Introduction to Drupal 6

Drupal is an open source content management framework that allows you to
develop and deploy simple and complex Web sites rapidly. This practical
“how to” course by VTC author and Drupal expert, Trevor James, begins by
showing you how to install and configure Drupal and progresses into showing
you how to build functional blogs, polls, forms, podcasts, and photo galleries,
and the specific modules and themes you need to use to do so. After taking
the course you’ll be on your way to becoming a Drupal expert and look forward
to designing state of the art Web sites using this powerful open source tool.
The course uses the latest version of Drupal 6.x. To begin learning, simply
click the movie links.

Course content

Introduction to Drupal & the Course
Drupal
Example Drupal Web sites
Technology & System Requirements pt. 1
Technology & System Requirements pt. 2
Installing Drupal
Installing MOWES Portable pt. 1
Installing MOWES Portable pt. 2
Downloading & Extracting Drupal
Running Drupal Installer
Installing Shared Host/Prod Server pt. 1
Installing Shared Host/Prod Server pt. 2
Installing Shared Host/Prod Server pt. 3
Drupal Configuration
Status Report & Cron
Input/Logging/Performance/Information
Drupal Content
Content Types – Page & Story
Posting Content
Navigation Menus & Admin Menus
Intro to Blocks
Blocks & Modules
How Blocks & Modules Interact
Adding Custom Blocks
Enabling Blog/Forum & Poll Modules
Using Core Drupal Modules
Contact Form pt. 1
Contact Form pt. 2
Aggregator Module pt. 1
Aggregator Module pt. 2
Aggregator Module pt. 3
Core & Contributed Modules
Contributed Modules – FCKEditor & IMCE
FCK pt. 1
FCK pt. 2
Posting Blog Content using FCK & IMCE pt. 1
Posting Blog Content using FCK & IMCE pt. 2
IMCE & FCK Image sizing
IMCE Image sizing & Text Alignment
Module Functionality
Contributed Modules – Administration Menu
File Uploads & File Attachments pt. 1
File Uploads & File Attachments pt. 2
Uploading PPT/Word/PDF
Site Maintenance & User Management
Site Maintenance
User Roles
Permissions/Roles & Users
Drupal Forums Module
Forum pt. 1
Forum pt. 2
Forum pt. 3
Forum pt. 4
Disabling User Login Block
Drupal Themes & Theming
Intro to Theming
Garland pt. 1
Garland pt. 2
Garland pt. 3
Garland pt. 4
Pushbutton
Configuring the Global Theme Settings
Configuring User Themes
Contributed Themes
Contrib Themes pt. 1
Contrib Themes pt. 2
Contrib Themes pt. 3
Contrib Themes pt. 4
Editing the Zen Theme pt. 1
Editing the Zen Theme pt. 2
Editing the Zen Theme pt. 3
Patching Drupal Core
Patching Drupal & Contrib Modules pt. 1
Patching Drupal & Contrib Modules pt. 2
Installing Contrib Modules pt. 1
Installing Contrib Modules pt. 2
Taxonomy
Taxonomy pt. 1
Taxonomy pt. 2
Taxonomy pt. 3
Taxonomy pt. 4
Taxonomy pt. 5
Taxonomy pt. 6
Content Construction Kit
CCK pt. 1
CCK pt. 2
CCK pt. 3
CCK pt. 4
CCK pt. 5
CCK pt. 6
CCK pt. 7
Imagecache & Views
Introduction to Views Module
Imagecache pt. 1
Imagecache pt. 2
Imagecache pt. 3
Build a Photo Gallery pt. 1
Build a Photo Gallery pt. 2
Build a Photo Gallery pt. 3
Build a Photo Gallery pt. 4
Build a Photo Gallery pt. 5
Panels
Panels Intro
Panels pt. 1
Panels pt. 2
Panels pt. 3
Panels pt. 4
Panels pt. 5
Panels pt. 6
Panels pt. 7
Book Module
Book pt. 1
Book pt. 2
Book pt. 3
Comments Module
Comments pt. 1
Comments pt. 2
Comments pt. 3
Comments pt. 4
Path & URL Alias Module
Path pt. 1
Path pt. 2
Poll Module
Poll pt. 1
Poll pt. 2
Webform Module
Webform pt. 1
Webform pt. 2
Webform pt. 3
Webform pt. 4
Drupal Multimedia & Web 2.0
Podcasting pt. 1
Podcasting pt. 2
embedding Web 2.0 Code pt. 1
embedding Web 2.0 Code pt. 2
Wrap Up
Wrap Up/Final Thoughts
Credits
About This Author