Drupal In 1 Hour
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This document provides an introduction to Drupal in 3 sentences or less. It defines what Drupal is, discusses some of its key concepts like entities, content types, fields, themes and blocks. It also provides an overview of modules, distributions, resources for learning more and some pros and cons of using Drupal.
Drupal In 1 Hour
- 1. Drupal in 1 Hour What, wherefore, and how. #WIMPDrupal Joshua Simmons, Co-founder of WIMP and CEO of Bluebird Interactive, Inc. Drupalista since 2008. Follow me @joshsimmons
- 2. Definitions: What is Drupal? • Content management framework • Open-source • Non-profit • 3rd most popular CMS • Pronounced "droo-puhl" (it's Dutch) • Berkeley is ground zero • Built in PHP • SQL-friendly • Nginx or IIS? No problem.*
- 3. Drupal: A march of the stars.
- 4. What is it good for? • Communities • Media organizations • Advanced e-commerce • Multi-site • Applications • Systems integration When might it be overkill? • Brochure websites • Blogs
- 5. Key Concepts: Entities, content types, and fields • EntitiesUsers, nodes, taxonomy terms, products • NodesPage, blog entry, event, page of a book or wiki • Fields o Core elemental fieldsText, textarea, dropdown, checkbox/radios, file o Contributed fieldsNode, user, and taxonomy references; URLs; media; locations; dates; and phone numbers
- 6. Key Concepts: Themes • Base themesZen, Omega, AdaptiveTheme, Zentropy • Off the shelfCorolla, Sky, TouchPro, Danland, Acquia Marina, Acquia Prosper • Customizing themes o admin UI is full of goodies color palettes responsive breakpoints Diagram of theme rendering process. o themename.info o html.tpl.php, page.tpl.php, node--typle.tpl.php, block--block--#.tpl.php • Organized into regions o blocks
- 7. Key Concepts: Blocks, regions, and views • Blocks o Types Packaged with modules Generated by views, menus Custom blocks by you o Placement and Visibility Select a region Pages by URL matching Select user role(s) • Views moduleis a gift from the gods of basic page and the theme files Diagram Slices'n'dices entities every way it's composed of. imaginable: blog, calendar, gallery, map, shopping cart, and beyond.
- 8. Key Concepts: Views, again. • Not like MVC • Pages, blocks, feeds o Slideshows, calendars o Lists, grids, and tables o JSON? • Overrides at every level o Both GUI and PHP o Fields, rows, containers, etc. • Context sensitive o Can accept arguments
- 9. Key Concepts: Modules • Core Blog, Forum, Locale, Book, Comment, Contact, Color, Search, OpenID, Clean URLs, RDF (great for SEO), Update Manager, Toolbar, Dashboard • ContributedViews, Media, Metatags, Date, Feeds, Organic Groups, References, Rules, Scheduler, Panels, XML sitemap, WYSIWYG, Google Analytics, Schema.org, Boost, Backup and Migrate, Block Revisions, Logintoboggan, Konami Code, Pathauto, Facebook Connect, Twitter, MailChimp, Google Apps, Disqus
- 10. Where do pages come from? Entities like nodes, users, and taxonomy terms, mostly. They have pages auto- generated for them. Views and panels can create pages, too.
- 11. Anatomy: Codeless Blog w/ Gallery • base theme & theme • modulesViews, Blog, Views Slideshow, Views Slideshow Galleria, Date, WYSIWYG, Entity, File Entity, Print, Token, Media, XML sitemap • content types & fieldsBasic Page, Blog Entry, Gallery Image • viewsBlog Listing, Monthly Blog Archive, Gallery?
- 12. Anatomy: WIMP website • AdaptiveTheme & WIMP subtheme • content types & fieldsBasic Page, Book Page, Blog Entry, Events, Job Listings, Webform • viewsevent listing page, upcoming event block, job listing*, member listing • modules and custom moduleProfile2, Webforms, Commerce & Commerce Stripe, Subscription, Scheduler, Field Collection, Rules, Feeds, Getlocations, Disqus, Google Analytics, Twitter Pull, Meetup Event Importer*, Autocomplete Deluxe, MailChimp, Media, References, References Dialog, Schema.org, Superfish, Views, WYSIWYG (with CKEditor)
- 13. Before Building a Site • What content types and fields? • How will the data get in? (Forms) • How will the data get out? (Views) • Who may create/view/delete data? (Permissions) • What additional functionality? (Modules) • How can we make it pretty? (Theming) Intro to Drupal 7 Architecture, pg 31
- 14. Key Concepts: Distributions Commerce Kickstart - e-commerce Drupal Commons - community OpenAtrium - intranet & team portal Spark - Drupal 8 UX experiment in D7 COD - conferences OpenAid - collaborative aid deployment tool OpenOutreach - nonprofits & grassroots orgs OpenDeals - Drupal, Groupon-style OpenPublish - for newspapers & media OpenPublic - for government One Page CV - do I really need to explain? Videola - IPTV platform (think: Hulu or Lynda)
- 15. It's Not All Rainbows & Unicorns PRO CON • each new version is rethought • familiar, yet different • open-source • learning curve • security • learning curve... every version • multi-user • less out-of-the-box-y • multi-site • power hungry • internationalization • can easily pwn shared hosts • persistent references • lots o' files -- encumbers source • portable controlfrustrates front-end • content first approach coders, developers that dislike • command line admina favorite PHP, MVC practitioners, of database designers, shared web hosting packages, command line ninjas, security and minimalists nuts, integration specialists, and people who love Legos
- 16. Resources • Sonoma County Drupal User Group (& SF)Monthly on the Tuesday before WIMP at 6pmwww.meetup.com/socodrupal & www.facebook.com/groups/socodrupal • 2012 BADCamp in Berkeley, November 1- 4many DrupalCamps, DrupalCons, and Drupal User Groups available • Drupal.orgonline wiki, code repository, groups, and IRC channels • Lullabotwww.lullabot.com • Case studieswww.drupal.org/case-studies • Acquia and Drupal Gardens Really need a convincing argument? Drupal has a wiki page for that:
- 17. Resources: Drupalistas in WIMP • Bill Dornbush • Dale Geist • Debbie Smith • Linda Philips Blue • Scott Hildebrand • Nick Topolos • ... and yours truly ;-)
- 18. Drupal in 4 Hours Dive into Drupal and build something! This Friday at 2pm! Bring a laptop. Check out my blog, Skepti.ca! Joshua Simmons, Co-founder of WIMP and CEO of Bluebird Interactive. Drupalista since 2008. Follow me @joshsimmons
- 19. Extra Resources San Francisco Drupal Users Group http://www.meetup.com/SFDUG-San-Francisco-Drupal-Users-group/ Theme Hook Reference (File Names) http://drupal.org/node/1089656 Form API Reference http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer!topics!forms_api_reference.html/7 Sampe Data Architecture (Content Types, Fields, and Taxonomies) http://u.gob.lu/RWleqQ Theme Rendering Process Diagram http://john.albin.net/drupal/arrays-of-doom Grok Drupal 7 Theming (Page Template File Diagram) http://pingv.com/blog/grok-drupal-7-theming-update Intro to Drupal 7 Architecture http://www.ent.iastate.edu/it/Intro_to_Drupal_7_Architecture.pdf BOOKS PHP for Drupal Designers Using Drupal
- 20. Extra Resources How-To: Build a Slideshow with Views Slideshow (in this example, testimonials) http://www.ostraining.com/blog/drupal/views-slideshow-in-drupal-7/ WSJ Article about NYSE's Use of Drupal http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/05/28/nyse-relies-on-open-source-for-growth/ Drupal System Requirements http://drupal.org/requirements