Lazy Coder Camp (Edition 1) The first edition of the camp is a daylong event that is totally free for IT enthusiasts and students to attend. We will be discussing about bootstrapping Drupal. The discussion will cover all aspects of Drupal installation, setting up a basic website and integrating all your social media streams to your basic site. The event will serve as a great learning opportunity for young professionals from other domains to come experience Drupal first hand with the PHP experts. The speakers will bring their unique experiences and insights to share with the audience and will be addressing all apprehensions related to taking up Drupal development.

1. lazy coder camp
#lcc1 phpfactory

2. Agenda
Morning Sessions Afternoon Sessions
10:00 AM Introduction to 1:30 PM Modularization
Drupal 2:45 PM Tea Break
10:30 AM Installing 3:00 PM Media Integration
Drupal in 2
mins 4:00 PM Comparison of Drupal
Versions
11:00 AM Tea Break
4:30 PM Fun Quiz with Prizes
11:15 AM Building a
Drupal Site 5:00 PM Possibilities of Drupal
12:30 PM Lunch

3. Need a tool to build....
 Blog
 Forum
 Online newspaper, Portal / Directory
 Flickr like photo drop
 Social community site, job post board
 Video site like youtube
 Project management site
 CRM, ERP, SCM, Wiki
 Shopping cart system
 E-learning, training site
 Anything you can think of…

4. Introduction to Drupal
By: Ramesh C

5. What is Drupal?
Derived from “Dorp” meaning Village in
Dutch.
 A sophisticated web application building
tool
 Content Management System (CMS)
 Written in PHP
 Free to download & share
 Cross – platform supported

6. Evolution
1999
Started as
Message Board 2012
2001
By Dries Stable 7th
Drupal.org
Buytaert Version
2000 2005
Open Source Community

7. Drupal Versions
D8, 2013 Aug
Expected
D7, 2011 Jan
D6, 2008 Feb
Year
D5, 2007 Jan
D2, 2001 Feb D4, 2002 May
D3, 2001 Sep
D1, 2001 Jan
Version

8. Content Management System (CMS)
“CMS is a website built using the
website itself”
 No need to be a Geek
 Easily add, delete images and edit
text on the fly
 Unlimited number of pages and a
full site-search engine
 Updates can be done in less time
compared to development
frameworks
 Handy Admin Panel
 Less complicated

9. Why Drupal?
 It is completely Open Source.
 Role Based Access Control
 Modular framework allows for
slotting in new functionality
 Enable modules – features like
blog or forum is ready
 Content moderation queuing
 Handling multi-lingual pages is
easier
 Large Passionate Community of
Users, Developers

10. Drupal is King
 Rapid Web development
 Ultra-scalable from small single-
user to mega huge multi-user
 Over 16000 contributed modules
 Roughly 200 modules dedicated for
SEO
 Great Social Networking integration
 Longevity - Drupal platform is here
to stay

11. Top Drupal Sites

12. Indian Websites
Indian Government Websites
 Ministry of Law & Justice - http://doj.gov.in/
 Ministry of Communication & Information Technology -
http://www.data.gov.in/
 Comptroller and Auditor General -
http://saiindia.gov.in/cag/

14. Drupal Installation
By: Neelakandan & Raagini

15. Prerequisites
 >15 MB
 Web Server - Apache , Ngnix, or Microsoft
IIS
 DB Server - MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
 PHP - 5.2.5 or higher
 Drupal 7 Package

16. XAMPP Overview
 XAMPP is free and open source
 Cross-platform
 Comes with Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database,
and PHP
 XAMPP's name is an acronym for:
 X (to be read as "cross", meaning cross-platform)
 Apache HTTP Server
 MySQL
 PHP
 Perl

17. XAMPP Installation for Windows
 Download link
 www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
 Run exe file in Windows OS

18. XAMPP Installation for Mac
 Download link
 www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html
 Drag and Drop the XAMPP folder into your Applications
folder

19. XAMPP Installation for Ubuntu
 Go to terminal and follow below steps to install
XAMPP
1. cd Downloads
2. sudo –s
3. tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt
4. sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs/
 To start XAMPP service
/opt/lampp/lampp start
 To stop XAMPP service
/opt/lampp/lampp stop

20. XAMPP Configuration
 Start Apache Service
 Start MySQL Service
 Php.ini configuration
 Enable SSL Extension
 Set upload limit for files to atleast 20 MB
 Set post maximum file size to atleast 20 MB

21. Drupal Installation
Download Drupal
Install XAMPP OS
and place it root folder
Ubuntu
cp default.settings.php
Change permissions
windows
to settings.php
Follow instructions and
Browse localhost Create DB
Fill it
Drupal Site

22. Drupal Installation
 Download Drupal package
 Through command prompt - Ubuntu
wget http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.x.tar.gz

23. Drupal Installation - Folder Structure

24. Drupal Installation Contd – Create DB
Drupal installation Contd

25. Drupal Installation Contd
Drupal installation Contd

26. Drupal Installation – Site Credentials
Drupal installation Contd

27. Drupal Installation – New Site
Drupal installation Contd

28. Use this slide for bigger images

29. Building a Site with Drupal
By: Karthik & Aditya

30. Our Website: Before

31. Our Website: After

32. College Website
What do we need for a typical college website?
 Logo
 Blog for announcements
 Forum for student discussion
 FAQ Section
 Scores
 Previous year question papers
 Holiday list - Calendar
 Social media integration
 RSS feeds
 Multimedia integration

33. Theming your website
Themes
 Why theme your site?
 Drupal - customize the
appearance of your site
 No need to build each aspect
of your design from scratch
 Several custom themes that
can be used as-is
 How do I apply a theme?

34. How to Proceed?
You have all the tools you need with Drupal
 How do I replace the logo?
 Drupal has modules
 What are modules?
 How do I use a module?
 Can I create my own module?
YES!

35. Creating Blogs / Forums
In-built Drupal Modules
 Its easy to create blogs and forums
 Creating user content on pages
 Where do I put my content ?
 Drupal Blocks and Regions
 Views

36. Uploading Files
Exam Time!
 How do I upload files?
 There is a module for that!
 Where user files are stored
 Setting limits on file uploads

37. Displaying Scores
How do I display student scores?
 The Drupal Admin UI
 Creating content with the Admin UI
 WYSIWYG Editors
 Role based access

38. Next Steps
Basic functionality done, what else?
 Contributed modules
 Gallery & Polls
 RSS Feeds
 Social media integration
 More about Views
 Media integration

40. Modularization with
Contributed Modules
By: Gangeya Kumar & Saranya

41. Customizing Our Site
What are we going to do?
 Integrating Photo Gallery
with Slider
 Integrating Poll
 Integrating RSS Feed
Aggregator
 Integrating with Twitter

42. Integrating Photo Gallery
Gallery can support photos and other
content
Requirements
 Third Party Module : JCarousel
 Dependency Modules : CTools,
Views

43. Creating Content with Image
We need one content type to create a gallery.
 Go to Structure  Content types Add Content type
 Click on save and add fields. Create a new field, called
Image
 Select the image in filed and the widget

44. Creating Image Style
Manage the Display of Images (Manage File Types) by
adding style in Administration  Configuration  Media

45. Create a View for Gallery
 Go to StructureViews. Click Add new view & select
"Create a block"
 Choose JCarousel Display format. Click Continue & edit

46. Create a View for Gallery
 The image shows the
settings for
JCarousel
 Change the fields
 Click Add to add the
“Content: Image”
field to your view.

47. Create a Block for Gallery
Assign the block in the Help region

48. Gallery with Slider
Once the block is live, it will look like the images in
the slider shown below

49. Polls
The Poll core module lets you to create simple polls.
Drupal then keeps a running tally of the results
 Enable the Poll module

50. Creating Content for Polls
Then go to “add new content “ and select Poll

51. Creating Content for Polls
You can add question and choice and then select
the time duration for this poll

52. Assign Polls in Region
Now Poll content will get displayed on front-end.

53. Integrating RSS Reader
 Aggregator module is a powerful Feed Reader
 Fetches syndicated content from other websites.
 Gather, read and display news, text, images, and
other content from external news sites and blogs
around the internet.
.

54. Integrating RSS Reader
To add feed we can configure the URL and save as
per the screenshot below

55. Integrating RSS Reader
Assign the RSS feed to the sidebar region for
displaying in front-end

56. Integrating RSS Reader
Below we can see that the feed has been displayed

57. Integrating Twitter
 Twitter module allows listing tweets in
blocks or pages
 OAuth module is required to
authenticate with Twitter
Requirements:
 Main Module : Twitter
 Dependent Modules : Views, Views
UI, OAuth

58. Integrating Twitter
Installing, configuring and enabling the block
 Enable Twitter, Views UI, Oauth and CTools
modules
 As the admin user, go to "My account"  Edit 
Twitter accounts
 Assign User Tweets block to corresponding region
 Set cron to run periodically in order to pull new
tweets

60. Media Integration
By: Praveen & Sathya

61. Simple Social Media
What are we going to do?
 Uploading Media Files
 Embedding Media Files
 Video/Audio Play
 Get Play List

62. How to proceed?
Drupal has dedicated media modules
 Media
 MediaFront
 HTML5 Media
 Media_youtube
 Media Internet Sources

63. Media Integration
Steps to publish media on the site
1. Creating Media Presets
2. Creating Media content type
3. Creating Media fields
4. Managing the player/display
5. Providing access privileges

64. Building a Media Content
Integrating media with the content
 Uploading Media files
 Embedding YouTube videos
 Video/Audio playback

65. Get Play List
Play List using Views
1. Creating views as page
2. Filtering the Media content
3. Integrating the media content
4. Styling the Media player
5. Displaying media files in playlist
6. Creating search field

66. Most Viewed Seminars
Displaying Most Viewed Seminars – Using Views
 Creating views as block
 Integrating the media content
 Filtering the media content
 Adding link to the media
 Assigning to sidebar region

68. Comparison of Drupal Versions
By: Ravi.U

69. Comparison between
Drupal 6 & 7

70. Drupal 6 vs Drupal 7
Feature Drupal 6 Drupal 7
Min. System DB: MySQL >=4.1, DB: MySQL 5.0.15 or
Requirements PostgreSQL 7.1 PostgreSQL 8.3
PHP >=v4.4.0 PHP >=v5.2
Security Regarded as a highly- Secure (scheduled tasks,
secure platform. More password system, log-in
stress tested and analyzed. system, modules) can be
updated via the web.
Flexibility Content types are text Removed. Support for multiple
fields. Body field required. types
Configuring Very tedious – Multiple One step – Very Easy
Blocks steps

71. Drupal 6 vs Drupal 7
Feature Drupal 6 Drupal 7
Update Manual update Function Manager available
Hooks Less Hooks. More Hooks
Image Handling Bit difficult. Improved image handling,
better support
CCK Not part of core, Part of the core.
contributed
Default Admin Less intuitive. User friendly interface.
Theme
Working jQuery jQuery 1.2.6 jQuery 1.4.4, faster

72. Comparison between
Drupal 7 & 8

73. Drupal 7 vs Drupal 8
Feature Drupal 7 Drupal 8
Web Services Simple HTML-page-based Efficient & Secure transforming to
CMS a first-class REST server with a
Assumption to have blog- first-class CMS on top of it.
like HTML page, with main Ref:
& secondary content http://groups.drupal.org/wscci
areas.
HTML5 HTML5 supported via Native HTML5 Support
contributed module. Ref: http://groups.drupal.org/html5
Mobile Device Via contributed module, In built native app integration with
Support little cumbersome to set HTML5.
up. Admin UI on mobile devices.
Core themes are responsive.
Front-end performance
improvements.
Ref: http://groups.drupal.org/mobile

74. Drupal 7 vs Drupal 8

75. Drupal 7 vs Drupal 8
Feature Drupal 7 Drupal 8
Multilingual Separate node in <D7. Base language features
features In D7-Field API. Interface language translation
No built-in interface, need Content language translation
contrib. Configuration language translation
Usability
Ref:
http://groups.drupal.org/internation
alization
Configuration Less efficient migration Efficient migration for testing /
Management between versions staging / live site
Ref:
http://groups.drupal.org/build-
systems-change-management/cmi

76. D8 release schedule

78. Lazy Quiz For Lazy Coders
By: Ezaz & Sujay

79. Question #1
Drupal is written in ?
a) XML b) PHP
c) ASP d) HTML

80. Question #2
What type of framework is Drupal ?
a) Modular b) Noosphere
c) Heterarchy d) Holarchy

81. Question #3
What is the latest stable version of Drupal 7 ?
a) 7.14 b) 7.15
c) 7.16 d) 7.17

82. Question #4
Content types in Drupal are derived from ?
a) Nodes b) Themes
c) Hooks d) Articles

83. Question #5
Drupal ships with which file that secures the
Drupal installation ?
a) .config b) .htaccess
c) .authorize d) .install

84. Question #6
Drupal was originally written by ?
a) Eben Moglen b) Matt Mullenweg
c) Rasmus Lerdorf d) Dries Buytaert

85. Question #7
What is the minimum memory space that Drupal
requires ?
a) 15MB b) 16MB
c) 17MB d) 18MB

86. Question #8
In which year did Drupal.org go live ?
a) 2000 b) 2001
c) 2002 d) 2003

87. Question #9
What is the minimum memory required for PHP
for installing Drupal ?
a) 40 MB b) 48 MB
c) 32 MB d) 64 MB

88. Question #10
What are the types of files available in Drupal ?
a) Upload/Download b) Import/Export
c) Primary/Secondary d) Private/Public

89. Question #11
Blocks are used in Drupal for
a) Address b) Login
c) Snippets d) Themes

90. Question #12
Can Drupal work without a Database ?
a) Yes b) No

91. Question #13
What does Views module primarily do?
a) Run update script b) Display content
c) Run database queries d) Assign blocks in regions

92. Question #14
What is the basic theme of Drupal 7?
a) Mirenelli b) Garland
c) Bartik d) Fresh

93. Question #15
Should we use an existing database for the Drupal
installation ?
a) Yes b) No

94. Question #16
What is the web root folder for XAMPP ?
a) xampp b) sites
c) htdocs d) apache

95. Question #17
What is the 2nd most popular web server used
with Drupal ?
a) Google b) IIS
c) NGINX d) GWS

96. Question #18
Why database is a must in Drupal installation ?
a) Storing user data b) For security purpose
c) For Uploading images d) All the above

97. Question #19
What does CCK stand for ?
a) Content Complementary b) Content Console Key
Kit
c) Content Construction d) Content Construction Kit
Key

98. Question #20
Where is content on a Drupal site laid out ?
a) Pages b) Layout
c) Regions d) Sidebars

99. Question #21
Can you create your own custom module?
a) Yes b) No

100. Question #22
What does RBAC stand for ?
a) Role Based Auto Control b) Role Based Admin
Control
c) Role Based Account d) Role Based Access
Control Control

101. Question #23
In which folder should customized modules go ?
a) sites/all/modules b) /modules
c) sites/default/files d) sites/default/modules

102. Question #24
Where will you find access logs in admin UI?
a) Structure b) Configuration
c) Reports d) Content

103. Question #25
How to exclude a user from viewing a particular
content type ?
a) Using Blocks b) Using Views
c) Using Permissions d) Using Ctools

106. Possibilities Of Drupal
By: Karthikeyan

107. Drupal – Sites & Apps
 Websites can be built from
small to high level applican in
short time.
 Timesheet System, Project
management System, Blogs ,
forums
 http://openatrium.com
 Ecommerce use
http://www.drupalcommerce.or
g/
 We can customize the code.

108. SEO Support
 Drupal highly Support SEO
 Avail SEO modules in
drupal.org
 It checks the page and make
the page support SEO
 Google :Type a word linux
 http://www.ubuntu.com/ is built
in Drupal
 Google :Type a word ubuntu :
ubuntu will appear with site-
links
 Sitelinks will be provided by
Google when the site get a
good rank

109. Multilingual & Multisites
 Multilingual and Multisite is
highly emerging trend
 Multilingual – ?
 Recommended i18n module
 Multisite - Multiple Websites of
an organisation with relative
data and with out relative data.

110. Multisite
Drupal provides the multiple way for configuring multisite.
 Multiple codebase Multiple DB (Separate)
 One Drupal codebase, Multiple Databases
 Shared tables
 Using Domain access module

111. Drush
 Drush („DRUpal Shell‟) is a command line tool
 Admin operation without GUI
 Avail the Drush module from drupal.org
 Commands available at http://drush.ws/

112. Mobile Capability
 Mobile themes are available
 WURFL is a tool for detection
 Maps HTTP Request Headers
 Use “Mobile tools” module for testing

113. Mobile Capability Architecture

114. Mobile Capability Reference
 http://www.consumersearch.com/
 Test the site by
http://www.howtogomo.com/en/d/
test-your-site/#gomo-meter
 Fill form and test

116. Thank You
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