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.

1. Drupal 7 overview
2. Drupal 7 Installation Requirements and Options
3. Essential Webmaster Tools
4. Installing Drupal On A Personal Computer Tutorial
5. Drupal Installation using FTP
6. Installing Drupal using SSH & Drush
7. Admin Tour
8. Installing Drupal 7 modules and themes
9. Workflow for extending Drupal
10. Introduction to nodes in Drupal 7
11. Adding and editing content in Drupal 7
12. Introduction to Drupal 7 content types
13. Drupal 7 node displays
14. Drupal 7 node publishing controls
15. Creating content types in Drupal 7
16. Introduction to fields in Drupal 7
17. Adding fields in Drupal 7
18. Drupal tutorial: List Fields
19. Drupal Tutorial: File Fields
20. Image fields
21. Core fields structure

Welcome to the Getting Started with Drupal 7 video tutorial course. Drupal is an incredibly powerful construction kit for building dynamic websites. It is also free and open source. Thus it is highly accessible for use on any website.

This series of video tutorials was created to answer to the often asked question, How do I get started with Drupal? The course is designed for beginners to experienced web developers looking for a solid introduction to Drupal. In less than 15 minutes a day you can learn the essentials of Drupal site building and be well on your way to deploying a next generation web presence.

This course is free because we love to teach, we love Drupal and we love to help people build better sites. Please, help support our efforts and future work by sharing this course with other future Drupalistas. We add 1 to 2 videos a week to this course, so check back for future updates.
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