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Drupal 7 Intermediate
Take your Drupal knowledge to the next level. Learn all about content types, Views and Panels.
Created byOS Training LLC
Last updated 6/2012
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Course content
5 sections • 38 lectures • 2h 29m total length
- Warm Up Tasks4:06
Log in to the Drupal site, create a movies content type with a director field, set it as required, then add a Titanic entry with director James Cameron.
- Update Site Configuration2:00
Update site configuration in Drupal 7 intermediate by changing site title, removing the Acquia Drupal content and connectors, deleting article, and saving changes; upload the provided logo in appearance settings.
- Introduction to the Project2:00
Learn to build an intermediate Drupal movie site by configuring 10 key areas with fields and modules, including title, release year, release date, rating, runtime, and trailer.
- Adding the Poster3:58
- Adding the Parental Rating3:07
Add the parental rating as a text list field with values like G, PG-13, and not rated, and choose a widget (checkboxes, radio buttons, or a select list).
- Adding the Movie Length2:09
Create an integer field named movie length in Drupal 7, use a text widget, require it, set min and max, add a minutes suffix, and enter 194 for Titanic.
- Adding the Movie Genre8:19
Explore how to create and apply a movie genre taxonomy in Drupal 7, defining vocabularies and terms, configuring a term reference field, and linking genres to content for navigable lists.
- Adding the Release Date6:10
Enable the date module and add a release date field with a pop-up calendar in Drupal 7, with a range from minus 100 years to plus three years.
- Adding the Short Summary1:07
Add a short summary field as a long text area with five rows and set it to required, then save. Copy and paste the Titanic summary and save.
- Adding the Five-Star Rating3:16
Install and enable the voting API and five star rating module to add a rating field, configure rated while viewing, and set ten stars for end-user votes and averages.
- Adding the Watchlist2:27
- Adding the Trailer5:06
- Adding the Key People14:14
Create a Drupal 7 content type 'people' with poster, real name, birth date, birthplace, and skills taxonomy; connect to movies via node reference for linked actor bios.
- Managing the Display3:20
- Introduction to Views1:31In the first part of this class we showed you how different types of information is added your Drupal site. However, at the end of the chapter we realized that there are still significant limitations about what we can do what that information. For example, IMDB has a table like this: http://www.imdb…
- Populating our Site with the Devel Module2:50
- Create a Block View3:33
- Create a Page View4:54
- Create the IMDB Page View5:57
Create an imdb page view in Drupal 7 to display the top 250 movies in a table, with fields for rating, release date, and a results counter.
- Modify the IMDB Page View1:31U sing the same techniques that we've learned so far, we could keep going back to Drupal.org and looking for more modules. With time Drupal could mimic almost everything on those IMDB reviews. However, this field and modules pattern can only take us so far. It gets the data into our site but it can'…
- Create the Actors Block View5:47
Create the actors block view in Drupal 7, showing five newest people in a grid with thumbnail photo, title, and date of birth, resizing images to 120 by 150.
- Session Notes: Actors Block View3:56Now that we've created three views, let's try one more. This time we won't give you full instructions for every click - unless you watch the video. What we're aiming to recreate is this area on the frontpage of IMDB.com: First, let's plan out our View using the five main options: Display Format Fiel…
- Introduction to Panels1:20The final part of building a Drupal site is design. Only when the content is in place can it be designed. This can come a bit of a shock to people who are used to designing first. When I was a web designer it was normal for the client to focus on the design above all things and then think about the…
- Creating a New Homepage6:16
Install and enable panels and chaos tools, create a new home page with a two-column stack layout, add views like latest movies and top 250 movies, and save.
- Redesigning an Existing Page or Node6:43
Learn to redesign an existing Drupal 7 page using panels to create a two-column movie page with a left poster and right content, including title, rating, length, genres, and trailer.
- Introduction to the Practice Assignment - WhiteHouse.gov0:23Drupal Intermediate: Practice What we're going to do now is pull together all of the different techniques that we have covered. We're going to aim high. For this practice, we're going to replicate the most famous Drupal website in the world: http://whitehouse.gov, as in the image below
- Set Up a New Site2:46
- Planning2:52
Plan and build a Drupal 7 site by creating content types and views for headlines, blogs, legislations, and photos, then configure filters, a search block, and home page with panels.
- Content Types1:18
Set up and save multiple content types—feature topics, headlines, legislation, photos, blogs, and blocks—within structure content types, as planned.
- Fields3:51
Configure image and date fields for content types in Drupal 7, including a 600 by 600 photo, 512 kb limit, public files, and a popup calendar for legislation.
- Add Content using Devel1:15
Use the Devel module to add content to the blogs feature, configure content types like topics, headlines, and legislation, generate 200 nodes, and verify the home page shows the updates.
- Views: Photo of the Day5:39
Create and configure the photo of the day view in Drupal 7, building a one-item grid, selecting photo fields, trimming text, and applying the photo of the day image style.
- Views: Featured Legislation4:27
Create a featured legislation block in Drupal 7 by configuring a 12-item grid, adding a signing date field, sorting by signing date descending, and removing pagination.
- Views: The Blog2:54
Create a blog view as a block in Drupal 7, set a single-column grid, add body and post-date, order posts, trim body to 100 characters, and remove pagination.
- Views: Featured Topics2:40
Learn to create a Drupal 7 intermediate views block for featured topics, configure a table display with fields title, body, and photo, and align them to the White House display.
- Views: Slideshow of Headlines4:14
Build a headlines slideshow in Drupal 7 using the views slideshow module, configure a headlines view as a table with title, photo, and body, and create a custom image style.
- Design: Theme, Views and Blocks6:58
- Panels: Create Homepage4:12
Description
This class follows immediately on from the beginner class and takes your Drupal skills to a higher level. You'll learn how to master fields, Views and Panels to create sophisticated Drupal sites.
The course includes a course project, where we replicate the most famous Drupal site in the world, WhiteHouse.gov
This is the same material that we have used to teach businesses, universities, and government organizations, such as MIT, Stanford, NY Transit Authority, and Houston Public Library.
We hope you enjoy the course!