The Beginners Guide to Drupal 8
OSTraining
Course Summary
This class teaches you all of the essential concepts and knowledge you need to get started with Drupal 8.
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Course Description
This class teaches you all of the essential concepts and knowledge you need to get started with Drupal 8.The Drupal 8 Beginner class is aimed at people who are completely new to Drupal. You don't need to have any experience or know any coding.
Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations.
His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Moodle and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose.
Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorcycle pretty much everywhere he can.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction
Welcome to the Drupal Beginner ClassFree
Introduction to DrupalFree
Why Should You Choose Drupal?Free
What You Need For This ClassFree
How to Install Acquia Dev DesktopFree
How to Install Drupal at a WebhostFree
Navigating
How to Navigate a Fresh Drupal InstallationFree
How to Use Content in DrupalFree
How to Use Structure in DrupalFree
How to Use Appearance in DrupalFree
How to Use Extend in DrupalFree
How to Use Configuration in DrupalFree
How to Use People in DrupalFree
How to Use Reports in DrupalFree
Content
Introduction to Drupal Content Types
How to Create a Drupal Article
How to Create a Drupal Basic Page
How to Use Inline Editing in Drupal
How to Use CKEditor in Drupal
How to Configure CKEditor in Drupal
How to Create a New Content Type in Drupal
How to Add Fields to Drupal Content
How to Create a User Group Content Type
Adding Fields to the User Groups Content Type
How to Use Entity Reference Fields in Drupal
Introduction to Taxonomy in Drupal
How to Add Taxonomy to a Drupal Content Type
Setting Up URL Paths
Drupal 8 Beginner Quiz 1
Displays
How to Create Content in Drupal
How to Manage Content in Drupal
How to Use Revisions in Drupal
How to Create Content with the Devel Module
Introduction to Displays in Drupal
How to Manage the Full Content Display in Drupal
Managing The Teaser Display
Views
Introduction to Views
How to Build Page with Teasers in Drupal
How to Create a Simple Block With Views
How to Create a Table of Fields With Views
How to Use Image Styles in Drupal
How to Build a Photo Gallery in Drupal
Modules
Introduction to Modules
How to Use the Book Module in Drupal
How to Use the Forum Module in Drupal
How to Use the Telephone Module in Drupal
How to Find and Evaluate Drupal Modules
Layouts
Introduction to Layout
Drupal Block Configuration and Permissions
How to Remove and Re-order Blocks in Drupal
How to Manage Menus in Drupal
Introduction to Drupal Themes
How to Find Drupal Themes
How to Install a Basic Drupal Theme
How to Install an Advanced Drupal Theme
Drupal 8 Beginner Quiz 2
People
How to Manage People in Drupal
How to Set Up a “Summer Intern†User
Managing
How to Use the Reports Menu in Drupal
How to Update Drupal Sites
How to Update Drupal Modules and Themes
Get Involved With the Drupal Community
The Drupal Association
Final Thoughts
Drupal 8 Beginner Quiz 3
