DrupalCamp STL: Get Your Drupal Sea Legs
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The document provides an introduction to Drupal, discussing what it is, common dangers for new users, and resources for getting help. Specifically, it notes that Drupal is an open source content management system used by many high profile sites, warns of potential issues like installing too many modules or not backing up sites, and recommends resources such as documentation, books, and meetups for assistance.
DrupalCamp STL: Get Your Drupal Sea Legs
- 1. Get your Drupal Sea Legs
- 2. Today's Tour ✔ Drupal in a nutshell ✔ Common dangers for new navigators ✔ Calling the Drupal Coast Guard ✔ Q&A
- 3. Drupal...in a nutshell ✔ Content Management System/Framework ✔ Maintained and developed by a community of 630,000+ users and developers ✔ Used to power high-profile sites such as whitehouse.gov, Examiner.com, The Economist (economist.com) ✔ Not perfect, but pretty awesome
- 4. Common dangers ✔ Plan your structure ✔ Don't hack core ✔ Modules are great...until you've installed too many ✔ Develop & test locally ✔ Backup your site...now...right now ✔ Version Control System (GIT, SVN, etc.) ✔ Features ✔ Security FTW!
- 5. Calling the Drupal Coast Guard ✔ http://api.drupal.org ✔ Blog posts/Tutorials (Google searching) ✔ Books (Pro Drupal Development, The Definitive Guide to Drupal) ✔ Issue Queue ✔ Irc (https://drupal.org/irc) ✔ Social Media (twitter, google plus) ✔ Drupal Meetups ✔ Drupal Mentors ✔ Paid Training (buildamodule.com, drupalize.me, drupaleasy.com ✔ Drupal Con/Camp training sessions
- 6. Calling the Drupal Coast Guard ✔ http://api.drupal.org ✔ Blog posts/Tutorials (Google searching) ✔ Books (Pro Drupal Development, The Definitive Guide to Drupal) ✔ Issue Queue ✔ Irc (https://drupal.org/irc) ✔ Social Media (twitter, google plus) ✔ Drupal Meetups ✔ Drupal Mentors ✔ Paid Training (buildamodule.com, drupalize.me, drupaleasy.com ✔ Drupal Con/Camp training sessions