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Introduction To Drupal

Drupal is a free and open-source content management framework that allows users to build and manage websites from a web-based interface. It provides out-of-the-box functionality and flexibility through modules that can be enabled or disabled. While Drupal has a steeper learning curve than other options, it offers a large community and prebuilt modules to provide extensive functionality and power extensive, complex websites.

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Introduction To Drupal

Drupal is a free and open-source content management framework that allows users to build and manage websites from a web-based interface. It provides out-of-the-box functionality and flexibility through modules that can be enabled or disabled. While Drupal has a steeper learning curve than other options, it offers a large community and prebuilt modules to provide extensive functionality and power extensive, complex websites.

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Introduction to Drupal

Andrew Rudy
Outline
• What is Drupal
• Why use Drupal (Pros and Cons)
• Examples of what Drupal can do
• How to download and install Drupal
• How to use Drupal’s user interface
What is Drupal?
• Drupal is a free tool used to build web sites.
• Content management framework
• Similar to Wordpress
• Hybrid between a web application framework
and a Content Management System
• Cross-platform, PHP, and highly modular
What is Drupal?

• Drupal allows you to change your website from


a point and click interface.
– Add content/articles
– Create sidebars and menus
– Add or change the theme (look and feel)
– Add, edit, or remove people
– Add, edit, or remove roles
– Extend your sites functionality with modules
Why use Drupal?
Pros
• Out of the box functionality and flexibility
– No need to reinvent the wheel
– Much more functionality than Wordpress
• Large Community
– 900,000+ users, Drupal forums, DrupalCon
• Drupal Modules
– Many free prebuilt modules readily available
– Ex. Captcha, Auto log out, Calendar, and many
many others
Why use Drupal?
Cons
• Large learning curve
– Much more than Wordpress, Joomla
• Slower due to amount of resources
• Drupal developers are scarce
• Minor updates can be difficult
What can Drupal do?
• It is used as a back-end for 2.1% of all
the websites worldwide
• Example Drupal sites
Design + User Experience + Functionality
Drupal Core

• The standard Drupal download comes with just


the most common functions as seen above
• To add things like forms, emailing, groups and
more specific things, a module will need to be
added
The 5-minute Install
• Download https://drupal.org/download Unzip

• Create Database - myNewSiteName

• Duplicate sites/default.settings.php

• Rename to settings.php - Set permissions


everyone read/write

• Create folder: sites/default/files - Set permissions


everyone read/write

• View site: http://localhost/myNewSiteName

• Done!
Modules
• Functionality is included in
modules, which can be
enabled or disabled after
install
• The functionality of modules
are almost endless, from a
Drupal command line (Drush)
to an e-commerce payment
form
Conclusion
• Drupal is tool used to build functional
websites with content management
systems
• Drupal has more of a learning curve, but
can provide a lot of functionality
End
• Slideshare.net/ucdrupal

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