This video was taken at DrupalCamp Indianapolis this November. Rod from OSTraining gave a talk called "The Absolute Beginners Guide to Drupal". The talk was aimed squarely at people who were brand new to Drupal. About 60 people came and enjoyed the introduction, which was…
Theming Drupal is not a straightforward task, but people are trying to make it easier. One way to do that is by creating a theme framework that provides many of the basic features that designers need: a grid system, cross-browser compatibility, base CSS classes and…
Drupal 7 did get a new toolbar and overlay to make it easier to use. However, many people prefer to use the Administration Menu module. This might be because they are familiar with it (because it was also very popular in Drupal 6), and it…
Drupal 8 is underway with lots of great ideas and initatives. For front-end site builders, these include improving Drupal's design, mobile, HTML5 and multi-lingual capabilities. For those working under the hood, there are plans to improve web services and staging management.
Login Destination is a module that allows you to specify which page the user sees after logging in. One very common use is to redirect users to the page they were viewing before they logged in. Login Destination is available for both Drupal 6 and…
Do you need to check what your users see when they login to your site? Do you often need to troubleshoot issues for your users? If so, the Masquerade module will be a very useful tool. The Masquerade module allows you to login as any…
LoginToboggan is a module that improves the login experience in Drupal. It has over eleven useful features including options that allow you to:
There are many different languages available for a Drupal installation, but what if you want to have a site with more than one language? Drupal is up to the task, but it's not a trivial procedure. There are two areas that need translation. First, you'll…
JCarousel is a useful module for creating Drupal slideshows. It uses the JCarousel plugin from http://sorgalla.com/jcarousel/and makes it easy to use via integration with Views. Here's a simple example of how to use the JCarousel module.
