Topics Content administration Basic installation and configuration Theme and module installation The Nice-to-Have Modules that expand functionality for a more thorough experience The Must-Have Modules that no website can go without

Beginning Drupal for Non-Developers Basic installation and configuration

Installation

Rename the copy “settings.php” and set permissions to 777 sites/default

Configuration

Beginning Drupal for Non-Developers Theme and Module Installation

Theme Customization

Module Customization

Theme & Module Customization

Beginning Drupal for Non-Developers Content Administration

3 Main Types of Content: Blocks – snippets of content or functionality Taxonomy – categories or terms Nodes – articles, stories

Content Administration

Beginning Drupal for Non-Developers Essential Modules

Views & Views UI

Essential Modules

article/year/month category/tags Pathauto

Essential Modules Google Analytics

Essential Modules Rules - Rules is a fundamental Drupal module that allows site builders to bring a measure of automation to their sites. Rules works hand-in-hand with the Entity API to enable developers to configure events that will be executed whenever certain conditions are met. Login redirects based on user role, status, what day of the week it is, first letter of their username, anything! Create notifications on replies, comments, other user actions, purchases (for ecommerce) Create promotions and sync content with promotions (for ecommerce) Allows non-programmers to create if-like statements and make the system respond with an action.

Beginning Drupal for Non-Developers Expand Functionality

Panels

Expand Functionality Internationalization – provides a collection of modules to create a multilingual experience.

Expand Functionality Drupal Commerce

Beginning Drupal for Non-Developers What has Drupal done for you?

In Conclusion Drupal is a truly flexible platform that can become what you mold it to be