Drupal 7 for RLACE

Who is this guy?

Adult Services Computer Lab

Digital Media Lab

Desks

And WebsitesOf course

http://franklinparklibrary.org/

http://business.skokielibrary.info/

http://www.nsbdf.org/

Lots of Wordpress too

Others

SkokieNet

Arlington Heights Memorial Library

 

Ann Arbor Public Library, MI

SOPAC

New York Public Library, NY

IUPUI

Time

The “I suck period”

I RULE !!1!!

Me

Why Drupal?

• Free – Open Source – Evolving • Add-ons* (Modules)• Menus• User permissions*• Themes• Tagging*• Comments*• RSS• Integration of blogs• Fluid front page

Why to Avoid Drupal

• Updating• Databases• Slow (if not hosted correctly)• The learning curve • It breaks

Hosts• Bluehost• GoDaddy• GreenGeeks• A2 Hosting • Acquia• LISHost• Your local consortium

Easy local install

• Acquia DAMP- DrupalApacheMySQLPHP

• Bitnami• LAMP (less easy)• WAMP (less easy)

Language of Drupal

The hardest part for new architects

Themes

Drupal Theme Page

But I want my own theme

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Keep in mind

• CSS vs. Tables• Accessibility

– Per Capita Grants– http://groups.drupal.org/node/18595?– http://www.ada.gov/websites2_prnt.pdf

Firefox/Firebug are your friends

My favorite theme helpers

• Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html• Firebug http://getfirebug.com/• Colorzilla http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/• Coral IE Tab

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10909• Web Developer Toolbar

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60• Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Modules

What are they?Add-onsAdd capabilitiesCore vs. Contributed

Not using Fields and Views?

What is Fields?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike9alive/479092117/

What is Views?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/3410783929/

Togetherhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jonperson/2849999933/

Example Fields and View

Same information

Same again

Other non-core Modules you

MUST check out

PanelsCTools

PathautoToken

Date and Calendar

WYSIWYG

Google Analytics

Webform

Nice Menus

MegaMenu, Superfish, DHTML Menu

Feeds

MollomCAPTCHA, ReCAPTCHA

Scheduler

Organic Groups

Backup and

Migrate

Where to learn more

• Using Drupal• Drupal for Dummies• Drupal for Education

and E-Learning• Front End Drupal• Sams Teach Yourself

Drupal In 24 Hours

• GotDrupal.com? http://gotdrupal.com/• Drupal Dojo http://drupaldojo.com/• Drupal Handbooks

http://drupal.org/handbooks• Support http://drupal.org/forum• Lullabot http://drupalize.me/• Mustardseed Media

http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast

• Lynda.com/• Drupal Planet http://drupal.org/planet • Skill Compass

http://skillcompass.org/learning-resources

Please feel free to contact me @Please feel free to contact me @mjacobsen@skokielibrary.infomjacobsen@skokielibrary.infohttp://twitter.com/mickjacobsenhttp://twitter.com/mickjacobsen

http://www.slideshare.net/mjacobsen/drupal-for-nonwimpy-librarians-ilead-u-2011

• Configuration• Core Modules• Download a Module• Creating content• Themes• User Settings• Menus

• Structure– Content types– Taxonomy– Views– Display

Dirty Hands