Drupal Kitchen: a Hands-on Workshop for Anything from Creating Blog Posts to Overwriting Theme Functions
1. Drupal Kitchen: a Hands-on Workshop for End-users, Site Administrators and Developers Eric Goldhagen & Jenna Freedman Computers in Libraries, April 2010
introduction : 1:30-1:50 including getting settled ERIC intro to free software: 4 minutes ERIC intro to drupal: 4 minutes JENNA drupal applications in libraries: 5 minutes websites: http://www.piscatawaylibrary.org Google search tabs across top with drop down menus main navigation blog events block tag cloud flickr custom blocks--Twitter, resources for teachers basic info at bottom of every page (address!) blocks change when you go beyond the home page, e.g. meeting rooms (booking system is drupal?) online resources--groups databases with a taxonomy bummer that catalog is hosted by the provider catalog enhancers: http://www.darienlibrary.org the famous SOPAC--social OPAC tagging rating community reviews views physical appearance catalogs: http://altpress.slcpl.org tagging views (?) record (food not bombs-->try try again) cover image author (why not hot?) email (why hot?) description length reviewer volume/issue/date dimensions date received price runs out of Bs? generates similar radical reference question posting and answering anonymous vs authenticated users aggregated blogs research guides http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/subject-guides/womens-studies/home, compare with libguides tabs profile meebo widget page views page forward social network links
Register User roles Authentication Editing profile Rss feed Blog post Bold Link List Image URL
Admin—site config site information Modules—search modules (e.g. library or twitter), versions core vs. optional vs. contributed, searching the site View pending patches: submit bug report Critical thinking: usage statistics, contributor Themes Try a bunch FROM MY ACCOUNT/EDIT Blocks Turn things on & off, move them around