Drupal Workshops (Free & Informal)

Hey Everyone,

Jim Beckstrom and I are planning a free and informal Drupal Workshop series for 6 Wednesday nights starting Wednesday, 10/13/10, 7-9PM, WCC, Room BE150. I've created a syllabus to guide the direction of the workshops each day, but it's open for modification and change depending on the who shows up and their respective interests!

WORKSHOP OUTLINE:
Week 1 - An Introduction to Drupal
• Basic Drupal demo: What does Drupal look like and do?
• Creating your first page in Drupal
• How Drupal works: Core Modules + Contributed Modules + Themes
• What is a module?
• What is a theme?
• D.O (Drupal.org)

Week 2 - Web Development Basics
• What is a LAMP stack? (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
• What is HTML and CSS?
• What is a database driven website?
• What is a content management system (CMS)?
• How Drupal uses all this to power your website!

Week 3 - Using Drupal
• Adding and editing content
• Creating new types of content
• Adding files, images, video and more
• Viewing content in new and unique ways (lists, tables, and pagers)
• Setting up users, roles, and permissions

Week 4 - Extending Drupal
• What is FTP, SSH, and telnet?
• Downloading modules and themes from Drupal.org
• Installing modules
• Installing themes

Week 5 - Questions and Answers: Part 1
• Discussion starter: How to install Drupal demo
• Q&A Discussion

Week 6 - Questions and Answers: Part 2
• Discussion starter: Best practices and tips for every Drupal site
• Q&A Discussion

DATES:
Wednesday, 10/13/10 (Week 1)
Wednesday, 10/20/10 (Week 2)
Wednesday, 10/27/10 (Week 3)
Wednesday, 11/03/10 (Week 4)
Wednesday, 11/10/10 (Week 5)
Wednesday, 11/17/10 (Week 6)

TIME:
7PM-9PM

LOCATION:
Room BE 150
Washtenaw Community College
4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor MI 48105-4800
Directions and Campus Map: https://www.wccnet.edu... (https://www.wccnet.edu..).