Drupalan open source content

management platform

Drupal | Abhishek Nagar

management platform

Abhishek Nagar

Drupalan open source content

management platform

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management platform

Abhishek Nagar

Session Overview

� About Drupal

� Why Drupal

� Basic Concepts

− Node

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− Menu & Blocks

− Users

− Modules & Themes

� Tour Drupal

� Review

� Q &A

Session Overview

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Drupal

� Open Source

� Content Management System

� Community Supported

Internatioanl Translation

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� Internatioanl Translation

� Powering 4,50,000 + sites in 2007

� Customization requires PHP programmer

� Contains “core” functions: Drupal Core

Functionality expanded through Modules

Drupal

Content Management System

Internatioanl Translation

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Internatioanl Translation

Powering 4,50,000 + sites in 2007

Customization requires PHP programmer

Contains “core” functions: Drupal Core

Functionality expanded through Modules

Why Drupal ???

� Why not build a solution from scratch?

− Go for it.

� Why not use a commercial product?

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− Bigger Question

� Why not any other open-

− Try opensourcecms.com

Why Drupal ???

Why not build a solution from scratch?

Why not use a commercial product?

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-source solution?

Try opensourcecms.com

Some Big Names

� Tim Berners-Lee Weblog

� Spread Firefox

� New York Observer

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� Silver Light Architecture

Some Big Names

Lee Weblog

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Basic Concepts

� Node

− The fundamental building block of the website

� Blocks

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− Items placed in a region

� Comment

– Lightweight item attached to a node.

Basic Concepts

The fundamental building block of the website

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Items placed in a region

Lightweight item attached to a node.

Users

� First user created is the website administrator, and this user has complete control over the system.

� Other users can be created by administrator or by online registration (with or without admin approval)

Users can belong to one or more roles.

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� Users can belong to one or more roles.

� Therefore, once users are created in the system and assigned a role, they have permission to various parts of the framework, including content creation.

Users

First user created is the website administrator, and this user has complete control over the system.

Other users can be created by administrator or by online registration (with or without admin approval)

Users can belong to one or more roles.

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Users can belong to one or more roles.

Therefore, once users are created in the system and assigned a role, they have permission to various parts of the framework, including content

Modules & Themes

� Drupal Core

The base installation of Drupal, includes

some modules, themes and other add

� Modules

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� ModulesFiles that add functionality to Drupal, i.e.,

� ThemesDesigns that give the sites a certain look.Modules give themes control of how things look.

Modules & Themes

The base installation of Drupal, includes

some modules, themes and other add-ons

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Files that add functionality to Drupal, i.e.,

Designs that give the sites a certain look.Modules give themes control of how things look.

Drupal Tour

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Drupal Tour

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Review

� Users are grouped by Roles

� CORE functions enhanced by

� Content Nodes are placed in

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� Content Nodes are placed in

� Themes give sites and Modules their look

� Categories created through

� Profiles aid data manipulation and presentation

Review

Roles

CORE functions enhanced by Modules

are placed in Blocks

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are placed in Blocks

give sites and Modules their look

Categories created through Taxonomy

aid data manipulation and presentation

Thank You !!

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abhishek@kashipur.in

Thank You !!

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abhishek@kashipur.in