Basic Drupal Training August 16, 2008

The training will take place at the Holiday Inn in Long Beach at the Long Beach Airport. The instructor will be Chris Charlton. Space is limited to 30 participants. Lunch will be provided. Registration is $300 per person.

Instructor : Chris Charlton

http://chrischarlton.us
http://xtnd.us

Syllabus:

Day 1 (6hrs)

What is Drupal and Why is Everyone Using It?

Drupal and Your Organization

What It Costs To Run, Develop, and Design a Drupal Site

Book and DVD Recommendations for Drupal

What is Drupal Core?

What are Drupal Modules?

What Version of Drupal To Use

What are Blocks in Drupal?

Themes for Drupal Sites

Demo: A New Drupal Site in Under 45 Minutes

Entering Content and Making Pages and a Blog (Overview and Demo)

Summary and Questions

Day 2 (6hrs)

Configuring a New Drupal Site (Technical Overview and Demo)

More About Drupal Modules

Demo: Installing a Free Module for Google Analytics

Demo: Installing a Free Module for SEO Sitemaps

Site Recipes and Installation Profiles

Demo: A Newer Drupal Site in Under 30 Minutes

User Management and Role Basics

Lightning Topic: Drupal Site Reports

Lightning Topic: Keeping Drupal Sites Updated

Final Basic Configurations & Performance Enhancements Built Into Drupal

Drupal Troubleshooting and Getting Help for Drupal

NOTE: The instructor will be providing some handouts to all attendees. Please bring a USB portable drive or blank CD-R to take home the digital handouts and files.

Official Website: http://www.drupallearning.com