Getting started with Drupal

Getting started with Drupal : Getting started with Drupal

About the Presenter : About the Presenter 30 yrs old from Mexico Done web design and web development in the past Used free software since 2000 Run a small Web 2.0 venture

Learn Drupal Seminar : Learn Drupal Seminar 3 hours 3 days for $30 dls Download, install and configure Choosing a server plan Learn to manage content in drupal Costumize with themes and modules

Table of content : Table of content Drupal beginnings What is a CMS? What are CMS used for? What do I need first? Planning and designing your content. Making your content more attractive Giving your clients what they want

Drupal Beginnings : Drupal Beginnings Originally written by Dries Buytaert as a bulletin board system, Drupal became an open source project in 2001. Drupal is an English transliteration of the Dutch word “druppel,” which means “drop” (as in “a water droplet”). The name was taken from the now-defunct Drop.org website, whose code slowly evolved into Drupal. - Wikipedia

What is a CMS? : What is a CMS? Content Management system Manage large and diverse type of content Publishing Groupware Is a web application that works as a central repository of content Free software and is free to deploy, use and resold

Requirements : Requirements LAMP server Linux Apache MySQL PHP Alternatives Lighttpd PostgreSQL

What is it use for? : What is it use for? News Blogs, Group blogs Forum Mashups (connect with other websites/webapps)‏ Portal applications E-commerce Community website Social Network sites

Planning content : Planning content Number of contributors Diversity of the content Interaction with the visitors Overall designs available Support and documentation Make MTV sing

Improving your content : Improving your content Leveraging on Drupal's Taxonomy Checking CCK for media support Checking modules: Locale Statistics Polls Looking up at themes

How does Drupal stand? : How does Drupal stand? Linux Apache PHP Drupal MySQL

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