Stanford Drupal Camp - New to Drupal

Introduction to Content Types

cynmijares — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:51:40 +0000

What is a Content Type? Drupal, by default comes with a couple right out-of-the-box. We'll customize existing Content Types and talk about why you would want/need to create a new Content Type.

Slides:

drupal-camp-_custom-content-types.pdf

Experience level:

Beginner

Status:

Accepted

Speaker(s):

cynmijares

Track:

New to Drupal

Site Building

Intro to Views

cjwest — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:44:26 +0000

Experience level:

Beginner

Status:

Accepted

Speaker(s):

cjwest

Session Time Slot(s):

Friday, April 18, 2014 - 15:00 to 15:45

Track:

New to Drupal

Site Building

Rules: This is Why Drupal is Awesome

koppie — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:32:06 +0000

Rules is a big, scary module that everyone tells you is your best friend and totally easy once you figure it out. Turns out it's true, and I'm here to help you get over the learning curve. No coding required.

In this session, I'll explore a couple specific use cases where Rules can automate actions and make your life a lot less painful:

Automatically reject users who don't belong in your organization
Set up reminders for tasks that are due soon

Bring your laptop and a development copy of your own website because this session will be hands-on.

As a bonus, I'll discuss why Rules is what makes Drupal awesome. Hint: It's because there's no coding required.

Jordan Koplowicz is a Drupal developer at San Francisco International Airport. You can follow him on Twitter: @koplowicznsons

Experience level:

Beginner

Status:

Accepted

Speaker(s):

koppie

Session Time Slot(s):

Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 13:00 to 13:45

Track:

New to Drupal

Site Building

Working with Content in Drupal

linnea — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:22:19 +0000

This session will talk through the basics of HTML, using WYSIWYGs (CKeditor in particular) and how to structure content for the web to improve readability, beauty, and accessibility. For those of you who attended last year or came to the Stanford Techie Festival session, no major changes!

The demo website can be found here: https://sites.stanford.edu/sws-demo-wysiwyg

Experience level:

Beginner

Status:

Accepted

Speaker(s):

linnea

Session Time Slot(s):

Friday, April 18, 2014 - 13:00 to 13:45

Track:

New to Drupal

Live, Test, and Dev for (Nearly) Everyone

Sharon Krossa — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:02:23 +0000

How to do it and why you should

Having live, test, and development versions of your website isn't just for hardcore developers! Everyone, from beginner site buiders on up, not only should, but can follow this best practice. This session will cover the basics of why and how to use dev and test sites, as well as demonstrating easy ways to do so using Drush.

Questions answered by this session:

Why is it important to have and use test and dev versions of a site?
What are test and dev versions of a site for?
How is using live, test, and dev different for Drupal (compared to traditional static page web development)?
How do I set up test and dev versions?
How can I copy/clone my live site to the test or dev site?

Target audience:

This session will be most useful to site builders and maintainers with server access to their Drupal installations, such as those with sites installed on Stanford AFS or other providers that allow ssh access. While the general principles will be useful for those using services that do not allow server access, such as DrupalGardens.com or Stanford Sites (sites.stanford.edu), the specifics of the technical how-to steps will not be applicable to their situation.

Accompanying materials, aka "the handout":

SharonKrossa.com/livetestdev (forthcoming)

Experience level:

Beginner

Status:

Accepted

Speaker(s):

Sharon Krossa

Session Time Slot(s):

Saturday, April 19, 2014 - 16:00 to 16:45

Track:

New to Drupal

Site Building

Modules 101: Introduction, installation, and removal

Sharon Krossa — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 19:59:40 +0000

Or, the what, when, where, why, and especially how

This is a practical introduction to Drupal modules. Learn the basics of what modules are, when to use contributed modules, where to find them, why choose one over another, and — step-by-step— how to install or enable and uninstall modules in both Drupal 6 and 7. (There is more to it than just the checkboxes on the modules page!)

Questions answered by this session:

What are modules?
When should I use contributed modules?
Where can I find contributed modules?
Why should I choose one module over another?
How do I install or enable modules (step-by-step)?
How do I uninstall or disable modules (step-by-step)?

Target audience:

This session will be useful to site builders and administrators who have at least sufficient Drupal permissions to enable modules, including those using services such as DrupalGardens.com or Stanford Sites (sites.stanford.edu).

Accompanying materials, aka "the handout":

SharonKrossa.com/modules101 (will be updated for Stanford Drupal Camp 2014)

Experience level:

Beginner

Status:

Accepted

Speaker(s):

Sharon Krossa

Session Time Slot(s):

Friday, April 18, 2014 - 16:00 to 16:45

Track:

New to Drupal

Site Building