Drupal Essential Training

with: Tom Geller (Publishers bio)

...is now live in the Online Training Library at Lynda.com! Contact me privately via email or comment here if you have a well-known site and would like to publish a review of the full series, and I'll do my best to get you a DVD or free site pass. (It's normally $25/month for access to all their videos, which I think is a really good deal.)

Course Description:

Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) for a variety of platforms. It has a robust user community and easy-to-use administration features. Drupal Essential Training covers all the important aspects of installing, configuring, customizing, and maintaining a Drupal-powered website. Instructor Tom Geller explores blogs, discussion forums, member profiles, and other features while demonstrating the steps required to make Drupal perform. He also teaches fundamental concepts and skills along the way, including installation, backups, and updates; security and permissions; flexible page layouts and CSS; menu navigation; and performance monitoring and disaster recovery. He also discusses how to select and install the community-supported modules that further expand Drupal's capabilities, and gives experienced PHP programmers tips on customizing page templates. Example files accompany the course.

Topics Include:

• Understanding the inner workings of Drupal
• Creating stories, pages, blogs, forums, and polls
• Managing users and comments
• Setting and customizing themes
• Exchanging content via RSS
• Stopping comment spam with a CAPTCHA
• Launching a site and joining the Drupal community

Duration: 7 Hours

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Drupal version: Drupal 6.x