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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Frequently asked questions
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about Drupal 7 Essential Training.
- Q: In the "Getting Drupal up and running fast" movie, the author downloads and install the Acquia Drupal stack installer, but I can't find it on the Acquia downloads page (acquia.com/downloads).
- A: After the course was released, Acquia changed their branding. What used to be called the "stack installer" is now "Acquia Dev Desktop" -- that's the one you want. It includes Acquia Drupal, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
- Q: This course was updated on 11/10/2011. What changed in this release?
- A: This update was a change to the movie "Installing the Acquia Drupal stack installer (DAMP)". The movie is now called "Installing the Acquia Dev Desktop".
After the course was released, Acquia changed their branding. What used to be called the "stack installer" is now "Acquia Dev Desktop". Please review this movie to learn about changes to the installation process.
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