Drupal 7 for Beginners

This class teaches you all of the essential concepts and knowledge you need to get started with Drupal 7.

Created byOS Training LLC

Last updated 6/2012

English

Course content

9 sections • 37 lectures • 2h 34m total length

Introduction to the Course4:41
How to Get the Most Out of this Course1:06
Philosophy : As mentioned in the last video, our advice is to play, play and play. Try to do things mentioned in the videos and things that aren't! Explore! Some people prefer to watch the videos straight through and others prefer to watch, pause, try and continue. Do whatever works for you! Softw…
What is Drupal? What is a Content Management System?8:26

Touring a Fresh Installation of Drupal5:19
Update the Site’s Basic Information3:22
Session Notes:
1) Login - using the credentials you set up at installation
2) Click on Account Settings - take a look around!
3) Change the size of the Picture upload dimensions to 300x300 and upload file size to 250kb
4) Click save
5) Click on Site Information and take a look around
6) Update the Site Information - Change the Slogan to "Learning Drupal the OSWay"
7) Click Save
8) Close - and hit refresh
9) Continue to look around the configuration options in the System area

Introduction to Content Types3:14
Creating an Article4:48
Session Notes
Title of Article: Mayor Praises Drupalville for Innovation
Text for Article:
Yesterday the mayor of Drupalville signaled a significant shift in the way our town is presented to the world.
In a major announcement, Mayor Drew P. Aliscool unveiled the cities new website - based on the open source content management system - Drupal. "We're very excited to see our small city take such giant steps towards a new and fantastic presence on the web." stated the mayor in his comments.
We look forward to seeing the site as its developed! Stay tuned for more.
Second Article:
Title: Welcome to Drupalville!
Text:
Thank you for visiting our site for the city of Drupalville.
It's a wonderful city to live in, and we hope you'll visit us soon. The weather is beautiful in the summer and not too cold in the winter, so it is always a good time to visit.
Image:
(Right click and save the image to upload it for your article).
Creating a Basic Page 2:35
Session Notes:
Title: About Our Site
Text: Our new website is built on the Drupal 7 Platform.
Another New Content Type3:50
Session Notes:
Poll Question: Will the Drupalville Dynamos win the Stanley Cup in 2012?
Creating a New Content Type13:59
Session Notes:
This session is almost 14 minutes long - longer than most of the course videos.
Content Type
Title: Drupalville Zoo
Text:
Drupalville Zoo is a wonderful place for families to visit.
There is an aviary for birds and a farm for animals like cows, pigs and geese. The zoo also has exotic animals such as lions, tigers, giraffe and buffalo. Overall, it's a great experience for young children.
Another New Content Type10:06
Editing and Deleting Content Types4:53
Section Task 1:04
In this task, we're going to add another content type called Festivals . Plan out your content type - what information do you want to include? Name Description Dates what else?? - feel free to fill this out as much as you want. Download and install the Date module - http://drupalmodules.com/module…
Adding Revisions1:51
Formatting Fields3:32
Introduction to Taxonomy7:39

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This class teaches you all of the essential concepts and knowledge you need to get started with Drupal 7.

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!

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 14min

Install2 lectures • 8min

Navigate2 lectures • 9min

Create11 lectures • 58min

Extend7 lectures • 25min

Design5 lectures • 21min

People4 lectures • 10min

Projects1 lecture • 1min

Bonus2 lectures • 7min

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