Beginning Drupal 7

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Duration: 1 hour or less

Brief description:
Drupal 7 is right around the corner and you need to be prepared. In this session we'll take a look at the new features of Drupal 7 and how that are going to make your life easier. We will walk through the new installation process and explore Drupal 7 from a newcomer's perspective but also compare and contrast it with Drupal 6 and the former contributed module that made it into core.

Agenda

  • Installing Drupal 7
  • Exploring Fields
  • New module installer
  • Dashboard and overlay
  • What about the modules?

About the Presenter:
Jacob Redding has been using Drupal for over four years and his first book, Beginning Drupal, is dedicated to Drupal 7. A module developer, project manager, site architect and all around Drupal guru Jacob is deep into all things Drupal.