Let's Learn Drupal ..

Panshul Khurana

@Panshul1410

Born and raised in Delhi, India

Web Developer

Panshul Khurana

panshul1410.blog

In today's Session, we will cover:

• An Introduction to Drupal ​
  • Why should we use CMS ?
  • Drupal as a CMS.
  • Articulate the benefits of using Drupal to develop websites
  • Technology Stack.
  • Drupal terminology and concepts.
• Drupal 8 Setup​
  • Introduction to Composer.
  • Introduction to Drush.

• Drupal Architecture and Building Blocks.​​
  • How Drupal works ? (How information flows between the system's layers)
  • Understanding different Entities like : Content Types, taxonomies, User Role/permissions.
  • Drupal in action (Using different Entities to build a page).
  • Understanding Drupal Views.
  • Describe and work with Drupal's theme layer.
  • Search for and use Modules to extend Drupal's functionality/ Theme .
• Install Drupal on our local system
• Understanding Drush and it's use case

And...

What is a CMS ?

A content management system (CMS) is a software application or set of related programs that are used to create and manage digital content.

Commonly Used CMSs

Drupal As a CMS

What is Drupal?

• Drupal is a flexible CMS based on the AMP stack.

• Modular design allowing features to be added and removed by installing and uninstalling modules. 

• Allowing the entire look and feel of the website to be changed by installing and uninstalling themes.

• The base Drupal download, known as Drupal Core, contains the PHP scripts needed to run the basic CMS functionality

• ​Publishes a single website or shares content in multiple languages across various devicesevices

Contd..

•  Provides reliability, security, and the flexibility to create the features user wants.
• Strong architecture with ease of implementing third party applications.
• Business leaders worldwide power digital innovation with Drupal as their platform.
• Open Source Community: Thousands of organizations build solutions with Drupal; they also build Drupal itself, from design to system architecture.

We all can contribute to Drupal ! !

Drupal Superpowers !

• Highly Scalable -- Drupal scales to support the most content-rich sites and experiences - it won’t bend or break
   
• Easy Content Authoring -- Provides ease of use, mobile editing, in-place content creation and tagging to make content useful and powerful for sites, mobile apps and other applications.
   
• Flexible Content Architecture -- Display only the content appropriate for each context with powerful display mode tools and Views

Contd..

• Multisite -- Manage many sites across your organization, brands, geographies and campaigns on a single platform
   
• Content as a service -- With Drupal’s structured data model you can display content in multiple layouts for the responsive web, or export it to any app or client with a built in REST services.
   
• Security -- The Drupal Security Team--dozens of experts from around the world--validate and respond to security issues.

Benefits of using Drupal
or
Why should you choose Drupal over any other CMS ?

• The reasons are security, 3rd party integrations, community support, robust, SEO friendly, open source Platform, Free Module/Plugin support, etc. These are some of the features that force you to choose Drupal.
  
   

• Also, Drupal Migration Services are available and it’s the easiest approach through which you can migrate your current website to Drupal. No matter how complex is the database structure.
  
   

• When it comes to Drupal, innovation indeed lies in the heart of it as it has always succeeded as a platform for delivering great experiences.
  
   

• Drupal grows as per the current trends .

Who is using Drupal ?

Technology Stack.

Drupal terminology and concepts.

Some of the basic Drupal terms and concepts include

• Module
• Views
• Regions and block
• Menus
• Themes

• Nodes
• Entity Types
• Comments
• Taxonomy
• User

Content Types and Fields

Vocabulary

Block Types, media and Referenced entities.

View Modes / Form Modes

Views Module