Administering a Drupal 8 Website Training Course
This course is designed for individuals who are entirely new to Drupal 8. It guides you through the fundamentals of operating a basic community website using Drupal, helping you understand where to find essential features and what to anticipate.
This course is available as onsite live training in Taiwan or online live training.Course Outline
An Introduction to Drupal 8
- What is Drupal?
- The building blocks
- Where things live
Managing Users
- User settings
- Creating, deleting and editing users
- Roles and access
Managing Content
- Creating and editing content types
- Workflow options
- Creating, editing and deleting content
- Searching content
- Using blocks
Ordering Content
- Drupal taxonomy overview
- Creating a directory
- Free tagging
- The Drupal menu system
- Friendly URLs and managing URL aliases
Troubleshooting
- Reading the logs
- Watchdog
- Going offline for maintenance
Requirements
Attendees are not required to install Drupal. Familiarity with web-based user interfaces and experience using a web browser is essential. Some knowledge of 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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