Dynamic Web 2 Week # 6

Project Update

Make sure your Drupal site works on your local machine and on a live site!

Drupal Essential Training

Please open up "Drupal 8 Essentials 1: Getting Started" on Lynda.com

Let's watch these together and then discuss what we learned. 

Drupal Notes

Controlling Content

Refer to the the rest of the videos under "Drupal 8 Essentials 1: Getting Started" and then going to "Establishing your Site"

• We're now going to switch things up, because I found tutorials that cover Drupal 8 rather than the older Drupal 7. So, hopefully, the notes and the video won't be as different from now on.
• Change the Site Title and other basic site settings by going to Configuration -> System -> Basic Site Settings
• Regional Settings for setting time zone and what country you're in are at configuration -> Regional settings
• Logo can be changed by going to Appearance -> Settings -> Logo Settings (uncheck box to show upload screen)
• Appearance of background colors can be changed at Appearance -> Settings for your theme. Note that some themes don't have this option

Drupal Notes

Controlling Content

Refer to the the rest of the videos under "Drupal 8 Essentials 1: Getting Started" and then going to "Establishing your Site"

• Favicon can be changed by going to Appearance -> Settings -> Shortcut Icon Settings (uncheck box to show upload screen)
• You can remove Site name by going to Structure -> Block Layout -> Site Branding -> Configure -> Uncheck what you don't want
• Permissions for different types of users can be set at People -> Permissions
• Advanced configurations for users can be set up at Configuration -> Account Settings
• Editing Contact Forms can be done at Structure -> Contact Forms
• To prevent random people from sending you spam email, you can change permissions for contact form in People -> Permissions
• Themes can be added by going to Appearance -> Install new theme

Discussion

Please explain, in turns, the concepts we have learned in "Establishing your site". 

• Change the title of your site
• Add a logo to your site
• Add custom colors to your site (if allowed in the theme)
• Prevent non-authorized people from sending you emails

15 minutes

Drupal Notes

Adding Content

Refer to the the rest of the videos under "Drupal 8 Essentials 1: Getting Started" and then going to "Adding Content"

• According to Drupal.org, "A node is any piece of individual content, such as a page, user, poll, article, forum topic, or a blog entry"
• You can create and customize a basic page by going to Content -> Add Content -> Basic Page
• Publish the content by clicking on Save and Publish
• Editing content can be done via the edit button
• Creating revisions can be done by clicking on content and then clicking on edit. Once you're on the edit page, be sure to click on the "Create new Revision" under the date it was last saved.
• Create a menu link for the page by editing it on the right hand side of the edit panel in your page, under "Menu Settings"
• You can also promote the page to always be on top and make the page in fixed position by making it sticky in the "Promotion Options"

Drupal Notes

Adding Content

Refer to the the rest of the videos under "Drupal 8 Essentials 1: Getting Started" and then going to "Adding Content"

• You can bulk edit or delete items in the Content section
• Two different Content-types: Article and Basic Page
• You can change the how the content types work by going to Structure -> Content Types, clicking on "Operations", and then selecting "Manage Display"
• You edit blocks by hovering over them and clicking on the pencil icon

Discussion

Please explain, in turns, the concepts we have learned in "Adding Content". 

• Add 2 Nodes to your site: one as a basic page and one as an article
• Create a menu link for the basic page

15 Minutes

Project Update

• Have a custom title, logo, favicon, and background colors for your site
• Add a custom theme to your site and customize it as you see fit.
• Have 3 basic pages and 3 articles on your site. Make at least 2 of the pages have a menu link.