Administering a Drupal 6 Website Training Course

Node ID: 4147
 

Duration

7 hours
 

Requirements

Delegates are NOT required to install Drupal. Delegates must be familiar with web-based user interfaces and using a web browser. Some HTML knowledge is advantageous.

 

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Overview

This course is for people who are completely new to Drupal 6. It will lead you through the basics of running a simple community website with Drupal, where things are and what to expect.

 

Course Outline

An Introduction to Drupal 6

  • What is Drupal?
  • The building blocks
  • Where things live

Managing Users

  • User settings
  • Creating, deleting and editing users
  • Roles and access

Managing Content

  • Creating and editing content types
  • Workflow options
  • Creating, editing and deleting content
  • Searching content
  • Using blocks

Ordering Content

  • Drupal taxonomy overview
  • Creating a directory
  • Free tagging
  • The Drupal menu system
  • Friendly URLs and managing URL aliases

Troubleshooting

  • Reading the logs
  • Watchdog
  • Going offline for maintenance