Outlines

• 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

Who Should Attend

Duration

5 Days