Stop Coding and Start Clicking - Pragmatic site building in Drupal
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The document discusses efficient site building techniques in Drupal, emphasizing the use of existing modules to solve common problems instead of coding custom solutions. It highlights essential modules for administration, views, theming, and mobile support, along with practical tools like Display Suite and Bean for content management. The text encourages leveraging community-built resources to enhance Drupal site functionality while promoting a pragmatic approach to site development.
![RANDOM STUFF
Tokens
[node:url:absolute]
Auto Nodetitle
If you're lazy or don't want to give people the option.
(works with Tokens)
Radioactivity
Dynamic popularity of content based on views.
Video Filter
Want to insert a video? Use the Video Filter.
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Stop Coding and Start Clicking - Pragmatic site building in Drupal
- 1. STOP CODING, START CLICKING PRAGMATIC SITE BULDING IN DRUPAL Kyle Taylor LevelTen Interactive @KyleTaylored (I'm starting cool stuff in the area) #STOPCODING
- 2. WHO AM I I'm a site builder and front-end developer. I dislike complex answers to simple problems. In other words... I like efficiency. (some might call that lazy)
- 3. STOP CODING, START CLICKING What does that mean? Take the test! 1. Do you find yourself writing template overrides often? 2. Do you often write custom modules to alter views queries? 3. Do you ask questions online and answers usually start with: "Start with this snippet..."
- 4. WHYYYYY.
- 5. YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL. Drupal 7 was released January, 2011. It's 2013. You probably aren't the first person with your problem.
- 6. USE THE MODULES, LUKE. Modules are built by people who have problems. These people had to prove that they can build modules. Just remember. MODULES ARE NOT PLUGINS Modules = ingredients we put together. Plugins = fully cooked meals.
- 9. LET'S START Administration Helpers Admin Menu - easier toolbar experience Backup & Migrate - easy site backup/transfer Devel - debugging modules, generating content Features*- packaging up repeatable features Module Filter - self-explanatory
- 10. VIEWS If you don't use Views, get on it. Very complex queries in a breeze. Easy to use UI Quite flexible - plugins available.
- 12. VIEWS RESPONSIVE GRID Mobile-friendly putting content in a grid. (no tables, no manhandling Views)
- 13. FOOTABLE Sometimes we need responsive tables. (no need to hack it up in CSS)
- 14. FOOTABLE MOBILE
- 16. VIEWS DATA EXPORT AND sometimes, we need to export that table. (some clients need reports or XML*)
- 17. THEMING! One of the more difficult tasks in Drupal. Display Suite "Display Suite allows you to take full control over how your content is displayed using a drag and drop interface." DRAG AND DROP
- 18. DISPLAY SUITE
- 19. DISPLAY SUITE Semantic Fields Region to Block (really cool) Hide page titles etc.
- 20. BEAN Block Entities Aren't Nodes Problem: I want to add a block with an image. Old solution: Create a node with an image field, translate node into a block. OR Upload image, get URL, create new block with HTML New solution: Use Bean.
- 21. BEAN Bean is an entity type. We treat it like a node. Lots of plugins available: Beanslide Bean Relevant Content Bean and Leaflet (mapping) Integrates with Display Suite!
- 22. MORE BLOCK STUFF BLOCK CLASS Add classes to blocks. BLOCK GROUP Create faux regions on a page. REGION CLASS Add classes to regions and sub-blocks (Blocker - secret project)
- 23. MOBILE HELP AIS (Adaptive Image Styles)
- 24. MOBILE HELP Browser Class Add classes based on browser. (mobile or desktop) <body class="html front logged-in one-sidebar sidebar-first page-node chrome chrome26 mac desktop"> Alternative: Browscap Returns a slew of information about the browser Not always available on your host.
- 25. JQUERY MODULES jQuery Update Updates jQuery core to... something better. (Drupal core jQuery - 1.4.4) Equal Heights Make blocks... the same height. Based on classes applied. CSS3 PIE Makes IE more tolerable.
- 26. RANDOM STUFF Tokens [node:url:absolute] Auto Nodetitle If you're lazy or don't want to give people the option. (works with Tokens) Radioactivity Dynamic popularity of content based on views. Video Filter Want to insert a video? Use the Video Filter. [video: url]
- 27. SEARCH Search API Search API Solr FacetAPI FacetAPI Pretty Paths
- 28. WHERE CAN I TRY THESE OUT? HTTP://SIMPLYTEST.ME
- 29. OTHER RANDOM MODULES Gallery formatter - turn an image field into a slideshow RedHen CRM - CRM system built on Drupal Zenmata - find relevant content/articles to the current one Masonry - Views plugin that integrates Masonry