On Thursday September 16th we continue our monthly 'Getting Started with Drupal Series'. This month we'll cover the other 'must-have' add-in module: Views.
If websites are all about content, the Views module is about presenting that content to your site's visitors.
Views, like 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 Views and installing it on your site
- An orientation to the Views admin interface
- Understanding Displays and Output Styles
- Placing Views on your site
- Brief mention of Views add-on modules (depending on time)
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, September 16th
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Ruby's Inn and Convention Center
4825 North Reserve
Missoula, MT 59808 map
Phone: (406) 721-0990
Comments
Like/Love Drupal? This is a must attend event!
If you have even just a little bit of time with Drupal (newbie like me) then this is definitely a must attend event.
Andy Laken and Scott Rouse are superb teachers of just about anything Drupal. I have attended their sessions
and it never fails that whatever they teach, it is use-able and immediately instrumental in Drupal site building, period.
Both gentlemen are heavy into Drupal yet still are able to effectively communicate the tech jargon in such a way that no matter the level of each participant, all get the functions of the module, software (etc.) and how to implement and deploy any aspect of a Drupal site.