Transcript Introduction to Drupal

Introduction to Drupal
What is Drupal
• Drupal is a free software.
It allows us to publish, manage and
organize a variety of content on a
website.
How to Log on to Drupal
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http://environment.wku.edu/drupal/
To create an account on Drupal just click the link under the
User Login area (located in Red) that says “Create new
account”. Next, follow the instructions to fill out the required
form.
The page shown is the
Home Page. The home
page will give you a
description of CWRS and
gives a list of upcoming
events.
Groups, Bibliography, Glossary
•The Groups are current groups that you can subscribe to.
CWRS Staff
Department of Engineering Faculty
KDAG - Capacity Development Subcommittee
Kentucky Drinking Water Advisory Group
Kentucky Institute for Watershed Management Support Development Group
Pleasant Grove Watershed Initiative Working Group
Water and Wastewater Technician Training Working Group
WATERS Staff
•The Bibliography is a reference to already establish works
•The Glossary on Drupal gives the user “need to know terms” for the site.
Once Logged into Drupal
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Blogs can be used for open discussions.
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Books include a description of projects that are
going on right now, and that are able to be
commented on.
Your Account Name
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Contact allows you to report any problems that
you have, or allows you to get answers to
questions regarding the Drupal site.
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Content allows you to add polls, agendas,
events; it basically allows you to create content
on the Drupal site.
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Conferences allows you to view upcoming
conference events.
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Forum includes general discussion and Q & A.
More Options
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You can subscribe to the mailing list.
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My unread is where you can check post within your
groups.
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Polls is where you can vote on ideas by other
members or if you chose to add a poll in create content
you can take a poll of the other users.
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Recent Posts is where you can see other users
content that has been recently added.
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There is a search if you are looking for a specific topic.
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My account lets you update your information and look
at your recent history.
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You can view the user list to view all other users.
Your Account Name
• On the right hand side of
the home page you can
see who is new to the
Drupal site and what users
are now online as well as
the current weather.
Changing Your Account Settings
• Choose My Account.
• Click on the edit tab.
• Underneath the edit tab you can edit your
password, theme, time zone, etc.
Your Name
Creating and Editing Your New
Content
• At the top of your personal menu,
you'll find a link called "create
content".
• Under create content there are a list of
contents that can be edited.
• Choose content (poll, book page, blog
entry, etc.) in blue.
• This will bring up a form to fill out in
order to create your new information.
• In order to edit information, you must
be on the page you wish to edit, and it
must contain an edit tab. These tabs
are usually on pages that you have
enter information on. This will allow
you to edit or delete your own work.
Beyond the Basics
• For any questions you can look through
the Drupal handbook at
http://drupal.org/handbooks, choose End
User Guide under installations and
configurations or just refer to
http://drupal.org/node/6261