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This is an introduction to Drupal, an overview outlining some of the key basic features of Drupal. It is designed as an introduction to the open-source software. It was compiled by Enovation Solutions, an e-Learning and IT Solutions company.
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What is Drupal?
Compiled by Mark Melia,Enovation Solutions, 2013
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Agenda
Introduction
Drupal overview
Migration common considerations
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What is Drupal?
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FreeOpen source A Content Management System (CMS) A Content Management Framework
(CMF)Community drivenModularFlexiblePretty (provided time is spent on
theme)
Drupal is:
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Who is using Drupal?
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For each week beginning on the given date, the figures show the number of sites that reported they are using a given version of Drupal.
Lots of people are using Drupal!
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What does Drupal look like?
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Source: www.economist.com
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Source: www.whitehouse.gov
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Source: www.gouvernement.fr
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Source: www.data.gov.uk
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Source: www.nsw.gov.au
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Source: www.dcu.ie
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Source: www.gaa.ie
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Source: www.iob.ie
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Drupal make-upNodesContent creationTaxonomyMenuViewsPermissions
Drupal Terminology
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See Notes for explanation
Drupal Make-up
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Nodes
All data in common formatNodes have
Content types Metadata Comments Published?
Modules know what they are dealing with Show content here Show it like this
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Content Creation
Content types Customisable by administrator Create new content types
• Map location– Name– Description– GPS co-ordinates– Summary– Post code
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Taxonomy
What is a taxonomy?
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Taxonomy in Drupal
Node organisation – categories, tags or metadata
Define taxonomy vocabularies that make sense Location Department
Taxonomy should be driven by business needs Are the sub-sections needed? Content that should be shared? How do we group content?
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Menu in Drupal
Main menu Links drive main navigation
structureSecondary menusSpecify which nodes appear in which
menusCentral consideration for site
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Views
Nodes can be mixed and matchedViews define what node elements we
want to see (e.g. only show future ‘event content types’, archive past ‘event content types’.)
Defined using Search criteria Menu structure
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Blocks
Box visible in a specific region of a node
Specify on block which nodes to display on
Nodes have regions (e.g. left side, right side, content pane etc)
Regions defined by the skin/theme
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Drupal Permissions
User rolesPermissions assigned to rolesSpecific nodes have permissions to:
Edit View
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Look and Feel
ThemeHow pages look Branding, corporate lookDifferent pages can be defined for
different content types.Responsive design
Bootstrap
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How do I edit
WYSIWYG Login using specific addressEditing bar appears on the top of the
website Content editing tools and links appear
once logged in
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Text editor
FamiliarEasy to understandEasy to use
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Revision Control
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Promoting to Pages
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Common Considerations when moving to Drupal
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Can I do an events calendar?
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https://drupal.org/project/calendar
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Surveys
Available from webform ModuleSimple, intuitiveDefine questionsValidationConditional branching through the
formOnline analysisDownload for Excel
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RSS and Social Media
RSS out of the box - ?q=rss.xmlSocial Media
https://drupal.org/project/socialmedia
https://drupal.org/project/easy_social https://drupal.org/project/sharethis
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Mobile/SFF
SFF: Small Form FactorsWhat is the requirement for
Mobile?
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Mobile/SFF Considerations
Responsive Design?What mobile browsers?Media
Flash MP4 Images
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Video
How do you want to host? Drupal? External and embed?
Browsers?Who do want to upload? Drupal allows
permissions for uploading video.
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Accessibility
Core conforms to WCAG2.0 and ATAG2.0
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Editing Content
Who will edit the pages?Will departments take ownership?Editorial approval process?Authentication?Drupal allows configurable permissionsEasy!
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Drupal – more than technology
Community Lots of people doing interesting stuffEngage with communityRelease to the community
The community will keep it up to date
Respected member of community What’s on the roadmap – you
decide.
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Enovation Solutions: Who are we?
eLearning and Learning
Management
Personal Portfolios
Web Content Management
Knowledge Management
Learning Content
Repositories
Document and Records
ManagementManaged
Open Source
Solutions
Integrated Services
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