A brief history of the World Wide Web

Drupal 101

• What is Drupal?
• The Origin Story
• Why Choose Drupal
• Features and Advantages

The Installation

• What is a Database?
• Where to download a local webserver application?
• Where to download the Drupal CMS Web Application?
• Prepping up for Installation
• Installing and Configuring Apache, PHP, MySQL (MAC/Windows)
• Creating a Database
• Installing Drupal CMS

Getting Acquainted with Drupal

Configuring Drupal

• Site Information
• Logo and Favicon
• Regional Settings
• Date and Time Formats
• Site Maintenance
• Using Cache to speed up performance

Managing Shortcuts

• Quickest way of adding shortcuts
• Adding shortcuts by URL
• Creating a Shortcut Set
• Assigning a Shortcut Set to a Specific User
• Managing Shortcut Permissions

Drupal Menus

• Managing the Administrative Toolbar Menu
• Using the Admin Toolbar Module for better UI|UX
• Managing Main Navigation Menu
• Using the other menus

Improving the CKEditor Experience

• Installing and Configuring additional Modules

Using the Media and Media Library

Using Pathauto for a Search engine Friendly URL

Working with Content

• Default Content Types
• Content Type Basic Settings
• Differences Between Basic Page and Article
• Managing Content

Creating a Frontpage

• Working with a Dynamic Frontpage
• Setting-up a Static Frontpage

Managing Revisions

Installing a Mega Menu Module

• Installing a Mega Menu Module
• Managing the Mega Menu

Working with Hyperlinks

• Absolute and Relative Hyperlinks
• Text Hyperlink
• Email Hyperlink
• PDF Hyperlink
• Download Hyperlink
• Image Hyperlink
• Named Anchor

Working with Multimedia Content

• Embedding Images (JPG, PNG, GIF, SVG)
• Embedding Google Elements
• Embedding and Internal and External Videos

Using Taxonomy

• Vocabulary and Term
• Creating Taxonomies
• Adding a Taxonomy to any Content Type

Image Styles

Creating Content Types

• Adding a New Content Type
• Managing Fields
• Manage Form Displays
• Manage Displays

Extending Drupal through Modules

• Installing and Uninstalling Modules
• Module Configuration

Working and Managing Blocks

• What is a block?
• Block Regions of a Theme
• Adding a Block to a Region
• Add Custom Basic Block
• Add Custom Block Type

Creating and Managing Views

• Creating Views for Blocks and Pages
• Configuring Views
• Adjust Displays
• Adjusting Views formats

Creating a Slideshow using Views

Managing User Accounts

• User, Permissions and Roles
• Adding a Role
• Assigning Permissions to a Role
• Changing User’s Roles
• Creating a User Account

Installing and Managing Themes

• Installing a Theme
• Removing Unused Themes
• Theme Configuration and Settings

Site Publishing

Tips and Best Practices!