Tips for Drupal Web Managers

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Posted by mlangfeld on April 30, 2011 at 2:49pm
Last updated by mlangfeld on Sat, 2011-04-30 14:49

As we discuss our issues and resolve them, let's add them to this wiki, which can become a resource for Drupal Web Managers over time.

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Let's add our tips here first

Posted by mlangfeld on April 30, 2011 at 2:51pm

Let's add our tips here first, then to the main body of the wiki.

Best, Marilyn

Drupal Troubleshooting Guide

Posted by mlangfeld on May 4, 2011 at 7:20pm

I just thought I'd google troubleshooting your Drupal site. See what I found, which I didn't know existed: http://drupal.org/node/72108 (Drupal Troubleshooting Guide). Looks like a good first step when troubleshooting would be to check it out.

Best, Marilyn

Tip: Administration Guide, Troubleshooting FAQ on drupal.org

Posted by mlangfeld on May 5, 2011 at 3:23pm

Found under Documentation:
Administration Guide: http://drupal.org/documentation/administer

Found under Reference:
Troubleshooting FAQ: http://drupal.org/Troubleshooting-FAQ which contains the Troubleshooting Guide in my previous comment.

There's no visible link between these two sections Documentation and Reference. For me, a Web Manager, troubleshooting is a major activity of administration of a Drupal site. So, let's link these here at a minimum.

Audience: site administrators
Found on landing page of Administration Guide. Might be a tag we should encourage use to aggregate information for web managers. At the moment, shows some spam to delete on first page, needs cleanup.

Best, Marilyn

Documentation and training sources

Posted by jasonsamuels on May 12, 2011 at 5:37am

There's Drupal documentation, and then more documentation in Drupal books.

A library of videos and slides.

And then a marketplace listing of training providers.

Some noteworthy ones:

Building a Drupal Dashboard, by Jeff Eaton, Lullabots

Posted by mlangfeld on May 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

Building a Drupal Dashboard is a fantastic article accompanied by a "feature" that you can use to install the Dashboard on your site, or perhaps use as a roadmap for creating your own Dashboard.

Best, Marilyn