Albert Hughes, John-Michael Oswalt, David Stagg Schipul—The Web Marketing Companyahughes@schipul.com, jmoswalt@schipul.com, dstagg@schipul.com

HANDS-ON DRUPALFunny Name, Serious CMS.

THE PEOPLE ON STAGE RIGHT NOWWe’ll be your hosts for this evening

Albert D. HughesProject Manager at Schipul

John-Michael OswaltSearch Engine Marketing at Schipul

David StaggCreative Director at Schipul

3 Big Questions

1. What is Drupal?2. What can Drupal do?3. Is Drupal right for me?

WHAT IS DRUPAL?Funny name, serious CMS.

Building a Web siteSigned,The 1990s

CONTENT

CONTENTMANAGEMENT

CONTENTMANAGEMENTSYSTEM

CONTENTMANAGEMENTSYSTEM

Drupal

1. Open-source2. Easy to tailor (customizable)3. Supported by a large on-line community

WHAT CAN DRUPAL DO?With great power comes great responsibility. And a Porsche.

Bird’s Eye View

• Sites powered by Drupal• How sites leveraged Drupal– Content/Content Types– Menus– Blocks– Nodes

Bird’s Eye View, cont.

• Custom content types• Search engine optimization• Use of third-party modules

NOW LET’S DO IT.Where after it’s all over, you still feel morally reputable.

• Hosting plans• Installing– Self-hosted– One-click installation

Hosting and Installing

Administration

• Site Information (“Customize and Configure”)• Adding a basic page• Menus and navigation• Roles, Users, Permissions

Core Modules

• What is a module?• Modules– Comments– Contact– Path– Search

Third-Party Modules

• Free to download, free to use• Necessary for improved

Drupal functionality• Community-submitted• Installed in separate, specific

directory– /sites/all/modules/

Third-Party Modules, cont.

• CCK (Content Construction Kit)• Image-related:– File Field (CCK)– Image Field (CCK)– Image API– ImageCache

• Views

Putting It All Together

1. Create the content type2. Create the content3. Publish the content

a. View a full list of content on my site

Themes

• The basic look may not suit your organization– Core Themes– Third-Party Themes– Custom Themes

• Changing your theme• Theme settings– Site logo

THREE BIG QUESTIONSShould you ask it out on a date?

3 Big Questions—Answered!

1. What is Drupal?An easy to tailor open-source content management

system (CMS) supported by a large on-line community.

3 Big Questions—Answered!

2. What can Drupal do?Drupal can use modules, like CCK and Views, to take

your information types and organize and display them in a streamlined approach.

3 Big Questions—Answered!

3. Is Drupal right for me?Not always!

Q&ADear Lord, I hope we know the answer

“Hands-On Drupal”

John-Michael Oswaltjmoswalt.comtwitter.com/jmoswalt

David Staggdavidstagg.comtwitter.com/dstagg

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