On Thursday July 15th we continue our monthly 'Getting Started with Drupal Series'. This month we'll branch out from Drupal core and cover the first of the 'must-have' add-in modules, the Content Construction Kit (CCK).
CCK makes it easy to add all kinds of custom data fields to your site's content. Using CCK you can add images, video, audio, attached files, links, maps, and much more to your content.
CCK is a must-have for nearly any Drupal site — if you are serious about building a site with Drupal you do not want to miss this class!
What we'll cover in this class
- Getting CCK and installing it on your site
- Adding basic text fields to your content
- Adding image, audio and video fields to your content
- Controlling how fields are displayed/formatted on your pages.
This is a hands-on class, so bring your laptop and follow along! (You can still benefit even without one, though.)
Don't worry if you don't have Drupal installed, we have test installations for you to use, or you can sign up for a free account at http://www.webenabled.com and quickly deploy a new Drupal site.
If you have any specific beginner questions you'd like to have addressed, please add them to the comments for this event and we'll try to work them in.
If you know anyone who'd like to get started with Drupal, please send them the link to this page!
Recommended reading
To best prepare for the Getting Started series, we recommend the book Using Drupal published by O'Reilly. If you are at all serious about learning Drupal, please just go ahead and purchase this excellent book. Monte, Art, and AJ are just three of our group members who are happy they did! Well-written and aimed at the Drupal beginner, it takes you though the sometimes-daunting Drupal jargon and concepts with ease, and gets you comfortable with managing content and building sites step-by-step. (Although highly recommended, the reading is not required to attend the session – everyone is welcome!)
About the Getting Started Series
Each month an experienced Drupaler will present a lesson suitable for Drupal beginners. We'll structure the series so each month builds on the next – if you attend each monthly Getting Started series, your Drupal skills will grow naturally and within a few months you'll be competently managing your site and your content, and on your way to adding new site sections and features.
Meetup Details
Thursday, July 15th
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Ruby's Inn and Convention Center
4825 North Reserve
Missoula, MT 59808 map
Phone: (406) 721-0990
Comments
Definitely Looking forward to it! Ruby's again?
Looks like a great topic, and just in time for my projects!
Are we meeting at Ruby's again?
Art
www.aheld.com
www.HikersCameraBelt.com
Yes, Ruby's again!
Ruby's provides us the meeting room and projector at no charge, and they blocked out our dates 6 months in advance, making it really easy for me. And free coffee!
I just discovered that Ruby's has a lovely wooded creek running through their property with some benches, it's really pleasant. So if you get there early you can spend some contemplative time enjoying the creek and the birds.
Difference betwn 'hidden' and 'Exclude' on 'Display Fields' tab
During today's class, when we were exploring the 'Display Fields' tab on the Content Type page, the question came up: 'What's the difference between the option in the formatter drop-down, and the 'Exclude' checkbox.'
I didn't know the answer, so naturally I've looked into it, and here's the best answer I've been able to find in a quick search:
http://drupal.org/node/580082#comment-2051964
Here's the bullet points from that post and my explanation of what they mean:
This means that field will be completely absent from the output for that node's view (teaser or full-node).
This means that the field will be hidden from the standard output in the teaser or full-node view, but that the filed will still be processed and made available as a template variable. This would be useful in custom theming.
Let me know if there are any further questions on this.