Absolute Beginner's Guide to Site Building

Presented at Drupal Camp Twin Cities on July 19, 2013.

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1. Melissa Miller | @2six76 *or other interested parties ABSOLUTE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SITE BUILDING — FOR DESIGNERS*
2. Melissa Miller | @2six76
3. Melissa Miller | @2six76 1997 2013
4. Melissa Miller | @2six76 MANY DESIGNERS END UP AS SITE BUILDERS (and some of us are really into it)
5. Melissa Miller | @2six76 WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW LAYOUT + DESIGN HTML + CSS HOW WEBSITES WORK
6. Melissa Miller | @2six76 WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW (yet)
7. Melissa Miller | @2six76
8. Melissa Miller | @2six76 THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN MY DRUPAL MOTTO (you must be okay with this)
9. Melissa Miller | @2six76 YOU DON’T HAVE TO CONTINUALLY START OVER ALSO... (there will always be a better way)
10. Melissa Miller | @2six76 WHAT I HOPE YOU WILL GET OUT OF THIS SESSION IDEAS FOR DEVELOPING YOUR OWN SITE BUILDING WORKFLOW HOW TO DIVIDE SITE BUILDING INTO DIGESTIBLE CATEGORIES
11. Melissa Miller | @2six76 LESS OF HOW TO DO IT MORE OF HOW TO APPROACH IT
12. Melissa Miller | @2six76 SITE BUILDING CAN BE MANY THINGS
13. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
14. Melissa Miller | @2six76 DECISIONS TO MAKE BEFORE YOU GET STARTED...
15. Melissa Miller | @2six76 DECIDE ON A THEME
16. Melissa Miller | @2six76 START WITH A QUALITY BASE THEME (you’ll thank me someday)
17. Melissa Miller | @2six76
18. Melissa Miller | @2six76 DECIDE ON TEXT EDITING AND MEDIA HANDLING
19. Melissa Miller | @2six76 KNOW WHO WILL BE CREATING CONTENT ON YOUR SITE
20. Melissa Miller | @2six76 HOW WILL YOUR SITE HANDLE FILES AND IMAGES?
21. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
22. Melissa Miller | @2six76 TIPS ADMIN INTERFACE MODULE FILTER USE SHORTCUTS MODULES
23. Melissa Miller | @2six76
24. Melissa Miller | @2six76
25. Melissa Miller | @2six76
26. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
27. Melissa Miller | @2six76 CONTENT CREATION TIPS WYSIWYG VARIOUS FIELD-BASED MODULES CREATE CUSTOM CONTENT TYPES USE TAXONOMY! USE HIDDEN FIELDS TO ORGANIZE CONTENT MODULES
28. Melissa Miller | @2six76 MAKE YOUR OWN
29. Melissa Miller | @2six76
30. Melissa Miller | @2six76
31. Melissa Miller | @2six76
32. Melissa Miller | @2six76 WYSIWYG
33. Melissa Miller | @2six76
34. Melissa Miller | @2six76 IMAGE FIELD TYPE
35. Melissa Miller | @2six76 MEDIA MODULE
36. Melissa Miller | @2six76 github.com/miller2676/mm_editors MY EDITOR CONFIGURATION (still a work in progress)
37. Melissa Miller | @2six76 TAXONOMY IS YOUR FRIEND
38. Melissa Miller | @2six76
39. Melissa Miller | @2six76
40. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
41. Melissa Miller | @2six76 CONTENT DISPLAY TIPS VIEWS EXPLORE ADVANCED DISPLAY MODULES EXPLORE THEME TEMPLATE FILES USE VIEWS MODULES
42. Melissa Miller | @2six76 BASIC CONTENT DISPLAY METHODS NODE DISPLAYS VIEWS PAGES (AND BLOCKS) BLOCKS WITHIN REGIONS
43. Melissa Miller | @2six76 page #region #region #region #region #block #block #block #block #block #block #block #block
44. Melissa Miller | @2six76 WHERE DO BLOCKS COME FROM? MAKE YOUR OWN VIEWS OTHER MODULES CORE
45. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADVANCED DISPLAY MODULES* PANELS DISPLAY SUITE CONTEXT *to explore once you understand the basics
46. Melissa Miller | @2six76 NODE DISPLAYS
47. Melissa Miller | @2six76
48. Melissa Miller | @2six76 Tess Flynn | 3:45pm - 4:45pm | Auditorium INTRO TO VIEWS GO TO THIS SESSION!
49. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
50. Melissa Miller | @2six76 TIPS MENU BLOCK USE THE MENU BLOCKS MODULE FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES MODULES NAVIGATION
51. Melissa Miller | @2six76 MENU BLOCK WORKS WITH CORE MENU SYSTEM BUT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO DISPLAY MAKES MENUS PORTABLE IS AWESOME
52. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
53. Melissa Miller | @2six76 TIPS REAL NAME AVOID UNWANTED USER ACCOUNTS DEVELOP ROLE DEFINITIONS BEFORE YOU BUILD SITE DECIDE EARLY, CONFIGURE LATER MODULES PEOPLE
54. Melissa Miller | @2six76 /admin/con g/people/accounts
55. Melissa Miller | @2six76
56. Melissa Miller | @2six76 ADMIN INTERFACE CONTENT CREATION CONTENT DISPLAY NAVIGATION PEOPLE THEME*
57. Melissa Miller | @2six76 TIPS BLOCK CLASS BROWSER CLASS FIT VIDS ADAPTIVE IMAGE MASTER A BASE THEME MODULES THEME
58. Melissa Miller | @2six76 WHAT’S NEXT?
59. Melissa Miller | @2six76 EXPAND AND PERSONALIZE EACH OF THE SIX* CATEGORIES *or more
60. Melissa Miller | @2six76 LEARN FEATURES!
61. Melissa Miller | @2six76 QUESTIONS?