Drupal

Introduction to Drupal

Mayank Kumar

28 Oct 2009

IIT Delhi

What is Drupal?

• Drupal is an open source Content Management System.

• A historic look at website creation. – Simple HTML pages – 1990a – Frontpage

Dreamweaver – Script and CGI -> Databases– Generalized tool to create, edit, and organize

content – CMS. – Drupal eliminates the webmaster.

Drupal Stack

• Apache is the web server. • PHP is the scripting

language• MySQL is the datavase• Drupal Core –PHP API• Core Modules – Nodes,

Users• Contributed module• Theme system

Where drupal is being used?

• Whitehouse.gov• Many university sites like Standford, duke, strayer,

Portland state university• World’s largest multimedia news agency Reuters • CNN using drupal • Java.net using drupal

Hands on Task 1

• Download latest drupal release from www.drupal.org

• Extract it to your Web server root. • Point your browser to http://localhost/• Create database and do needful configuration• Create a Sample content.

Getting Started with Drupal

Creating Content• Creating a Sample Page. • Create a sample page with

– Summary– Comments

Menu System (Navigation System)• Primary Menu• Secondary MenuBlocks

Getting into managing siteContent Management

Comments Content RSS publishing

Site BuildingSite Configuration

Site ManagementSite Maintenance Clean URLs

User ManagementPermissionUsers

Retrospection

• What we have achieved?– What and why a CMS– How Drupal works– Drupal Installation– Creating a Static Site using drupal

• Why are we learning drupal – Content and presentation (theming) are

separated. – Modules to add any new functionality

Drupal Themes

• Installing New themes• Configuring theme

– Logo– Favicon

Drupal Core Modules

• Contact Module• Path Module• Search Module• Upload Module

Blogging using Drupal

• Editing the Story Content type.• Create a blog post

– Need of a Web based editor– Need of automatic path setting. – Administration navigation takes time.

• Install modules Pathauto, Token, administrator Menu and FCKeditor – Permission Control– Input formats

Other Blogging features

• Tagging• Category• Blog page showing latest post summary• RSS feeds• Blocks – Recent Comments• Blocks – Tag cloud• Blocks – Archive • Social Bookmarking

TaxonomyTaxonomy

ViewsViews

Find Out?Find Out?

Coming Sessions …..

• Views and CCK – the heart of drupal• Taxonomy – To categorize content• Multimedia – Audio, video, photo-gallery • Theming and CSS – Customizing the look and

feel• Social Networking– The organic group• Getting your hands dirty – PHP coding for

modules

Book to refer