This 2-day course provides a broad introduction to the essential skills necessary for managing content and configuring Drupal websites. 

Hands-on labs will include work with Content Types, Taxonomy, Views, Menus, and many useful modules.  The third day levels up configuring Drupal into a very robust CMS.

This class is 2 days via Zoom.  Typically it runs 2 days in a row but can be broken up for teams.  We can also come to you!  Ask us about on-site training.

Course Outline

Site Building Day 1

  • Getting Started
    • What is Drupal?
    • What Features Does Drupal Offer?
    • Important Drupal Terminology
    • Drupal Administration Toolbar
  • Content Types and Content Modeling
    • Structured Content Types
    • Custom Content Types and Fields
    • Categorize Content with Taxonomy
    • Understanding Content Workflows
  • User Roles and Permissions
    • Creating Roles and Assigning Permissions
    • Account Registration Settings
    • The Authenticated User Registration Form
    • Creating a Content Editor Account via Administrator

Site Building Day 2

  • Building What Appears on the Page
    • Page Layouts with Blocks
    • Custom Blocks
    • Building Dynamic Lists of Content with Views
    • Views Displays
    • Custom URL Aliases
    • Configuration Synchronization
  • Building Complex Views
    • Contextual Filters
    • Relationships
    • Exposing Filter Options to Visitors
    • Creating a View that Returns a List of Content in JSON
  • Fielding Entities and Managing Displays
    • Review Adding Fields to a Content Type
    • Adding Fields to a Content Type
    • Adding Fields to a Taxonomy Term
    • Adding Fields to Block Types
    • Review Display Modes
    • Images and Display
  • drupal.org and Extending Drupal
    • drupal.org Community Resources
    • Extending Drupal with Modules
    • Using Themes