February 2017

Drupal

February 2017

Drupal��

It could be worse.Don’t panic

Drupal =Web server +PHP +Database +Configuration +HTML/CSS/JS

Drupal is like many others

Drupal =Web server +PHP +Database +Configuration +HTML/CSS/JS

Drupal is like many others

Drupal is like many others

Web server (typ Apache)

Drupal / WordPress / Joomla / a lot of “LAMP” CMSs

PHP DB (typ MySQL)

OS (typ Linux)

User’s screen

HTML + CSS + JSExternal CSS + JS

BlocksUsers

Content types / nodes

“Entities”

Configuration

Drupal “core” works like…

Drupal

PHP DB (typ MySQL)

Input filtersSite settings

Output sent to end user

Permissions

Pages (“Menu” system)

1)Submit content

2)View content

Let’s do an enactment

Theme: can wrap, mold, but not hook and change!

UsersContent types / nodes

“Entities”

Configuration

Don’t forget themes!

Drupal

PHP DB (typ MySQL)

Input filtersSite settings

Output sent to end user

Permissions

Pages (“Menu” system)

Drupal is about shaping/organising content,and controlling access.

Look and feel can be done anywhere, doesn’t have to be done in Drupal.

CMS CMF

It’s all about content

It’s all subject to changePanic

It’s all subject to changePanic

Drupal: “Do it like this!”

Drupal: “Do it like this!”

Theme: “Show it like this!”

Drupal: “Do it like this!”

Theme: “Show it like this!”

Module with hooks: “Do and show like this!”

Users

Content types / nodes

“Entities”

Configuration

Hooks (Modules) add to and change this

Drupal

Input filters

Site settings

Permissions

Views

Users

Content types / nodes

“Entities”

Configuration

Example: Views

Drupal

Input filters

Site settings

Permissions

Output sent to end user

WebformUsers

Content types / nodes

“Entities”

Configuration

Example: Webform

Drupal

Input filters

Site settings

Permissions

Output sent to end user

A module can do as much or little as you need.

You can make your own module — this is very important! Everything in Drupal is like clay*

*Clay with bits of broken glass in it.

Modules open new possibilities

• ConfigurationSettings, content creation, blocks, etc.

• ModuleEnable new logic and add new configuration options

• ThemeAdd some logic, configuration options, but best to just do things that affect the “look”

Ways to do it with Drupal

Any number of ways to do something with Drupal (that’s great!)

but the “right” way to do it often depends on what else the site is already doing (that’s confusing!)

A freaky yoga master

• Core Drupal structure• Configuration• Nodes (entities)• Blocks• Theme• User permissions• And how things nest and relate

• Modules and their use of hooks

Key concepts

Some sample things to explore:• What you get “out of the box”• How to enforce access control, and circumvent• Adapting appearance of content (input filters)• Creating content functionality• Querying content to display• Adding miscellaneous bits of content

Hands on

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