Googling Your Way to Drupal Success (11/05/25 - Inky Serritslev)
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Welcome to:
Googling your way to Drupal SuccessUsing the power of the Internet and Drupal Communities
to teach yourself Drupal Skills
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A DrupalCape Presentation by:Inky Serritslev
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Drupal.org is “the source”
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Most often, I’m searching for:
• A module to do something for me
• Help on a module that’s not working (as I think it should)
• Troubleshooting an error message
Basics of Drupal.org
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Basis of Drupal development is through Modules(especially If you don’t know php)
http://drupal.org/project/modules
Currently 7991 full projects and 1629 in development
Note that “Modules” = “Projects”
Basics of Drupal.org
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Basics of Drupal.org
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Anatomy of a module pageBasics of Drupal.org
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Anatomy of a module page
• Overview – why you want to use this module
•Project information – maintenance, categories, installs
• Issues search & recent issues
•Related projects
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Anatomy of a module page
•Overview – why you want to use this module
•Project information – maintenance, categories, installs
•Issues search & recent issues
•Related projects
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Anatomy of a module page
•Overview – why you want to use this module
•Project information – maintenance, categories, installs
•Issues search & recent issues – USE THIS!!
•Related projects
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Anatomy of a module page
•Overview – why you want to use this module
•Project information – maintenance, categories, installs
•Issues search & recent issues
•Related projects
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Using the issues search – building the community
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Using the issues search – building the community
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Using the issues search – building the community
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Being part of the Community
Drupal Code of Conduct
• Be considerate• Be respectful• Be Collaborative• When we disagree, we consult others• When we are unsure, we ask for help• Step down considerately
http://drupal.org/dcoc
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Being part of the Community
Roger Saner’s Code of Conduct
• Read the documentation. Yes, RTFM applies - always.
• How to ask a question: "I'm trying to achieve [A]. I thought the best way to do
this was to [B]. I read the documentation and
it said to do [X]. I did it, I expected to see [Y]
but actually saw [Z]. What am I doing wrong?“
• Ask your question in the right channels.
http://groups.drupal.org/node/77228
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Being part of the Community
Intelligent questions receive intelligent answers.
And that includes grammar and spelling, too!
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Being part of the Community
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The World beyond Drupal.org
• Lullabot (free) & Drupalize.me (paid)
http://www.lullabot.com & http://drupalize.me
• Mustardseed http://mustardseedmedia.com/
The learning curve to the Drupal CMS is less like a curve, more like a cliff.
• YouTube is a winner with practically anything
• Can find others on http://drupal.org/training-services
• IRC
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Beyond Drupal – Supporting Skills
http://www.w3schools.com/http://www.css3.info
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Beyond Drupal – Supporting Skills
http://www.colourlovers.comhttp://kuler.adobe.com
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Beyond Drupal – Supporting Skills
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface
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Beyond Drupal – Supporting Skills
http://www.favicon.cc
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Beyond Drupal – Supporting Skills
Search: “Showcase xxx”
http://www.smashingmagazine.com
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com
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