Drupal Fundamentals training in Los Angeles on October 31, 2011

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2011-10-31 09:30 - 17:30 America/Los_Angeles
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Training (free or commercial)

This introductory one-day workshop touches on nearly every aspect of the core Drupal framework and covers many must-have modules. You'll learn best practices from the experts at Exaltation of Larks how to create a sustainable framework for managing your content. By the end of the day, you'll have created a Drupal site that looks and functions much like any you’ll see on the web today.

    Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training  

What you will learn

  • Basic setup and configuration
  • Creating, editing and moderating content
  • Using the Menu system to customize navigation
  • Categorizing content using the taxonomy system
  • Adjusting theme settings and changing themes
  • Adding users, creating roles and assigning permissions

Site you will build: http://architecture.training.larks.la

Days

1 day: This training is from 9:30am-5:30pm and begins at 9:30am sharp.

Prerequisites

An active interest in learning about Drupal, a basic understanding of the Internet, and experience browsing the web. Working knowledge of HTML and CSS is helpful but not required.

What to bring

Each attendee will be given a Drupal site on our servers, so just bring your laptop, a power adapter and any other cables you usually use. Lunch is provided.

This training is being held at Droplabs, a Drupal coworking and event space in Downtown Los Angeles. There is plenty of free parking in our parking lot.

Other trainings

Are you interested in following up with more trainings? We're offering an advanced Scalability and Performance training on the same day on October 31, 2011.

We're also offering an intermediate, 2-day Drupal Architecture (Content, Fields and Lists) training on November 1 & 2, 2011, and an advanced 3-day Developing Web Services and APIs training on November 3, 4, & 5, 2011.