Introduction to Drupal 7

Accelebrate’s Drupal Training: Introduction to Drupal 7 teaches attendees how to successfully build data-driven web sites using Drupal™, an incredibly powerful open source Content Management System. Attendees will learn how to use Drupal’s robust API, flexible permissions system, and extensible framework.

DRUPAL TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Install Drupal and use the administrative interface for content management and site configuration
• Enable out of the box (Core) modules to extend the functionality of the core web site
• Customize layout using blocks and regions
• Work with the File System
• Create a View for content presentation using the VIEWS module
• Work with Custom Content Types
• Create and handle basic and customized forms with the Form API
• Implement XML-RPC, a simple, portable way to make remote procedure calls over HTTP
• Create interactive forms
• Use Theming to customize the look and feel of a Drupal site

DRUPAL TRAINING PREREQUISITES

All attendees must have a general understanding of internet terms such as webpage, URL addresses, users, drag and drop, web form, header, footer, sidebar, and blog.

DRUPAL TRAINING MATERIALS

All Drupal training attendees receive a copy of Apress’ Pro Drupal Development and related courseware.

SOFTWARE NEEDED FOR EACH PC:

• Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, or Solaris operating system, with at least 3 GB RAM
• Acquia Dev Desktop with Drupal 7
• A recent version of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari web browser
• PHP-aware IDE of your choice (Eclipse with PDT is recommended)
• For classes delivered online, all participants need either dual monitors or a separate device logged into the online session so that they can do their work on one screen and watch the instructor on the other. A separate computer connected to a projector or large screen TV would be another way for students to see the instructor’s screen simultaneously with working on their own.

DRUPAL TRAINING OUTLINE

• Drupal 7 Basics
  • How Drupal began
  • What is Drupal 7
  • What Technology Does Drupal Use?
  • What is Drupal
    • Content Management System
    • Content Management Framework
    • Web Application Framework
  • Drupal terminology
    • Modules
    • Themes
    • Nodes
    • Blocks
  • Drupal Workflow
    • Bootstrap
    • Hooks and Callbacks
• Getting started
  • Installing Drupal 7
  • The Admin Interface
    • Creating Content
    • Managing Content
    • Site Building
    • Site Configuration
    • User Management
    • Reports
    • Help
• Out of the Box Modules
  • Core Required
  • Core Optional-enabled
  • Core Optional-disabled
• User Contributed Modules
  • What They Are
  • Where They Are
  • What They Do
  • Downloading and Enabling
  • Popular Modules
  • Module selection and evaluation
• Layouts in Drupal
  • Blocks and Regions
  • Default Blocks
  • Custom Blocks
  • Configuring Blocks
    • Enabling Default Blocks and Controlling the Front Page
• File System
  • Download Methods
  • File Module
  • Image Module
  • Storing user uploaded materials
• Custom Content Types with the Fields Module
  • The PAGE and the ARTICLE
  • Input Filters
  • Creating Custom Content-Types
  • Field Permissions
  • Adding Custom Fields to Content-Types
  • Using the Manage Display Settings
    • Teaser / Body Displays
    • Labels
    • Display Formats
• Working with Taxonomy
  • What is taxonomy?
  • Vocabularies
    • Required Vocabulary
    • Controlled Vocabulary
  • Terms
    • Single and Multiple Terms
    • Adding Terms
  • View Content by Term
  • Storing Taxonomies
  • Module-Based Vocabularies
  • Common Functions
• VIEWS: Advanced Displays With Contributed Module
  • Overview of VIEWS
  • VIEW Types
    • Default Views
    • Overridden Views
    • Normal Views
  • Displays
    • Basic Settings
    • Display Types
  • Creating a VIEW With the VIEWS User Interface
    • Basic Settings
    • Fields vs Node
    • Filters
    • Arguments
    • Relationships
• The Form API
  • Form Processing
  • Validation
  • Form Submission
  • Redirection
  • Creating Basic Forms
    • Custom Module Basics
    • Creating your own Custom Module
  • Enabling the Custom Form Module
  • Accessing the Custom Form
  • Form API Properties
• XML-RPC and REST
  • What is XML-RPC?
  • XML-RPC Clients
  • A Simple XML-RPC Server
  • REST (with the Services Module)
    • Creating a Drupal REST Server
    • Testing your REST Server
• Theming
  • Architecture of the Theme System
    • Theme Templates
    • The .info file
    • Theme Engine
    • Hooks
  • Creating a Theme
    • Where are the files?
    • Installing a Theme
    • Creating and Enabling a Customized Sub-Theme
    • Theme Inheritance and Sub-Themes
  • Responsive Design with Adaptive Themes
    • Mobile First Design
    • CSS Structure
    • Responsive Stylesheets
    • Progressive Enhancement
    • Adaptive Theme Settings
  • Theming with CSS
  • Theming with a custom stylesheet
  • Overriding Theme Behavior with PHP
• Creating Interactive Forms with the Webforms module
• Creating Rules with the Rules module
• Drupal’s Database Abstraction Layer
  • Functions and Methods
  • Drupal Database Connections
  • Selecting records with DB_QUERY
  • Custom Database Connections with PDO
  • Advanced Concepts
    • The Schema API
      • Adding tables to a module
      • Adding Schema definition to a module
    • DB_SELECT
      • Building a page display with DB_SELECT
    • Maintaining tables with module_update functions
• DRUSH
  • What is DRUSH
  • Installation and Configuration
  • Getting Started
  • Useful Commands
  • Database Updates
  • Backup Site and Databases
  • Summary of Commands
  • Site Aliases
  • Scripting with DRUSH
• Conclusion