

34. FeaturesStore logically grouped items in codeHelps with versioning / multiple developersCan deploy to any siteDrush feature-update (fu)

35. NodequeueOrder nodesUseful with sliders, promoting nodes, ad managementAdd to queue on node page (easy)

36. PathautoGenerate URLs for content based on information about the node or staticMay use tokens

37. MultisiteTraditional drop in new sites in sites/ dirAegir GUI management of site deployment

38. List of Moduleshttp://drupal.org/project/modulesGood ordering options

39. CachingCSS / JSBlockViewsSquid (external)

40. Production DeploymentTurn off UI elementsCachingDatabase directionUse features

41. Managing DeploymentsCore updates (backup!)Drush pm-update (up)VersioningOnly pull from prod DB never push to

42. Module DevelopmentStructureHooksAPISubmission Process

43. Theme DevelopmentStructure.info.tpl.php filestemplate.php

44. Database ManagementFeatures ExportDB DumpDrush

45. ContactOS Solutionshttp://ossolutions.org888.275.4893steven@ossolutions.orgroger@ossolutions.org

46. Additional Resourcesdrupal.orgapi.drupal.org