Drupal news: More advanced features for flexible CMS

Sites include drupal.org , whdb.com . Published on November 7th, 2012. Written by SiteTrail.

Drupal is a free, open-source content management system and content management framework used by just over 2% of websites worldwide.?The creation of Dries Buytaert, Drupal is used as the back-end system for sites of all kinds, ranging from blogs to whitehouse.gov. Drupal allows web developers to build content management systems that include?user account registration and maintenance, menu management, RSS?feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.

While Drupal at its core is a powerful web development tool, Drupal advanced users can use the system to unlock hidden features that make Drupal a key piece of your knowledge management and business collaboration endeavors. Whether you are just starting out in web development or are an old hand, this list of the top 50 Drupal references and tutorials will open new doors to the possibilities of this flexible CMS. (Please n.b., while we did number our list for easier scannability, the resources are not listed in any particular order!)

Tutorials

The following tutorials are the perfect place to start for novices and even experts who may need a refresher.

1. levelten Interactive: In this?Getting Started with Drupal 7 video tutorial course, levelten Interactive provides Drupal users with a free video series created to introduce you to Drupal and to get you started on building your Drupal system. ?The course is designed for beginners and experienced web developers and ?is a great way to begin your Drupal adventure.
2. lynda.com: offers online software training videos on Drupal. ?Videos at the beginner and intermediate level explore such topics as?Creating and Editing Custom Themes,?Create Your First Online Store with DrupalCommerce,?Advanced Training, and?Reporting and Visualizing Data.
3. Tutr.tv: built for the beginner and power user, Tutr.tv provides a comprehensive guide to informative, easy to follow Drupal tutorial videos. ?Tutr.tv takes the hassle out of scouring the web for the best Drupal tutorials by organizing hundreds of videos into a one-stop destination.
4. Site Ground: This web hosting company offers developers a growing portfolio of web hosting services and features over 1,100 servers. ?They offer a free Drupal guide to help users best use this powerful web design tool.
5. Acquia: What is Drupal? ?This site sums it up quite nicely. ?You can browse a variety of links to discover what industries are using Drupal, why Drupal is a social medium, the reasons to choose Drupal, and access a whitepaper on the total cost of ownership of open source software.
6. Mastering Drupal: designed with one goal in mind?to create experts of Drupal. ?The site uses a mix of video and?tutorials?to teach advanced Drupal topics. ?Articles include Creating Local Copies of External JS for fun and performance: Drupal Starter Module and Calculating Distances and Importing GeoPostcodes Data into the Drupal Location Module.
7. Best Web Designz: offers over 20 tutorial articles on how to use Drupal. ?These articles will teach you?how to Install Drupal, maintain and manage your Drupal site, set up your own stores, managing users and change your password.
8. Digett: in this series of Drupal video tutorials, Digett brings you step-by-step instructions to complete specific Drupal tasks. ?Digett provides a host of web developer services, including design, content generation, social media, and SEO.
9. OS Training: offers a searchable directory of Drupal themed tutorials and blog posts. ?How-to guides are arranged in an easy to follow step-by-step format. They also offer self-paced video classes which include support.
10. Drupal Camp: Drupal Camp 24?7 is an online community that helps Drupal beginners learn Drupal online. ?It offers free video tutorials and allows for sharing and communication of Drupal experiences.
11. Stanford Drupal Tutorials: a community administered project portal for online Drupal learning resources. ?The Stanford community searches the web for quality tutorials and presents them to aid in your Drupal learning.
12. Yada Drop: claiming to be the world?s largest directory of Drupal videos, tutorials, and screencasts, Yada Drop organizes topics by?version, audience, and category.
13. drupal gardens:?the Drupal Gardens directory of Drupal tutorials are designed to provide detailed information covering what you can do with your Drupal website. ?Tutorials are searchable, and users have the option to connect via community forums.
14. Friendly Drupal: beginning Drupal users can browse this site to find free tutorials, videos, screencasts, podcasts, and stories. ?Lessons include Git, Drush with Acquia Dev Desktop and Installing Barracuda Aegir.
15. Ratatosk: this page explains some of the tools you can use to make your Drupal system efficient by debugging it. ?It covers the Devel contrib module, the Drupal for Firebug contrib module and Firefox extension, the FirePHP library, and the combination of NetBeans and Xdebug.
16. I Can Localize: focuses on using Drupal for SEO. ?This tutorial is geared at giving you to the tools to build a perfectly optimized site and maximize your return on investment.
17. High Rock Media: provides a list of the author?s favorite Drupal learning resources. ?The author recommends that if you are new to Drupal, drupal.org has a ton of resources useful in learning the programing.

The above article was shared with our readers by Jimmy Atkinson from? www.whdb.com

Source: http://www.sitetrail.com/2012/11/07/drupal-news-more-advanced-features-flexible-cms/

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