How to Build a Drupal 7 Jobs Site
OSTraining
Course Summary
This class is an introduction to the principles and skills needed to build websites in Drupal 7. This is a practical, hands-on tutorial and you can follow along with every step.
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Course Description
This class is an introduction to the principles and skills needed to build websites in Drupal 7. This is a practical, hands-on tutorial and you can follow along with every step.During this class, you're going to build a job-posting site.
- In the first few videos we'll get you set up with a Drupal site.
- In the second part of the class, you'll learn about content types, taxonomy, content display, image styles and permissions.
- In the third part of the class, you'll get an introduction to Views, landing pages, blocks, caching and more.
- In the fourth part of the class, you'll build menus and URLs.
- In the fifth part of the class. you select modules, test new features, add calendars and explore powerful extra features.
- In the sixth part of the class, you'll discover and install great themes.
- In the final part of the class, you'll learn about content editing and content workflows.
Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations.
His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Moodle and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose.
Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorcycle pretty much everywhere he can.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction
Welcome
Planning Your New Site
Getting Ready for the Class
How to Install a Module
Preparing to Build the Site
Users
Planning the User Roles
Creating User Roles
The Masquerade Module
Configuring the User Settings
Site Building
Understanding Content Types
Understanding Taxonomy
The Anatomy of a Drupal Site
Site Building Exercises
Site Building Summary
Content Types
Planning Content Types
Planning Field Types and Widgets
Plan a New Content Type
Create The Job Posting Content Type
How to Modify Existing Fields
How to Reuse a Field
Creating a New Taxomomy
Add a Taxonomy Field to a Content Type
Add a Term Reference Fields
Manage the Display of Fields
Manage the Display of Articles
Creating Image Styles
Permissions for a Content Type
Using the Devel Module to Generate Content
Content Display and Organization
Introduction to Views
Installing Views
Create a List of Content With Views
Create a View for the Job Postings
Different Displays With Views
Create a Related Content Block with Contextual Views
Create a List of Terms With Views
Create a Contextually Filtered Block
Views Caching
Site Navigation and URLs
Customizing URL Aliases
Using the Pathauto Module for URLs
Understanding Drupal's Menu System
Create a Quick Links Menu
Create a Quick Links Menu Block
Modules
How to Select Drupal Modules
Adding Date Fields
Adding Link Fields
Introducing the Entity Reference Module
Installing the Entity Reference Module
Adding a Entity Reference Field
Views and Display Suite
Creating an FAQ Page With Views Relationships
Showing a User Image in Views With Relationships
Allow Users to Filter Your Views
Create an Exposed Filter for Job Listings
Introducing Display Suite
Create a View of All Users
A Custom Layout for User Profiles
Create a Photo Gallery
Event Calendar and Event Listings
Create an Event Content Type
Add a Menu Link for Submitting Events
Create an Events Calendar with Views
Custom Error Messages
Themes
Evaluating Themes
Install the AdaptiveTheme and Corolla Themes
Install the Adminimal Administration Theme
Content and Site Maintenance
Text Formats and CKEditor
Edit the New Text Formats
Customize the Content Editor Experience
Introducing the Workbench Module
Summary
