Administering a Drupal 8 Website Training Course
This course is for people who are completely new to Drupal 8. It will lead you through the basics of running a simple community website with Drupal, where things are and what to expect.
Course Outline
An Introduction to Drupal 8
- What is Drupal?
- The building blocks
- Where things live
Managing Users
- User settings
- Creating, deleting and editing users
- Roles and access
Managing Content
- Creating and editing content types
- Workflow options
- Creating, editing and deleting content
- Searching content
- Using blocks
Ordering Content
- Drupal taxonomy overview
- Creating a directory
- Free tagging
- The Drupal menu system
- Friendly URLs and managing URL aliases
Troubleshooting
- Reading the logs
- Watchdog
- Going offline for maintenance
Requirements
Delegates are NOT required to install Drupal. Delegates must be familiar with web-based user interfaces and using a web browser. Some HTML knowledge is advantageous.
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Ability to try out each part on Rural as I learn about it. Trainer was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Ash Egan
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