Presentation made at 2011 CUE Conference in Palm Springs, CA on Friday, March 18, 2011.

1. Using Drupal for Your
School or District Website
Dan Serrato
Fresno County Office of Education
Friday, March 18, 2011

2. Topics
Installing Drupal
Contributed Modules
Themes
Getting Support
Getting Involved
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3. Drupal 6
Launching in the near future
Need high-level functionality
Need certain contributed
modules
Depending on complex queries to
build content pages
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4. Drupal 7
Launch date is not immediate
Need more of a brochure type website
Not a ton of complex queries that will depend
heavily on Views module
Do not need certain contributed modules
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5. Install Drupal
PHP
MySQL
Apache (preferred)
Linux or Windows server
drupal.org/requirements
drupal.org/get-started/install
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6. Go Local
Run a simple web server on your computer
and build and test websites.
On Mac - MAMP
On Windows - XAMP
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7. GET DRUPAL PUT CONTENTS OF
EXTRACT THE FILE
DRUPAL ON SERVER
ZIP
or DRUPAL
TAR DRUPAL
SERVER
INSTALL DRUPAL IN THE BROWSER
ADDRESS: localserver/mydrupalsite/install.php
CREATE DATABASE
FOR WEBSITE
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8. CONGRATULATIONS
YOU HAVE A DRUPAL SITE
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9. Download Drupal
Go to Drupal.org
Use the Get Started
section
Select tar or zip?
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10. Installation - Site folder
Unzip the downloaded file
All files in the Drupal folder are the drupal
application that will run your site
Rename the folder
Add folder to htdocs folder in MAMP folder
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11. Installation - Database
Go to MAMP page
Go to MyPHPAdmin
Create a database for the new site
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12. Installation - Install Site
Navigate to the url of the website
http://localhost/NAME_OF_SITE
Drupal will go through the installation process:
Name of database
Admin username
Admin email
Admin password
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13. Best Practices
Location of contributed modules
sites/all/modules
Location of themes
sites/all/themes
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14. Best Practices
User 1 - Super Supreme Admin User
Don’t share User 1 account
Make a strong password for User 1
User 1 account for site building and updating
Create user accounts for updating content
MAKE A STRONG PASSWORD!
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15. Contributed Modules
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16. Downloading Modules
www.drupal.org/project/modules
Download a TAR or ZIP file
Uncompress or unzip the file
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17. Install Modules
Add modules into the Sites folder
Create a new folder, name it “modules”
Add all contributed and custom modules
SITES
VIEWS
ALL
CCK
DATE
MODULES
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18. Top Modules
Views Pathauto
CCK Token
Date Imagecache
Filefield Admin Menu
Imagefield Backup & Migrate
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19. Themes
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20. Looking Good
Pick a pre-made free theme
Buy a pre-made theme
Create your own theme
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21. Contributed Themes
www.drupal.org/project/themes
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22. Buy Themes
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23. Learning to Theme
Drupal
drupal.org/documentation/theme
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24. Build Your Own Theme
Zen Theme
Stark Theme
Fusion
Framework
Basic
Genesis
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25. Getting Support
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26. Drupal Community
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27. Drupal Community
Forums
IRC
Local Drupal Meetups
Drupal Camps
Drupalcon
Twitter
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28. In-Person
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29. Drupal Video Training
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30. Getting Involved
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31. Getting Involved
Drupal is FREE
Give back by getting involved
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32. Getting Involved
Go to a meetup
Get in the Forums and IRC
Help with documentation and feedback
Help others
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33. Thank You
Questions
Evaluations
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34. Evaluation
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35. Friday, March 18, 2011