Drupal in a Day November 27

Drupaleers model Darth Drupal tees, photographed by kk

Much as I tease the Drupalites for their blind adoration of a platform with the world’s worst user interface, I do acknowledge that Drupal is a powerful tool, and have always been curious about it. This looks like an amazing opportunity to learn how to get a Drupal site up and running in one day. Here are the details, which I got off Twitter:

Eventbrite ticket: $10

Address:

FCV Offices
1100-333 Seymour St.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada

The Vancouver Drupal In A Day Workshop is a hands-on introduction to building a web site using the free, open-source content management system Drupal. We will cover questions like “What can Drupal do?”, “Why choose Drupal?”, and general concepts of on-line content management with a database behind your web site. Then we’ll work through the basics of setting up a Drupal site.

This workshop is suitable for Drupal beginners.

The Drupal in a Day Workshop is presented by the Vancouver Drupal User Group.

Requirements:

Attendees must provide their own computers with wireless connection and working web browser.

Goals

• People attending the workshop will come away with a good understanding of what Drupal does and what types of sites it can be used for.
• They will be exposed to the basics of building a site in Drupal.
• They will be exposed to the modules most people use to build Drupal sites.

Schedule

9:00 AM to 10 AM: Sign in, set up

Attendees will be asked to install website software before the course. Please arrive at 9:00 AM to get help. If you already have a clean Acquia Drupal site running, you can arrive at 9:45 AM to sign in and get settled.

10 AM – 10:45 AM – Introduction to Drupal – Presentation

• Introduce leader and volunteers.
• What is content management, and what can a content management system (CMS) do?
• Site showcase – what Drupal can do, what it’s really good for
• Why choose Drupal? Why not choose Drupal?
• Drupal terminology
• Modules (core and contributed) and themes – where to get them and what they do
• File directory structure of Drupal

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM – Getting started with Drupal – Hands on

• Enabling modules
• Changing and configuring the theme
• Setting up automatic URL aliases
• Creating “Page” content
• Setting your site’s home page, and other settings on the Site Information page
• Editing the Primary Links menu

(break)

11:45 PM – 12:45 PM – Content types / CCK – Hands on

• Create a custom content type “Photo”, with image and text fields
• Adjust settings for the content type on the Display Fields screen
• Taxonomy
• Create some content for this content type
• Set up ImageCache to control how photos are displayed

(Lunch)

1:45 PM – 2:45 pm – Views and Blocks – Hands on

• Use the Views module to create a photo gallery
• Use the Views menu to create a Latest Photo block
• Arrange and configure blocks

(break)

3 PM – 4:30 PM – Additional Topics and Wrap-up – Demo, presentation, discussion