Administering a Drupal 8 Website Training Course
This course is designed for individuals who are just starting with Drupal 8. It guides you through the fundamentals of managing a basic community website using Drupal, highlighting key areas and setting expectations.
This course is available as onsite live training in Norway or online live training.Course Outline
An Introduction to Drupal 8
- What is Drupal?
- The building blocks
- Where things live
Managing Users
- User settings
- Creating, deleting and editing users
- Roles and access
Managing Content
- Creating and editing content types
- Workflow options
- Creating, editing and deleting content
- Searching content
- Using blocks
Ordering Content
- Drupal taxonomy overview
- Creating a directory
- Free tagging
- The Drupal menu system
- Friendly URLs and managing URL aliases
Troubleshooting
- Reading the logs
- Watchdog
- Going offline for maintenance
Requirements
Delegates are NOT required to install Drupal. Delegates must be familiar with web-based user interfaces and using a web browser. Some HTML knowledge is advantageous.
Open Training Courses require 5+ participants.
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Ability to try out each part on Rural as I learn about it. Trainer was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Ash Egan
Course - Administering a Drupal 8 Website
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