Getting Started with Drupal
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The document provides an introduction to Drupal, covering its history, features, and benefits, focusing on its open-source nature and community involvement. It highlights resources for training and best practices in content management and web hosting using Drupal and Pantheon. Additionally, the document includes case studies and exercises for creating structured content and dynamic lists within the Drupal ecosystem.
Getting Started with Drupal
- 1. G E T T I N G S TA R T E D W I T H D R U PA L
- 2. H I , I ’ M D AV I D • Agency & Community Training Manager • davidneedham on GitHub and Twitter • [email protected] • Some things I enjoy are: - Biking with my wife and kids - Board games: is.gd/davidsgames - Volunteering in the community 2
- 3. Elastic Hosting + Tools for Teams ● Drupal / WordPress Optimized Hosting ● Advanced Caching ● Automated DevOps ● Highly Secure ● Dev, Test, and Live ● Cloud Environments ● Permissions & Security ● Cloud Integration Tools
- 4. W h y a re w e d o i n g t h i s ? Drupal Global Training Days: groups.drupal.org/global- training-days-2018 4
- 5. Screenshot goes here D R U PA L I Z E . M E : 1 M O N T H F R E E O S T R A I N I N G : D R U PA L 8 E X P L A I N E D E B O O K G I V E A WAY S !
- 6. A G E N D A 6 What is Drupal? Content Management Creating Structured Content Break Creating Dynamic Lists Users, Taxonomy, & More Pantheon Q&A
- 7. D o w n l o a d t h e w o r k b o o k g o o . g l / K N c 2 3 G 7
- 8. E X E R C I S E 1 : C R E AT I N G T H E D 8 S A N D B O X 8
- 9. W H AT I S D R U PA L ? 9
- 10. 10 • 1,156,737 websites (6.2% of the top 10k) • 109,914 users actively contributing • 1,738 commits in the last week • 4,602 Drupal 8 modules • 266 Drupal 8 themes D R U PA L T O D AY
- 11. D R U PA L’ S H I S T O RY • Why was Drupal originally created? • Where did the name Drupal come from? - Village = dorp in Dutch - Drop = druppel in Dutch - Druppel = hard to pronounce - Drupal = easier to pronounce 11
- 12. 12 • Drupal 6 - Released in 2008, End Of Life 2016 • Drupal 7 - Released in 2011, currently in Long Term Support • Drupal 8 - Released in 2015, currently in active development • Backdrop - Fork of Drupal 7 D R U PA L 6 , D R U PA L 7 , D R U PA L 8 , A N D B A C K D R O P
- 13. D R U PA L 8 • Symfony • Composer • Configuration Management 13
- 14. D R U PA L I S O P E N S O U R C E • Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) • GNU General Public License • Encourages collaboration 14
- 15. D R U PA L I S S E C U R E • Community review • Security team - Subscribe to security alerts • Modules - Anti-spam • recaptcha, honeypot, etc - Two-factor Authentication (tfa) - Paranoia (paranoia) 15
- 16. D R U PA L I S F R E E • Free as in beer • Free as in speech • Free as in puppies 16
- 17. D R U PA L I S M O D U L A R • Drupal module = WordPress plugin • “There’s a module for that!” • Your use case is probably not totally unique. • Anything is possible with custom code. 17
- 18. D R U PA L I S T H E M A B L E • Any design can be implemented • Headless is always a possibility • Modules - Display Suite (ds) - Paragraphs (paragraphs) 18
- 19. D R U PA L I S C O M M U N I T Y • Drupal user groups all over the world • International Drupal camps and events • Code and documentation sprint days • Everyone should have a mentor 19
- 20. M O R E R E S O U R C E S What is Drupal? • Drupal 8 User Guide • Drupal case studies • Find a local meetup or other Drupal events • Composer // Composer on Pantheon • Drush // Drupal Console (command-line tools) 20
- 21. C O N T E N T M A N A G E M E N T 21
- 22. D R U PA L A D M I N PA G E S 22
- 31. D R U PA L 8 C A S E S T U D Y German Consumer Centers: • Decentralized content entry (domain) • Page-building tools (paragraphs) • Easy for a joint-editorial team to manage • Open source community with regular updates 31
- 32. E X E R C I S E 2 : C R E AT I N G C O N T E N T 32
- 33. M O R E R E S O U R C E S Content Management • Modules to go further: - Workbench: moderation workflows - Admin toolbar: new admin menu - SEO Checklist • Video lessons - Using Drupal (Drupalize.Me) 33
- 34. C R E AT I N G S T R U C T U R E D C O N T E N T 34
- 35. D R U PA L 8 C A S E S T U D Y Chicago Park District: • Open source community with regular updates • Integration with third-party tools • Easy promotion of featured content • Administrative publishing workflows • Increased speed and performance • Data feeds into My Chi Parks mobile app 35
- 36. D R U PA L 8 C A S E S T U D Y Chicago Park District: • Open source community with regular updates • Integration with third-party tools • Easy promotion of featured content • Administrative publishing workflows • Increased speed and performance • Data feeds into My Chi Parks mobile app 36
- 37. C H I C A G O PA R K D I S T R I C T Structured content - Facilities • Name • Facility type • Photo(s) • Address • Phone • Hours 37
- 38. E X A M P L E : T E S T I M O N I A L S Testimonials We love our new website! It's beautiful and easy to use. Thank you! John Doe Acme, Inc I'd say you did a mighty fine job. Keep up the good work! John Wayne Rio Bravo, LLC Thanks to you we have a beautiful website! Pretty websites are pretty. Clint Eastwood Goode, Badd, Ugglea & Assoc. 1 2 3 Body Name Organization
- 39. E X E R C I S E 3 : C O N T E N T T Y P E S 39
- 40. M O R E R E S O U R C E S Creating Structured Content • Drupal 8 User Guide: Chapter 6 • Available fields in Drupal 8 core • View modes • Video Lessons - Content Types (Drupalize.Me) - Fields (Drupalize.Me) - Paragraphs (OSTraining) 40
- 41. B R E A K 41
- 42. C R E AT I N G D Y N A M I C L I S T S 42
- 43. D R U PA L 8 C A S E S T U D Y Hong Kong Trade Development Council: • Multilingual content migration • Content moderation • Bootstrap base theme • Integration with third-party systems • Extensive use of dynamic lists (views) 43
- 44. E X A M P L E : T E S T I M O N I A L S Testimonials We love our new website! It's beautiful and easy to use. Thank you! John Doe Acme, Inc I'd say you did a mighty fine job. Keep up the good work! John Wayne Rio Bravo, LLC Thanks to you we have a beautiful website! Pretty websites are pretty. Clint Eastwood Goode, Badd, Ugglea & Assoc.
- 45. E X A M P L E : T E S T I M O N I A L S Testimonials We love our new website! It's beautiful and easy to use. Thank you! John Doe Acme, Inc I'd say you did a mighty fine job. Keep up the good work! John Wayne Rio Bravo, LLC Thanks to you we have a beautiful website! Pretty websites are pretty. Clint Eastwood Goode, Badd, Ugglea & Assoc. Latest Testimonial We love our new website! It's beautiful and easy to use. Thank you! John Doe Acme, Inc < > ○●○○○ Testimonials I'd say you did a mighty fine job. Keep up the good work! John Wayne Rio Bravo, LLC Testimonials view Page display Block display on the sidebar Block display in a slideshow format
- 46. E X E R C I S E 4 : V I E W S 46
- 47. D R U PA L 8 C A S E S T U D Y Hong Kong Trade Development Council: • Multilingual content migration • Content moderation • Bootstrap base theme • Integration with third-party systems • Extensive use of views 47 View #1 View #2 View #3 View #4 View #5 View #6
- 48. M O R E R E S O U R C E S Creating Dynamic Lists • Drupal 8 User Guide: Chapter 9 • Display Content with Views (Drupalize.Me) • Modules to go farther: - Views Slideshow (views_slideshow) - Views Infinite Scroll (views_infinite_scroll) 48
- 49. U S E R S , TA X O N O M Y, E T C 49
- 50. U S E R S Permissions Roles 50
- 51. Ska Punk Punk Metal Rock Rap JazzTA X O N O M Y Vocabulary Term 51 Music Genre Vocabulary Terms
- 52. M O R E R E S O U R C E S Users, Taxonomy, Etc • Drupal 8 User Guide: Chapter 7 • Extending Drupal with Modules • Run Drupal 8 Locally with Lando • Video Lessons - Users, Roles, & Permissions (Drupalize.Me) - Finding Drupal Modules (Drupalize.Me) - D8 Theming Guide (Drupalize.Me) - D8 Module Dev Guide (Drupalize.Me) 52
- 53. PA N T H E O N 53
- 54. 54 VA L U E F O R C L I E N T S Fast – Avg website re-launched on Pantheon is 2.47x faster than legacy infrastructure. Reliable – 99.96% uptime across all Pantheon sites and guaranteed SLA backed uptime for Elite plan sites. Agile – More efficient and reliable platform through containers. Make changes quickly without worry of breaking anything. Scalable – Sites on Pantheon scale with no downtime or infrastructure migration and are ready for traffic spikes with no worry from your team.
- 55. 55 VA L U E F O R A G E N C I E S Launch Faster – Spin up, test, and launch sites faster. Iterate quickly and incorporate new code without fear of breaking live environments. Collaborate Better – Maximize your team’s efficiency with our web development tools and automate your development workflow with our new suite of Cloud Integrations Tools. Lower Risk – Sites on Pantheon scale with ease without constant monitoring from your team. Automatic security updates and patches. No Sysadmin – Focus billable hours on developing great sites, not building and maintaining site infrastructure.
- 56. T R A D I T I O N A L H O S T I N G A R C H I T E C T U R E
- 57. S C A L I N G H O S T I N G A R C H I T E C T U R E
- 58. O U R A R C H I T E C T U R E • Massive, multi-tenant platform • Dedicated infrastructure • 1,000,000+ Containers • 6,000,000,000+ Pageviews/Month • Big needs? We can handle them.
- 59. North America ● Ashburn ● Atlanta ● Boston ● Chicago ● Dallas ● Denver ● Los Angeles ● Miami ● Minneapolis MN ● Montreal ● New York ● San Jose ● Seattle ● Toronto 59 South America ● São Paulo Europe ● Amsterdam ● Frankfurt 2X ● London 2X ● Madrid ● Paris ● Stockholm Africa ● Johannesburg Asia ● Dubai ● Hong Kong ● Osaka ● Singapore ● Tokyo Australia & New Zealand ● Auckland ● Brisbane ● Melbourne ● Perth ● Sydney ● Wellington Pantheon Global CDN Map
- 60. 60 W O R K F L O W
- 61. Q & A / W R A P U P 61
- 62. H O W T O A S K F O R H E L P A F T E R T O D AY • Help with Pantheon - Power users • Google Group • Slack Channel - ACE Office Hours - Support tickets/chat (for hosting issues) • Help with Drupal - Find your local community! 62
- 63. D R U P I C A L . C O M 63
- 64. D R U PA L E A S Y C O U R S E S Drupal Career Online • 12-week course beginning March 26th • Sample in a Taste of Drupal on Feb 28th Mastering Professional Drupal Developer Workflows with Pantheon • 6-week course beginning Feb 27th 64
- 65. F R E E D R U PA L 8 E - B O O K 1. Joey Weber 2. Joe Aveni 3. Laura Cummings 4. John Romano 5. Ralf Koller 6. Suzanne Dazo 7. Aditya Vardhan 8. Annat Koren 9. Gary Weibert 10. Josey Howarth 65
- 66. G i v e u s f e e d b a c k : g o o . g l / VA 7 i u X 66
- 67. C L O S I N G Q U E S T I O N S 67