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A Beginner's Guide to Drupal Site Building

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  1. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO

    DRUPAL SITE BUILDING

  2. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WHAT I WISH SOMEONE

    HAD TOLD ME AT THE BEGINNING AKA…

  3. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WHAT DO I MEAN

    BY BEGINNING?

  4. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 MOST SITE BUILDERS DO

    NOT SET OUT TO BE SITE BUILDERS* (*I made this up, but it seems true)

  5. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WHY AM I DOING

    THIS?

  6. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 DRUPAL CAN BE OVERWHELMING…

    BUT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE DIFFICULT

  7. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  8. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 THINK ABOUT DRUPAL AS

    LEGOS* (*This is a tired analogy, but it works)

  9. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 THERE IS ALWAYS MORE

    TO LEARN MY DRUPAL MOTTO (you must be okay with this)

  10. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 YOU DON’T HAVE TO

    CONTINUALLY START OVER ALSO... (there will always be a better way to do something)

  11. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 SITE BUILDING CAN BE

    MANY THINGS

  12. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF

    MODULES

  13. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 LET’S BREAK IT DOWN

    INTO LOGICAL CATEGORIES

  14. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  15. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 BUT, WAIT

  16. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 BEFORE YOU GET STARTED

  17. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 DECIDE ON TEXT EDITING

    AND MEDIA HANDLING

  18. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 KNOW WHO WILL BE

    CREATING CONTENT 
 ON YOUR SITE

  19. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 KNOW HOW YOUR SITE

    WILL HANDLE FILES AND IMAGES

  20. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 DECIDE ON A THEMING

    METHOD

  21. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 START WITH A QUALITY

    BASE THEME (you’ll thank me someday)

  22. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  23. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  24. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS ADMIN INTERFACE MODULE

    FILTER TURN OFF OVERLAY USE SHORTCUTS MODULES

  25. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  26. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  27. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  28. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  29. 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

  30. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 MAKE YOUR OWN

  31. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  32. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  33. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  34. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WYSIWYG

  35. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  36. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  37. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  38. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TAXONOMY = AWESOME

  39. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  40. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  41. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  42. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  43. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  44. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 CONTENT DISPLAY TIPS VIEWS

    VIEWS VIEWS EXPLORE ADVANCED DISPLAY MODULES EXPLORE THEME TEMPLATE FILES USE VIEWS MODULES

  45. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 BASIC CONTENT DISPLAY METHODS

    NODE DISPLAYS VIEWS PAGES (AND BLOCKS) BLOCKS WITHIN REGIONS

  46. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 page #region #region #region

    #region #block #block #block #block #block #block #block #block

  47. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WHERE DO BLOCKS COME

    FROM? MAKE YOUR OWN VIEWS OTHER MODULES CORE

  48. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 /admin/structure/block

  49. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  50. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  51. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  52. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADVANCED
 DISPLAY MODULES* PANELS

    DISPLAY SUITE CONTEXT *to explore once you understand the basics

  53. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 NODE DISPLAYS

  54. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 CUSTOM TEMPLATE FILES

  55. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 CUSTOM TEMPLATE FILES

  56. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 VIEWS!

  57. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  58. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS MENU BLOCK USE

    CUSTOM MENUS DISABLE THE CORE MENU BLOCKS AND USE MENU BLOCK MODULE MODULES NAVIGATION

  59. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  60. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 MENU BLOCK WORKS WITH

    CORE MENU SYSTEM BUT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO DISPLAY MAKES MENUS PORTABLE IS AWESOME

  61. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  62. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  63. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS REAL NAME DEVELOP

    ROLE DEFINITIONS BEFORE YOU BUILD SITE DECIDE EARLY, 
 CONFIGURE LATER MODULES PEOPLE

  64. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 /admin/config/people/accounts

  65. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  66. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676

  67. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION

    CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*

  68. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 TIPS BLOCK CLASS BROWSER

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

  69. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 WHAT’S NEXT?

  70. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 EXPAND & PERSONALIZE EACH

    OF THE SIX* CATEGORIES (*or more)

  71. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 LEARN FEATURES! (you’ll thank

    me for this one as well)

  72. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 CREATE YOUR OWN INSTALL

    PROFILE

  73. Melissa Miller | [email protected] | @miller2676 QUESTIONS?