Drupal Cookbook for New Drupallers
Speaker: Nancy Wichmann
A whirlwind trip through the author's "Beginner's Cookbook" on Drupal.org. You will get the basics that you need to get a site up and running, and customized how you want it.
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Thank you
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My notes…
Nancy’s Site – Drupal Cookbook..
http://nanwich.com/DrupalCookbook.htm
This Video..
01:37
No installation info.
No multi-site info.
No synchronizing info.
No Error Page info.
02:38
‘Node’ generally..
– Points or areas in-common
between 2 or more separate things.
03:15
Drupal ‘Database’..
– A collection of separate ‘tables’
that are full of ‘all’ the stuff.
03:30
A Drupal ‘node’ is the intersection
of a minimum of two
database tables’ stuff.
03:59
Page Areas.
- Header.
- Sidebars.
- Footer.
- Content Area.
Each area has multiple sections.
05:00
Theme
- The look and feel of a site.
- The code.
Block.
Module. (aka Contributed Modules).
- Views.
- CCK. (‘Image field in cck’
conflicts with ‘Image’ module ??)
- Image.
- FAQ.
- Weblinks.
- Taxonomy Image.
07:00
Do(s)
08:30
No programming needed.
[CSS (cascading style sheets)
for theme changes]
09:15
Don’t(s)
11:10
Avoid ‘automated script installation’
of Drupal to avoid future troubles.
11:35
Lamp- Wamp- Mamp-
Package with Drupal
php 5.2.5 for Drupal 7.
Php 5.3 problems with Drupal 6.
12:35
Clean-URLs ar good.
13:15
Core Modules ‘Enable’ recommended.
- Comment. For Guests.
- ‘Path’. Human readable URLs.
– [‘Path_Auto’ for automatic.]
- Taxonomy.
- Color.
- Blog. More than one author.
- Book.
14:48
Content types
- Story. Title; and Body as teaser.
- Page. (same as Story except default settings.)
(In the future, ‘page’ will be the full screen ??)
- Book. (same as Story except default settings;
and intended for multi-level
collaborative collections.)
- Blog. (same as story except default publishing options;
and intended as ‘time’ ordered collection.)
16:50
Creating Content.
- Home page is Front page.
- Welcome Story.
- Stories are intended to be
‘multiple per page’.
Title and body.
18:04
- If using ‘revisions’, use ‘Log message’.
?? utilities ?? module ??
Comments: See globally with “content type”
but can be changed on a node-by-node basis.
19:00
URL path settings.
19:20
Menu Settings.
- Not intended for Blog.
- ‘Title’ shows in menu.
- ‘Description’ displays on hover.
- ‘Parent item’ allows you to create
collapsing and expanding
multi-level menus.
- ‘Weight’ assigns relative positioning
of menu items. Drag-and-drop weight settings.
20:08
Authoring Info.
- Do not change ‘author info’.
20:20
Publishing Options.
- Set ‘Sticky at top of list’
for ‘front page’ (home page)
‘Welcome Message’.
20:40
Teaser.
- For multiple node pages.
- 600 character ~~ unlimited
and with ‘break comment’.
21:52
Avoid WYSIWYG editors.
22:10
Contacts.
EMail address exposure.
- Enable ‘Contact’ Module.
Admin >> Site building >> contact form.
Admin >> Site building >> menus.
Contact Us.
24:05
FTP is insecure.
Use WinScp (free) though you may
need your webhost’s help.
25:55
[para-phrased]
With Drupal, you will soon have
experience having uploaded/ installed
your site multiple times, and
it will become second nature to you.
[End poetic-license}
28:00
Disable Login / User registration.
Admin >> Site Building >> Blocks >>
Change ‘Region’ setting for
“User Login” block to ‘none’.
Back-Door into off-line site..
http://sample.com/user
…“/user”.
29:40
Taxonomy.
- A way to classify ‘posts’.
Vocabulary.
- A collection of terms that must
be assigned to be of value.
31:30
Tagging; ‘Free Tagging".
- ’Term’(s) can be added later to posts.
http://drupal.org
http://groups.drupal.org
http://nanwich.com/DrupalCookbook.htm
New-User as best Documentation
creators for new users.
Add D6 modules
- Administrator Theme ??
- Administrative Menu ??
to simulate D7.
Posted almost 3 years by Christopher James Francis Rodgers
You don’t recommend installing Drupal with Fantastico however according to Ucwebhost, Drupal can be updated through Fantastico. Is this Ok?
Posted over 2 years by Dynamata
thanks sukant
Posted 2 years by Anonymous 00:00:45
how to increase volume
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