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Drupal 7 Essential Training
Mark Todd

Drupal 7 Essential Training

with Tom Geller

 


Drupal 7 Essential Training shows how to get the most out of Drupal, the content management system (CMS) that powers over a quarter million web sites. The course demonstrates how to download and install Drupal, add content and graphics to a site, change layout and design elements, control visitor interactions, and expand the site's capabilities beyond what’s available in Drupal core. Discussion of established best practices in each step to ensure that a site remains streamlined, secure, and up-to-date. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
  • Comparing Drupal with other content management systems
  • Understanding nodes
  • Creating basic content
  • Adding blogs, discussions groups, and polls
  • Subscribing to RSS feeds
  • Creating new content types
  • Managing users, roles, and permissions
  • Creating and modifying block regions
  • Adding menus
  • Extending site capabilities with modules

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author
Tom Geller
subject
Developer, Web, CMS
software
Drupal 7
level
Beginner
duration
7h 23m
released
Jan 14, 2011
updated
Nov 10, 2011

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Tom Geller

Tom Geller

Tom Geller is a freelancer, published author, teacher, and consultant with over 20 years of experience and a focus in technology, science, and business. With roots in corporate and college training and a strong emphasis in consulting on the web-management system Drupal, Tom has become an in-demand consultant who travels worldwide to work with clients. He published Drupal 7: Visual Quick Start Guide. In addition, Tom writes articles for industry publications in the technology space. Tom's presented at ISPCon, Macworld Expo, and the Consumer Electronics Show. You can connect with Tom via http://tomgeller.com.
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