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Drupal: An Introductory Workshop (ITS-3020)
IT Services Technology Training is pleased to announce a NEW special course offering:
Drupal: An Introductory Workshop (ITS-3020).
Tech Training (techtraining.stanford.edu) is offering four, one-day sessions in April and May in response to the campus need. Due to the expectation of high attendance, each session may fill up quickly. If the class session is full, add your name to the wait list -- you may get in.
Please feel free to share this information with interested parties.
Drupal: An Introductory Workshop (ITS-3020)
DATES (four, one-day sessions -- choose one)
- Monday, July 20
- Tuesday, July 28
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: POST classroom (Room G6) in Redwood Hall, Jordan Quad
FEE: $395 (STAP funds can be applied)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This introductory hands-on workshop will teach you how to set-up, build, and manage a Drupal site in the Stanford environment. You will create your own Drupal site. You'll also receive a brief history of Drupal and see what magic is possible.
The workshop will be taught by Matt Cheney and Jen Lampton, Senior Drupal developers with Chapter Three (chapterthree.com), a Drupal development firm based in San Francisco.
PREREQUISITES:
- Active interest in learning about Drupal, and
- A general familiarity with Content Management Systems (CMS)
(see http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system and, in particular, Web CMS)
TOPICS:
Orientation to Drupal
- Brief history of Drupal
- Drupal site examples and "What is Possible"
Setting up a Drupal site
- Installing and configuring Drupal (including information on the Stanford Installer)
- Users, user roles, and access permissions
Building your Drupal website
- Drupal Taxonomy: How to categorize your content
- Views Module: Putting your content into pages and blocks
- Drupal Themes: How to change the look of your site
- Drupal Modules: How to find good modules
Advanced Topics
- Using SUNet to log in to Drupal
- Configuring the Workflow system
- Organic Groups and what it can do for you
TO REGISTER, go to axess.stanford.edu and register in STARS for ITS-3020, Drupal: An introductory Workshop.
If you have any questions, please call IT Services, Technology Training at 723-4391.
