Week 8 - MTM4081termproject

week1reviewReview

• What is a content management system?

• What are the benefits of a content management system?

• What are a few of the more popular content management systems used today?

• What is the difference between a content management system and a content management framework?

• Content Management Systems

week2reviewReview

• What is Drupal?

• What are the five layers that make up the Drupal system flow?

• What are the three types of Drupal modules?

• What are a few popular contributed modules in Drupal?

• Introduction to Drupal

week3reviewReview

• What is the purpose of the Content Construction Kit module?

• What is the purpose of the Views module?

• What is the purpose of the Rate module?

• What is the purpose of the Taxonomy module?

• Extending Drupal

week4reviewReview

• What is the benefit of separating the visual layer from the programming?

• What types of files are included in a Drupal theme?

• What is a starting theme? What are it’s benefits?

• Drupal Themes

week5reviewReview

• What are a few examples of common standards in day-to-day life?

• Why do we standardize? Benefits? Disadvantages?

• Who creates the standards for web development?

• How can we validate that our HTML and CSS adheres to standards?

• What is WCAG? What importance does it play?

• Web Standards

week6reviewReview

• What is Common Look and Feel 2.0?

• What four topics are standardized in CLF2?

• What is the Usability Template?

• What benefits does the new Usability Template bring?

• Government Standards

week7reviewReview

• When do we plan?

• What are some types of plans?

• Why do we plan?

• What details do we include in our:

• Content architecture• Theme design• Workflow• Display Views

• Project Planning

Week 7

termproject

Project PlanPlanning

Create project plans including:

• Content architecture

• Theme design

• Workflow

• Display Views

Teams of 3. Assignment should take 1-2 weeks followed by presentations.

Drupal ThemesTheming

Convert your theme design into Drupal.

Your themes must be HTML, WCAG compliant.

Complete the WCAG checklist for your website.

PresentationPresentation

Your group must present their final project.

Prepare the presentations in advance. Do not ‘wing’ it.

Presentations should take 3 – 5 minutes.

Drupal SetupConfiguration

Your Drupal website must contain a minimum:

• 5 - Content Types5 - Views, 8 Displays2 - Taxonomies1 - Panel2 - Menus6 - Blocks