Administering a Drupal 8 Website Training Course
This course is designed for individuals with no prior experience of Drupal 8. It guides you through the essentials of operating a basic community website using Drupal, explaining where to find key features and what to anticipate during the process.
This course is available as onsite live training in Italy or online live training.Course Outline
An Introduction to Drupal 8
- What is Drupal?
- Core components
- Key locations in the interface
User Management
- User configuration settings
- Creating, deleting, and editing user accounts
- Roles and permissions
Content Management
- Creating and editing content types
- Content workflow options
- Creating, editing, and deleting content items
- Searching and finding content
- Utilizing blocks
Organizing Content
- Overview of Drupal taxonomy
- Building a directory structure
- Implementing free tagging
- The Drupal menu system
- Managing friendly URLs and URL aliases
Troubleshooting
- Interpreting system logs
- Using Watchdog
- Taking the site offline for maintenance
Requirements
Attendees are not required to install Drupal. However, they must be comfortable using web-based user interfaces and browsing the web. Familiarity with HTML is beneficial but not mandatory.
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Ability to try out each part on Rural as I learn about it. Trainer was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Ash Egan
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