Training4Linux

Introduction

• Physical requirements
• Distributions: core Drupal, Civicspace
• comparison between Drupal, Sharepoint Portal and Sharepoint Services
• examples of some high profile sites in Drupal
• Resources and documentation available

Installation

• Installing Drupal in 20 minutes
• Creating the first user
• Configuring basic settings
• Adding test content
• Multiple sites at one installation

Fundamental concepts

• Nodes
• Modules
• Blocks
• Themes
• Taxonomy
• Users and permissions
Working with Modules
• Basic Core Modules
• Satistics and Reporting Modules
• Extra Modules
• Adding New Modules

Good practice for setting up a site

• user roles
• designing a framework
• implementing a framework using taxonomy
• providing clean and user-friendly navigation
• maximizing search-engine ranking<
• document management—upload and download
• other media: audio & video

Adding and Customizing Themes

• How themes work
• How to install a new theme
• Modifying and customizing the look of a site
• Using CSS to change the look
• A custom Favicon icon

Maintaining the site

• Automated task scheduling
• Manual backups
• Automated backups
• Site maintenance
• Version updates