This presentation is trying to bridge a gap between Drupal starters and more advanced Drupal path ways.
If you have one or more experiences in Frontend, Backend (or programming in PHP), Project Management and Business but you don't know how to continue with Drupal, these slides will make your Drupal learning curve make easy for you.
The slides will introduce the path ways to become Drupal Themers, Site Builders, Module Developers, Drupal Project Managers and Drupal Shops.
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I'm - A CMS developer using other CMSs, - Existing user with WordPress, Joomla etc, - also know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery etc…
Knowing Yourself…
I'm - A PHP programmer with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery experiences. - I know how to program with PHP, - I already created various websites and backends using PHP and frameworks, - I know other CMSs…
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Knowing Yourself…
I'm - A project manager , managing web projects, - I know how to deal with web programmers, front end developers and clients, - I want to understand more about problems and difficulties of Drupal developers and Drupal projects.
Knowing Yourself…
I'm - A business owner with or without web development experiences - I know how to run a business, - I want to understand more on Drupal developers, - my clients’ problems and their requirements.
Forget about bad news and misunderstandings about Drupal from now on…
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Diving into Drupal…
Learning Drupal is not as hard as you think. Drupal community is Awesome. People are always ready to help with your Drupal problems.
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Drupal Learning Tips…
• Learn and Know the Powers of Drupal to motivate yourself (Very Important)
• Find a Drupal mentor (if possible) • Join nearest Drupal community • Ask as many questions as possible • Try to be Familiar & Talk with Drupal Jargons • Digest the Drupal Basics • Learn from free/paid Drupal Videos • Learn from Drupal Case Studies • Build your own site locally and apply knowledge • Learn from Books and community Tutorials • Learn something new every day to motivate your
progress
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Drupal Learning Curve… 1. Install core Drupal
2. Learn & Play with Drupal Structures Content types, Fields, Taxonomy, Menu, Blocks, Image styles, Input formats, Pathes, Entities
3. Beautify with Appearance Theme - install, configure, uninstall
4. Understand People in a Drupal site User Roles, Permissions, Relations between Roles, Content types, Blocks, Input Formats..
5. Empower functionalities with Modules Books, Aggregator, Forum, Contact, Blogs…so on
6. Monitor with Reports
Learning Curve for Basic Drupal Install
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Drupal Learning Curve…
7. Modify outputs with Views
Drupal Install with Views, Panels, Webforms, Rules and Display Suite modules