Join us for a day of training on September 19, 2014, as DrupalCamp Fox Valley kicks off with Drupal Training Day.
Maybe you know nothing about Drupal, but you've heard that it's really really hard.
Maybe you've played around with it and been blindsided by some of the quirkiness of the user interface and complexity.
Maybe you've gotten kind of far, but you feel like you missed out on the foundations of Drupal and wish you had a better grasp of how Drupal works.
No matter what situation you find yourself in, join me as we spend a whole day building a simple, but powerful, blog and article site together as a class.
We'll go step by step and configure:
- Menus
- Blocks
- Nodes
- Content Types
- Fields
- Images
- Listing pages
- And more!
Learning Objectives
- How does Drupal manage content?
- Where in the Drupal admin menus do I get anything done?
- How do I control image use in Drupal?
- How do I categorize my content?
- How do I create useful navigation elements that leverage my information architecture?
- How do I manage users?
- How can I stop pounding my head against the keyboard and actually get stuff done in Drupal!
Prerequisites
Come as you are. Bring your frustrations, confusions, and misgivings about Drupal. To follow along with me, you'll need a Drupal install. If you have a fully functional webserver on your desktop, fel free to use it. If not, then get a free sandbox from Pantheon Systems We'll fire up a Pantheon instance at the beginning of class so you can grab one then or now.
Instructor
Doug is one of the most respected trainers in the Drupal industry and trains a number of high profile Drupal clients in both the public and private sectors. For more information on Doug and his training, see http://dougvann.com/.
The only reason I understand this stuff is because I worked my butt off for years figuring it out. I had a lot of good people help me out tremendously. Early on, I discovered that I could take what I know, and make it make sense to others. I have an ability to appreciate the frustrations and occasional madness that can come from working with Drupal.
Drupal is ALL I do! And Training and Consulting is where the majority of my time is spent. I routinely travel to major universities [PennState, CalState, Butler U, Ohio State, etc.] , private enterprise [Silicon Valley, Publishers, Associations, Design Agencies, etc.] Government agencies [NASA, US Fed. Court, State of NY, etc.] They rely on me to address students who may or may not have CompSci Degrees or any real experience in any CMS.
In my class I bring 7 years of Drupal experience and and the full knowledge that Drupal can be painful, especially if you don’t understand the many facets of the UI. I can tell you that after going through my class, I often hear people exclaim that Drupal is finally making sense. I'm also told that after attending my class, ppl are able to understand books and videos and camp session much better. I understand the how and why of Drupal and I explain that and reinforce it as we work together to build a site that, while simple, shows off the most popular and powerful features of Drupal!
Let's do it!
