DrupalCampWIJuly 23rd and 24th, 2010, Madison, WI

We're going to take a few brief minutes to explain where Drupal came from and what it is.
Then we'll launch into a fresh install of Drupal and build a simple BLOG site.
Attendees are encouraged to get a FREE DRUPAL SANDBOX ACCT from http://webenabled.com and follow along with me as we transform the DEFAULT Drupal page into a functional blog site.
You will learn:

• Brief Drupal History
• Admin Configurations
• Blocks / Regions
• Menus
• Taxonomy
• CCK
• Views
• Comments
• Image Handling

Contact me with Questions or Comments about this SESSION or WebEnabled: http://dougvann.com/contact-doug-vann

I'll go over a quick way to incorporate Views into standard nodes using CCK, and a handful of lines of PHP. Having some knowledge of Views and CCK will be helpful, but not required.

This is part two of (I hope) two talks I'll be doing during camp. Please feel free to look for my other talk that reviews some current solutions to build image slideshows using Views and CCK.

I'll be reviewing two of my favorite means to build a image slideshow using community contrib modules. Base knowledge of CCK and Views will be helpful, but we will review if needed.

This is part one of (I hope) two talks I'll be doing in the camp. Look for my additional talk on how to incorporate views into nodes.

We are going to demystify CCK. For the entire length of the session we will do nothing but CCK. We will take our time, stop for questions, and insure that every one leaves with a firm grasp on this most essential of modules.
Covered:
- Define a node type and a content-type? [hint: same things!]
- Show how Drupal core can create new content types without CCK.
- Show how the CCK module alone can add many fields to any node-type.
- Spotlight some of the add-on CCK modules that add more fields
- Plenty of Q-n-A [No attendee left behind!]
If you come with a laptop with either net access to a Drupal site OR a locally hosted Drupal site, you can follow along as we use various CCK modules to add fields to a node-type.
Some of the basic, easy CCK add-ons are link, zipcode, imagefield, emailfield, etc. We will use some of these. Please have them installed and ready to configure.
If everyone progresses along nicely, we'll get jiggy with it and do some crazier CCK add-ons like Node-Reference, or Date!

This will be a walk through on how to roll your own project/issue tracking system for your Drupal website using CCK, Views, and the Rules modules. Solution will allow clients/developers the ability to communicate on open issues with various projects.

Regardless of interest in "issue trackers" the discuss will provide a simple overview of the Views, CCK, and Rules modules for beginning users.