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Drupal Training Course

Learn to create and manage Drupal website from Drupal designers in a classroom based training course in London

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Date Course Session Time Day(s) Price  
25 Jun 2013 Tue, Fri 18:30 - 21:30 4 £490.00 Reserve
08 Jul 2013 Mon, Tue 10:00 - 17:00 2 £490.00 Reserve
21 Jul 2013 Sun 10:00 - 17:00 2 £490.00 Reserve
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Drupal course overview

This course concentrates on how to create and manage your website using Drupal without any programming or design experience. On completion of this Drupal course you will be able to:
  • Install Drupal Website
  • Configure templates and install new templates
  • Build a website, blog or online shop
  • Use Drupal Modules
  • Manage users and groups
  • Administer Drupal
  • Understand Drupal Views and CCK
The complete course is hands-on based. A practical Drupal project at the end of the course will ensure that you can practically use Drupal on your own projects. This short Drupal course is hands-on, instructor-led and classroom based. This training can be taken as a part-time evening course or even on the weekends.

Who is Drupal training for?

This training is for you if you are interested in creating and maintaining your own website using Drupal or planning to get skills to create and manage Drupal website for others. This course also helps business owners to get more control and insight into their Drupal website.

Prerequisites for Drupal course

  • You should be able to use computer and internet.
  • It is not necessary to have knowledge of any programming language before you start this Drupal course but If you have some knowledge of HTML, PHP and then it will make learning this course even easier. Training Dragon provides HTML course
  • No prior experience with Drupal is necessary.

What will I get?

  • Training from professional Drupal developers:
    Training Dragon consultants have been implementing professional Drupal solutions across a range of websites for many years. Those consultants write and teach our Drupal training courses, so their experience directly informs course content.
  • Real-time Practice and Projects:
    Our Drupal courses are designed to get you started in Drupal. We work on industry related projects in this Drupal course.
  • Course Material:
    Drupal electronic notes are included in this course.
  • Course Completion Certificate:
    After completing this training your will receive a Drupal course completion certificate.
  • Support and Careers Advice:
    After the course if you have any problems or questions regarding Drupal do not hesitate to contact us. Training Dragon’s trainers are expert in their fields and if you need any help with you career choice, please speak to one of our trainers.

 

Drupal Course Contents

Introduction

  • Introduction to CMS
  • What is Drupal
  • Role of HTML

Drupal Installation

  • Downloading Drupal
  • How to upload your site to a hosting server
  • Finding a web host for your site
  • Reserve a domain name (website name)
  • Installing Drupal on your Web Space

Drupal Templates

  • Adding a pre-existing site theme to Drupal
  • Creating and adding your own site template to Drupal
  • Free vs premium Drupal themes

Configuring Drupal Options & Settings

  • General Settings
  • Privacy settings
  • Reading settings
  • Drupal for a website or a Blog

Drupal Modules

  • What is Modules?
  • Where to find Drupal Modules
  • Downloading and installing Modules
  • Activating Modules

Drupal Core Modules

  • Access statistics and logging
  • Advanced search
  • Blogs, books, comments, forums, and polls
  • Descriptive URLs
  • Multi-level menu system
  • Multi-site support
  • Multi-user content creation and editing
  • RSS feed and feed aggregator
  • User profiles

Adding Content in Drupal

  • Creating content pages
  • Writing and managing pages
  • Managing Links
  • Using Categories
  • Managing User Comments
  • Adding menus and navigation

Managing Media in Drupal

  • Uploading Images
  • Image Formatting
  • Managing the Media Library
  • Adding Video to your website
  • Adding Audio

Using Drupal for CMS

  • Setting the homepage
  • Making Drupal search engine friendly
  • Using Dropdown navigation

Drupal Administration

  • Managing Drupal users
  • Creating multiple users
  • Drupal User Roles and permissions
  • Managing files

SEO for your Drupal website

  • What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • On page SEO
  • Off page SEO
  • Tools for SEO
  • H1 and other headings
  • Titles and Meta tags
  • SEO friendly URL
  • Images optimisation
  • XML Sitemap
  • Sitemap submission

Social Media for Drupal

  • Role of Social Media on Drupal website
  • Adding Facebook and twitter

Drupal Views, CCK & Panels

  • Creating catalogue of services and products
  • Create advanced content views using filters and argument
  • Create contact form
  • Drupal Content Construction Kit
  • Create complex content types
  • Visually design website.
  • Drag and drop layout manager

Project: Create a personal or business website using Drupal

Using the skills obtained from our Drupal course, we will build a complete personal or business brochure website. This project involves many stages from planning, team work, installation, module management, testing and launching your Drupal online shop website.

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