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Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) for a variety of platforms. It has a robust user community and easy-to-use administration features. Drupal Essential Training covers all the important aspects of installing, configuring, customizing, and maintaining a Drupal-powered website. Instructor Tom Geller explores blogs, discussion forums, member profiles, and other features while demonstrating the steps required to make Drupal perform. He also teaches fundamental concepts and skills along the way, including installation, backups, and updates; security and permissions; flexible page layouts and CSS; menu navigation; and performance monitoring and disaster recovery. He also discusses how to select and install the community-supported modules that further expand Drupal's capabilities, and gives experienced PHP programmers tips on customizing page templates. Example files accompany the course.

Course Drupal Essential Training Author Tom Geller SKU ISBN Release Date 2008-08-25 Duration 6.52 hrs / 66 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags

1. What Is Drupal? Drupal is a CMS 07:43 Choosing Drupal 05:32 Checking Drupal's requirements 04:26 Understanding the inner workings of Drupal 04:35 Meeting the Drupal community 06:39 2. What Can Drupal Do? Learning key terms in Drupal 05:20 Touring Drupal's interface 06:08 3. Installing Drupal Installing WAMP and Drupal on Windows 09:41 Installing MAMP 04:34 Setting up the database on a Mac 02:02 Downloading and installing Drupal on a Mac 06:37 Troubleshooting installation problems 03:49 Automating updates with cron 07:52 4. Perfecting Your Installation Setting up clean URLs 05:52 Backing up your Drupal site 03:31 Restoring your Drupal site from backup 04:19 Wiping your Drupal installation clean 02:07 Updating Drupal 09:48 5. Understanding Drupal Administration Using the Administration menu 06:21 Setting site information 04:50 Setting the theme 04:26 6. Managing Users on Your Site Understanding security and permissions 07:02 Controlling site access with user management 03:39 Creating users 07:58 Setting user profiles 09:40 Creating contact forms 06:49 7. Establishing Your Site's Identity Creating your site's basic info pages 07:13 Understanding page layout 05:40 Creating a flexible layout with blocks 06:26 8. Keeping Your Drupal Site Running Monitoring performance 04:52 Recovering from disasters 07:37 Improving administration skills 03:06 9. Building Content Nodes

Enabling other content types 09:22 Adding blogs 03:49 Adding forums 06:56 Adding polls 06:57 10. Managing Site Content Exploring content categories 07:45 Exchanging content via RSS 09:47 Using input filters 07:41 Managing comments 09:37 11. Customizing Your Site's Appearance with Themes and CSS Configuring your theme 11:27 Changing your theme's graphics 04:59 Finding and installing a new theme 08:56 Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 05:56 Deciphering CSS files 06:47 12. Expanding Your Site's Capabilities with Modules Finding modules 06:53 Unpacking and installing modules 06:30 Configuring modules 03:50 Implementing complex modules 05:28 13. Identifying Must-Have Modules Ensuring automated updates with poormanscron 03:11 Defining custom content types with CCK 12:54 Stopping spam using a CAPTCHA 10:43 Using a WYSIWYG text editor 05:24 14. Building a Navigation Framework Getting around with multilevel menus 07:26 Building custom menus 05:42 Creating easy-to-navigate books 09:10 15. Advanced Tips for PHP Programmers Changing page templates with PHP 08:15 Using PHP in content 05:20 Implementing PHP snippets 06:44 16. Launching Your Drupal Site Launching your site 05:52 Joining the Drupal community 04:23 Conclusion Goodbye 00:14