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A Beginner's Guide to Drupal Site Building

M Miller
December 13, 2013

A Beginner's Guide to Drupal Site Building

M Miller

December 13, 2013
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  1. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 MOST SITE BUILDERS DO

    NOT SET OUT TO BE SITE BUILDERS* (*I made this up, but it seems true)
  2. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 THINK ABOUT DRUPAL AS

    LEGOS* (*This is a tired analogy, but it works)
  3. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 THERE IS ALWAYS MORE

    TO LEARN MY DRUPAL MOTTO (you must be okay with this)
  4. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 YOU DON’T HAVE TO

    CONTINUALLY START OVER ALSO... (there will always be a better way to do something)
  5. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @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
  6. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 CONTENT DISPLAY TIPS VIEWS

    VIEWS VIEWS EXPLORE ADVANCED DISPLAY MODULES EXPLORE THEME TEMPLATE FILES USE VIEWS MODULES
  7. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 BASIC CONTENT DISPLAY METHODS

    NODE DISPLAYS VIEWS PAGES (AND BLOCKS) BLOCKS WITHIN REGIONS
  8. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 page #region #region #region

    #region #block #block #block #block #block #block #block #block
  9. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WHERE DO BLOCKS COME

    FROM? MAKE YOUR OWN VIEWS OTHER MODULES CORE
  10. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADVANCED
 DISPLAY MODULES* PANELS

    DISPLAY SUITE CONTEXT *to explore once you understand the basics
  11. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS MENU BLOCK USE

    CUSTOM MENUS DISABLE THE CORE MENU BLOCKS AND USE MENU BLOCK MODULE MODULES NAVIGATION
  12. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 MENU BLOCK WORKS WITH

    CORE MENU SYSTEM BUT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO DISPLAY MAKES MENUS PORTABLE IS AWESOME
  13. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS REAL NAME DEVELOP

    ROLE DEFINITIONS BEFORE YOU BUILD SITE DECIDE EARLY, 
 CONFIGURE LATER MODULES PEOPLE
  14. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS BLOCK CLASS BROWSER

    CLASS FIT VIDS ADAPTIVE IMAGE MASTER A BASE THEME LEARN A CSS PREPROCESSOR MODULES THEME