Getting Started with Drupal 7

Video Lectures

Displaying all 21 video lectures.
Lecture 1
Drupal 7 overview
Play Video		 Drupal 7 overview
Intro video for Drupal 7. Covers what Drupal is, who is using it and what it can be used for.
Lecture 2
Drupal 7 Installation Requirements and Options
Play Video		 Drupal 7 Installation Requirements and Options
In this tutorial we will look at the requirements and recommendations for installing Drupal. We also review several different options for hosting your Drupal site.
Lecture 3
Essential Webmaster Tools
Play Video		 Essential Webmaster Tools
It takes a tool chest of apps to build and manage a website. What is even better is if you have them where ever you go.

In this tutorial we take a look at the essential tools ever webmaster should have and a free package you can download and take with you.
Lecture 4
Installing Drupal On A Personal Computer Tutorial
Play Video		 Installing Drupal On A Personal Computer Tutorial
In this tutorial we will show you how to install Drupal on local desktops and laptops. We will show you the simplest way to get up and running quickly, with no server admin skills required using Acquia's DAMP Stack Installer.

The tutorial will walks through installing Drupal on a Windows 7 computer, but the steps are nearly identical for the Mac OS and *NIX workstations. Local installations are the best way to develop and play with Drupal. In less than 10 minutes, you will have your local computer setup to run as many Drupal sites as you like.
Lecture 5
Drupal Installation using FTP
Play Video		 Drupal Installation using FTP
There are many different ways to do Drupal installations. If you are new to working with web servers, you probably want the least technical. That is the FTP installation method.

In this tutorial we will walk you through step by step how to do a Drupal Installation using just an FTP client. In less than 15 minutes you can go from hosting setup to a complete Drupal installation.

This tutorial walks you through steps of installing a Drupal 7 website. We also review some of the more common gotchas you might encounter with different hosting providers.
Lecture 6
Installing Drupal using SSH & Drush
Play Video		 Installing Drupal using SSH & Drush
This tutorial walks through installing Drush then using Drush to install Drupal.
Lecture 7
Admin Tour
Play Video		 Admin Tour
Drupal's admin is where you add content, configure you site, manage users and do numerous other management tasks.

The administrative interface in Drupal 7 got a pretty significant facelift to make it more user friendly. I think the usability team did a great job.

In this tutorial we are going to do a quick review of Drupal's admin. We are going to move pretty quickly and just doing an overview. Much of the rest of this course will be getting deeper into admin specifics.
Lecture 8
Installing Drupal 7 modules and themes
Play Video		 Installing Drupal 7 modules and themes
One of the reasons Drupal is so popular is its extensibility. There are thousands of add on modules and themes for Drupal. In this video we are going to take a look at the how you find and install these add-ons.
Lecture 9
Workflow for extending Drupal
Play Video		 Workflow for extending Drupal
In this tutorial we look at the general workflow for extending Drupal. We show this workflow by installing the aggregator module step by step
Lecture 10
Introduction to nodes in Drupal 7
Play Video		 Introduction to nodes in Drupal 7
CMS starts with content. In this tutorial we will review the big picture of how Drupal manages content. To get you creating content as quickly as possible, we are going to only look at the basics, and leave a more complex elements to later videos.
This foundation though is vital for orienting yourself for common adding and editing tasks.
Lecture 11
Adding and editing content in Drupal 7
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This tutorial is a quick run through of how to add, edit and find content in Drupal. We discuss various node options by creating an article and basic page.

We conclude by reivewing Drupal's content list page enabling us to do bulk updates and link to nodes for review and editing.
Lecture 12
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Play Video		 Introduction to Drupal 7 content types
Content types are one of the cornerstones of what makes Drupal so flexible. They allow you to define custom styles of content for virtually any kind of use case.

Content types and node types can be tricky to understand though. In this tutorial we will demystify how content types work.
Lecture 13
Drupal 7 node displays
Play Video		 Drupal 7 node displays
Nodes on a Drupal site can be displayed in several different modes, each useful in a different context. For each mode, we can configure what content gets displayed and how it is formatted.

In this tutorial we will look at the different node modes and how to manage how they are displayed.
Lecture 14
Drupal 7 node publishing controls
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Lecture 15
Creating content types in Drupal 7
Play Video		 Creating content types in Drupal 7
In this tutorial we walk you through creating new content types using Drupal 7's admin.
Lecture 16
Introduction to fields in Drupal 7
Play Video		 Introduction to fields in Drupal 7
This tutorial provides a background into Drupal 7's powerful fields system.
Lecture 17
Adding fields in Drupal 7
Play Video		 Adding fields in Drupal 7
This tutorial walks you through adding text and numeric fields in Drupal 7.
Lecture 18
Drupal tutorial: List Fields
Play Video		 Drupal tutorial: List Fields
Lecture 19
Drupal Tutorial: File Fields
Play Video		 Drupal Tutorial: File Fields
This tutorial shows you how to use Drupal's file fields to upload and manage files.
Lecture 20
Image fields
Play Video		 Image fields
This tutorial walks you through how to add and configure Drupal 7's image field.
Lecture 21
Core fields structure
Play Video		 Core fields structure
In this tutorial we review Drupal 7's core field types and guidelines for when to use each one.