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Introduction to Drupal 6 Training

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Drupal is an open source content management framework that allows you to develop and deploy simple and complex Web sites rapidly. This practical \"how to\" course by VTC author and Drupal expert, Trevor James, begins by showing you how to install and configure Drupal and progresses into showing you how to build functional blogs, polls, forms, podcasts, and photo galleries, and the specific modules and themes you need to use to do so. After taking the course you’ll be on your way to becoming a Drupal expert and look forward to designing state of the art Web sites using this powerful open source tool. The course uses the latest version of Drupal 6.x. To begin learning, simply click the movie links.

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Introduction to Drupal & the Course
  Drupal (04:48)
  Example Drupal Web sites (05:13)
  Technology & System Requirements pt. 1 (05:58)
  Technology & System Requirements pt. 2 (07:35)
Installing Drupal
  Installing MOWES Portable pt. 1 (05:22)
  Installing MOWES Portable pt. 2 (04:26)
  Downloading & Extracting Drupal (05:21)
  Running Drupal Installer (06:59)
  Installing Shared Host/Prod Server pt. 1 (06:34)
  Installing Shared Host/Prod Server pt. 2 (07:19)
  Installing Shared Host/Prod Server pt. 3 (04:31)
Drupal Configuration
  Status Report & Cron (07:44)
  Input/Logging/Performance/Information (06:35)
Drupal Content
  Content Types – Page & Story (07:39)
  Posting Content (04:38)
  Navigation Menus & Admin Menus (05:21)
  Intro to Blocks (05:25)
Blocks & Modules
  How Blocks & Modules Interact (05:40)
  Adding Custom Blocks (05:02)
  Enabling Blog/Forum & Poll Modules (04:55)
Using Core Drupal Modules
  Contact Form pt. 1 (07:34)
  Contact Form pt. 2 (05:20)
  Aggregator Module pt. 1 (04:54)
  Aggregator Module pt. 2 (04:53)
  Aggregator Module pt. 3 (04:39)
Core & Contributed Modules
  Contributed Modules – FCKEditor & IMCE (05:59)
  FCK pt. 1 (04:21)
  FCK pt. 2 (04:47)
  Posting Blog Content using FCK & IMCE pt. 1 (06:13)
  Posting Blog Content using FCK & IMCE pt. 2 (05:25)
  IMCE & FCK Image sizing (05:36)
  IMCE Image sizing & Text Alignment (06:08)
Module Functionality
  Contributed Modules – Administration Menu (05:18)
  File Uploads & File Attachments pt. 1 (04:42)
  File Uploads & File Attachments pt. 2 (05:38)
  Uploading PPT/Word/PDF (07:17)
Site Maintenance & User Management
  Site Maintenance (03:19)
  User Roles (05:03)
  Permissions/Roles & Users (07:16)
Drupal Forums Module
  Forum pt. 1 (05:07)
  Forum pt. 2 (05:22)
  Forum pt. 3 (06:45)
  Forum pt. 4 (07:23)
  Disabling User Login Block (04:37)
Drupal Themes & Theming
  Intro to Theming (05:39)
  Garland pt. 1 (06:52)
  Garland pt. 2 (05:28)
  Garland pt. 3 (05:35)
  Garland pt. 4 (05:22)
  Pushbutton (05:51)
  Configuring the Global Theme Settings (05:18)
  Configuring User Themes (04:28)
Contributed Themes
  Contrib Themes pt. 1 (05:48)
  Contrib Themes pt. 2 (05:04)
  Contrib Themes pt. 3 (05:03)
  Contrib Themes pt. 4 (05:21)
  Editing the Zen Theme pt. 1 (05:28)
  Editing the Zen Theme pt. 2 (05:29)
  Editing the Zen Theme pt. 3 (05:27)
Patching Drupal Core
  Patching Drupal & Contrib Modules pt. 1 (05:30)
  Patching Drupal & Contrib Modules pt. 2 (05:25)
  Installing Contrib Modules pt. 1 (05:05)
  Installing Contrib Modules pt. 2 (04:22)
Taxonomy
  Taxonomy pt. 1 (07:08)
  Taxonomy pt. 2 (06:03)
  Taxonomy pt. 3 (06:52)
  Taxonomy pt. 4 (06:18)
  Taxonomy pt. 5 (04:09)
  Taxonomy pt. 6 (07:24)
Content Construction Kit
  CCK pt. 1 (05:38)
  CCK pt. 2 (06:31)
  CCK pt. 3 (06:40)
  CCK pt. 4 (06:32)
  CCK pt. 5 (05:51)
  CCK pt. 6 (05:42)
  CCK pt. 7 (06:21)
Imagecache & Views
  Introduction to Views Module (06:16)
  ImageCache pt. 1 (05:53)
  ImageCache pt. 2 (05:40)
  ImageCache pt. 3 (04:35)
  Build a Photo Gallery pt. 1 (06:25)
  Build a Photo Gallery pt. 2 (06:39)
  Build a Photo Gallery pt. 3 (05:24)
  Build a Photo Gallery pt. 4 (05:44)
  Build a Photo Gallery pt. 5 (07:07)
Panels
  Panels Intro (06:06)
  Panels pt. 1 (06:06)
  Panels pt. 2 (07:01)
  Panels pt. 3 (06:23)
  Panels pt. 4 (05:49)
  Panels pt. 5 (07:39)
  Panels pt. 6 (05:49)
  Panels pt. 7 (06:38)
Book Module
  Book pt. 1 (05:49)
  Book pt. 2 (06:37)
  Book pt. 3 (06:31)
Comments Module
  Comments pt. 1 (05:50)
  Comments pt. 2 (06:52)
  Comments pt. 3 (05:34)
  Comments pt. 4 (07:27)
Path & URL Alias Module
  Path pt. 1 (05:49)
  Path pt. 2 (05:45)
Poll Module
  Poll pt. 1 (05:18)
  Poll pt. 2 (06:10)
Webform Module
  Webform pt. 1 (05:44)
  Webform pt. 2 (05:17)
  Webform pt. 3 (06:23)
  Webform pt. 4 (07:12)
Drupal Multimedia & Web 2.0
  Podcasting pt. 1 (06:45)
  Podcasting pt. 2 (03:49)
  Embedding Web 2.0 Code pt. 1 (07:52)
  Embedding Web 2.0 Code pt. 2 (06:58)
Wrap Up
  Wrap Up/Final Thoughts (07:11)
Credits
  About This Author (05:25)

Title Information / Pricing

Title: Introduction to Drupal 6
Author: Trevor James
SKU: 33992
ISBN: 1-935320-43-2
Release Date: 2009-05-01
Price:
Duration: 11.5 hrs / 114 lessons
Work Files: No
Captions: No
Compatibility: Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux
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