TLA Webinar: Introduction to Drupal -- part 3 of 3

Intro to Drupal, Part 3 of 3 TLA Webinar Series, Jan. 10, 2014
Introduction to Drupal
Part 3 of 3
Text Formats, Images, Media, Views & Themes

Recap from Nov. 11
•  Installation & File System
•  Configuration System
Site name, Site email, Timezone
•  Content Types
Default types, Adding new types, settings
•  Extending Drupal with Contributed Modules
•  User Roles

Recap from Dec. 10
•  Blocks
•  Menus
•  Taxonomy
•  Webforms

Recap: Drupal Glossary
•  Node: a piece of content which belongs to a content type. A
node page is the specific single page for that content, but nodes
can be viewed outside of their page.
•  Teaser (aka Summary): an introductory paragraph about a piece
of content.
•  Terms (aka Tags): organizational keywords that can be used to
create categories or metadata.
•  Module: a package of code (typically written in PHP and CSS)
that extends Drupal functionality.
https://drupal.org/glossary

•  User: an individual with login credentials for the site.
•  Role: a set of permissions that can be applied to individual users.
Users can belong to multiple roles.
•  Permission: a tool for controlling access to content creation,
modification and site administration.
•  User1 (aka Site Maintenance Account): this is the first user on
the site, and can do anything. It is not advisable to work on your
site as User1. Always create an administrative account for
yourself, and protect the User1 credentials.

•  Administrator: a default Drupal role that has high-level
permissions on the site. This should only be given to trusted
individuals who know what the tools do.
•  Authenticated user: a site visitor who has logged into the site
using their credentials.
•  Anonymous user: a site visitor who has not logged in (and may
not have credentials). The general public will typically be
anonymous users.

•  Region: Defined areas of the page where blocks and other
elements can be placed. Includes Header, Footer, Content, +.
•  Block: A visible box of content or functionality. Blocks can be
created by modules, including Views, or manually added.
•  Menu: A set of clickable navigation items on the page.
•  Menu Item: A specific link in a menu that takes the user
elsewhere when clicked.
•  Path or Alias: The last part of the URL of a page (following the
domain name), e.g. node/4 or teens/summer-reading.

•  Taxonomy: A core module that gives your site a system of
categorization and classification.
•  Vocabulary: A collection of terms, e.g. Site Section vs.
Database Category vs. Special Collection.
•  Term: An organizational keyword that can be applied to a node.
•  Tag: The same as Term, but usually refers to a freeform method
of applying keywords and so is more commonly thought of as a
classification method for blogging and social media.

•  Webform: A form that a user can fill out, including the search
or contact forms. ALSO: A module that enables the site
administrator to easily build complex forms on their site.
•  Select or Other: A module and form option that allows a user
who chooses “other” in a form to fill out a text field with the
“other” value.
•  Form Component: Each specific field within the form.
•  Form Validation: A module and method for ensuring that user
responses in a form line up with requirements.
•  CAPTCHA: A module and method for ensuring the form is
filled out by a human (not a spam bot).

What’s next?
•  Text Formats
•  Images
•  Media
•  Views
•  Themes

Text Formats
And… why do they matter?
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenm_61

Why does this matter?
•  Security: A CMS allows people to enter data into the site.
Entered data could contain security risks.
•  Branding: A consistent look and feel not only makes your site
look more professional, it engenders trust from the user.
•  Usability: If anyone can format however they want, eventually
you will have green text on a blue background, difficult to read
fonts, or worse.
•  WYSIWYG: Providing content contributors with a UI for
formatting will make their lives much easier, as they won’t need
to know HTML. It also makes it easier for you to control how
they format their content.

Text Formats Demo

•  Text Format: (aka Input Format) A tool for defining the
processing that happens to user-entered text before it is rendered
in the browser.
•  Filtered HTML: A default text format that strips unwanted
HTML from user-entered content.
•  Full HTML: A default text format that will allow any HTML
markup to render in the browser (has security implications).
•  Plain Text: A default text format that removes all formatting.

•  WYSIWYG: (pronounced whizz-i-wig) A graphical user
interface for formatting user-entered content. Comes from
“what-you-see-is-what-you-get” (which is not always true).
•  Rich Text: The opposite of Plain Text, but not a text format.
This describes all formats when formatting is displayed.
•  Paste from Word: A tool that should be enabled in any
WYSIWYG to help strip out unwanted invisible code from any
content pasted from a word processor (such as MS Word).
Warning: this is not always successful and can give a false sense
of security.

Working with Images

Images Demo

•  Image Styles: Predefined settings for displaying an image (size,
aspect ratio, rotation, etc.). Drupal creates new images for each
setting, as needed, so that the image styles aren’t rendered in the
browser on the fly.
•  Inline Images: Images that are placed within a large block of
text (or “blob” of content).
•  Imagecache: The name of the module (now in Core) previously
used for Image Styles. Important to know when looking for
interesting image modules.

•  Alt Text: Alternate text, or, the text that is presented in place of
the image when the image is not available. Examples of when
Alt Text is used:
•  Missing images
•  Screen readers
•  Search engines
Alt text should never be left blank.

Working with Media

Media Demo

Views
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahtaylor

Views Examples &
Demo

•  Views: A module that provides a graphical user interface for
building queries – lists of your content that are displayed in
customized ways.
•  Filters: The tool within Views to determine which content
displays in any given list.
•  Exposed Filters: Filters that the end-user can see and change to
customize what results show on their screen.
•  Sort: The tool within Views to determine the order in which
results are displayed.
•  Bulk operations: A tool for performing actions on multiple
entities at once.

Themes
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pearlmatic

Theming Options
•  Easy/Fast/Cheap: Contributed themes, which can be found free
on Drupal.org or purchased from companies that sell Drupal
themes. Mostly plug-and-play.
•  Intermediate: Subthemes, which you create from one of the
many well-regarded Base themes such as Zen, Zurb Foundation,
AdaptiveTheme, Omega, etc. Enables you to have a custom
design without having to start from scratch.
•  Advanced/Expensive: Custom theme, which you build from
scratch.

Contrib Themes
Demo

Theming resources
found at
http://chillco.com/tla-drupal/questions

Questions?

http://chillco.com/
tla-drupal-questions

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