Intro to Drupal for Museums
David Henry, Missouri History Museum, USA
Drupal is an open source content management framework that allows for rapid development of very customizable Web sites serving a wide variety of content. Originally developed in 2001, Drupal now powers tens of thousands of Web sites worldwide - including Yahoo, Novell, Forbes Magazine, Popular Science, Amnesty International, The United Nations, and Harvard. In this workshop, I will share how and why we at the Missouri History Museum built a new public web presence using the Drupal Framework in combination with the Content Construction Kit and Views modules.
Workshop Objectives: After attending this workshop, participants should know enough about Drupal to decide whether it would make sense to start building a Drupal based Web site for their own institutions and they will know where to find the resources they need to help them complete a Drupal installation.
Syllabus
Part 1: How to install and configure Drupal
- Basic install and initial setup
- Managing users
- Managing modules
- Finding help online
- Hands on exercise
Part 2: The Drupal Theming System
- Installing themes
- The PHPTemplate Theme engine
- Customizing your theme
- Hands on exercise
Part 3: The Content Construction Kit
- What is CCK and why is it important?
- Installing CCK and creating your first custom content type
- Extending CCK with additional modules
- Hands on exercise
Part 4: The Views module
- What is the Views module and why is it important?
- Installing Views and creating your first custom view
- Using Views in combination with CCK
- Hands on exercise
Prerequisites: Participants should be experienced building Web sites with HTML, CSS, and javascript. Participants should have some familiarity with PHP.
Notes: Participants should bring a laptop with XAMPP and Drupal already installed.
Workshop: Drupal Introduction [Morning]
Keywords: cms, Drupal, open source, PHP, content management, framework
