A Beginner's Guide to Drupal Site Building

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1. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DRUPAL SITE BUILDING
2. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 WHAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME AT THE BEGINNING AKA…
3. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 WHAT DO I MEAN BY BEGINNING?
4. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 MOST SITE BUILDERS DO NOT SET OUT TO BE SITE BUILDERS* (*I made this up, but it seems true)
5. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 WHY AM I DOING THIS?
6. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 DRUPAL CAN BE OVERWHELMING… BUT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE DIFFICULT
7. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
8. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 THINK ABOUT DRUPAL AS LEGOS* (*This is a tired analogy, but it works)
9. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN MY DRUPAL MOTTO (you must be okay with this)
10. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 YOU DON’T HAVE TO CONTINUALLY START OVER ALSO... (there will always be a better way to do something)
11. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 SITE BUILDING CAN BE MANY THINGS
12. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF MODULES
13. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 LET’S BREAK IT DOWN INTO LOGICAL CATEGORIES
14. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
15. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 BUT, WAIT
16. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
17. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 DECIDE ON TEXT EDITING AND MEDIA HANDLING
18. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 KNOW WHO WILL BE CREATING CONTENT 
 ON YOUR SITE
19. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 KNOW HOW YOUR SITE WILL HANDLE FILES AND IMAGES
20. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 DECIDE ON A THEMING METHOD
21. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 START WITH A QUALITY BASE THEME (you’ll thank me someday)
22. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
23. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
24. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 TIPS ADMIN INTERFACE MODULE FILTER TURN OFF OVERLAY USE SHORTCUTS MODULES
25. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
26. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
27. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
28. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
29. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 TIPS CONTENT CREATION WYSIWYG MEDIA (2.X BRANCH) VARIOUS FIELD-BASED MODULES CREATE CUSTOM CONTENT TYPES USE TAXONOMY USE HIDDEN FIELDS TO ORGANIZE CONTENT MODULES CONTENT CREATION
30. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 MAKE YOUR OWN
31. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
32. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
33. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
34. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 WYSIWYG
35. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
36. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
37. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
38. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 TAXONOMY = AWESOME
39. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
40. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
41. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
42. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
43. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
44. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 CONTENT DISPLAY TIPS VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS EXPLORE ADVANCED DISPLAY MODULES EXPLORE THEME TEMPLATE FILES USE VIEWS MODULES
45. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 BASIC CONTENT DISPLAY METHODS NODE DISPLAYS VIEWS PAGES (AND BLOCKS) BLOCKS WITHIN REGIONS
46. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 page #region #region #region #region #block #block #block #block #block #block #block #block
47. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 WHERE DO BLOCKS COME FROM? MAKE YOUR OWN VIEWS OTHER MODULES CORE
48. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 /admin/structure/block
49. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
50. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
51. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
52. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADVANCED
 DISPLAY MODULES* PANELS DISPLAY SUITE CONTEXT *to explore once you understand the basics
53. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 NODE DISPLAYS
54. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 CUSTOM TEMPLATE FILES
55. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 CUSTOM TEMPLATE FILES
56. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 VIEWS!
57. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
58. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 TIPS MENU BLOCK USE CUSTOM MENUS DISABLE THE CORE MENU BLOCKS AND USE MENU BLOCK MODULE MODULES NAVIGATION
59. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
60. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 MENU BLOCK WORKS WITH CORE MENU SYSTEM BUT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO DISPLAY MAKES MENUS PORTABLE IS AWESOME
61. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
62. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
63. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 TIPS REAL NAME DEVELOP ROLE DEFINITIONS BEFORE YOU BUILD SITE DECIDE EARLY, 
 CONFIGURE LATER MODULES PEOPLE
64. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 /admin/config/people/accounts
65. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
66. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676
67. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
68. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 TIPS BLOCK CLASS BROWSER CLASS FIT VIDS ADAPTIVE IMAGE MASTER A BASE THEME LEARN A CSS PREPROCESSOR MODULES THEME
69. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 WHAT’S NEXT?
70. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 EXPAND & PERSONALIZE EACH OF THE SIX* CATEGORIES (*or more)
71. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 LEARN FEATURES! (you’ll thank me for this one as well)
72. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 CREATE YOUR OWN INSTALL PROFILE
73. Melissa Miller | miller.2676@gmail.com | @miller2676 QUESTIONS?