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Course Outline
Day 1: Administering Drupal
Introduction to Drupal
- Understanding Drupal and its use cases
- Drupal architecture and core components (nodes, fields, entities, views)
- Distinction between core and contributed modules
User and Content Management
- Managing users, roles, and permissions
- Creating and managing content types
- Workflow management and content moderation
Organizing and Displaying Content
- Using taxonomy for classification and tagging
- Managing menus and navigation structures
- Generating friendly URLs and aliases with Pathauto
Site Administration Basics
- Utilizing the Admin Toolbar
- Viewing logs and troubleshooting with Watchdog
- Configuring maintenance mode and site settings
Day 2: Content Presentation with Views and Styling
Working with Views
- Introduction to the Views module
- Creating lists, tables, and grids
- Implementing sorting, filtering, and contextual filters
Blocks, Regions, and Layouts
- Understanding the block system
- Assigning blocks to specific regions
- Designing page layouts with Layout Builder
Basic Theming
- Introduction to responsive theming
- CSS fundamentals for Drupal theming
- Overriding styles and theme layers
Managing Media
- Working with the Media module
- Embedding images, video, and documents
- Utilizing media libraries for reusability
Day 3: Theming, Customization, and Site Maintenance
Drupal Theme System
- Understanding base themes (Olivero, Claro)
- Installing and customizing contributed themes
- Creating and working with sub-themes
Twig Templating
- Introduction to Twig templates
- Overriding templates for content types and fields
- Debugging with Twig and browser tools
Extending Drupal
- Essential contributed modules (Pathauto, Redirect, Devel)
- Installing and updating modules
- Introduction to creating custom modules
Maintenance and Security
- Updating core, modules, and themes
- Backup and restore strategies
- Security best practices
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Familiarity with web-based user interfaces
- Experience using a web browser for content and site management
- Basic knowledge of HTML is advantageous
Audience
- Web administrators
- Content managers
- Web developers beginning their journey with Drupal
21 Hours
Testimonials (1)
The energy the trainer had, the engagement and the willingness to assist when we got stuck
