New Video Class: Drupal 8 Beginner

This week's new video class is "Drupal 8 Beginner".

This class teaches you all of the essential concepts and knowledge you need to get started with Drupal 8.

The Drupal 8 Beginner class is aimed at people who are completely new to Drupal. You don't need to have any experience or know any coding.

Introductory Video for the Drupal 8 Beginner Class

Outline of the Drupal 8 Beginner Class

Introduction

• Introduction to the Course
• Introduction to Drupal
• Why Choose Drupal?
• What You Need For This Course
• Installing Dev Desktop
• Installation at a Webhost

Navigating

• Navigating a Fresh Installation
• Navigating Drupal - Content
• Navigating Drupal - Structure
• Navigating Drupal - Appearance
• Navigating Drupal - Extend
• Navigating Drupal - Configuration
• Navigating Drupal - People
• Navigating Drupal - Reports

Content

• Introduction to Content Types
• Creating an Article
• Creating a Basic Page
• Inline Editing
• Using CKEditor
• Configuring CKEditor
• Creating a New Content Type
• Adding Basic Fields - Events
• Creating User Group Content Type
• Adding User Groups Fields
• Entity Reference
• Introduction to Taxonomy
• Adding a Taxonomy
• Drupal 8 Beginner Quiz 1

Displays

• Creating Content
• Managing Content
• Revisions
• Creating content with Devel
• Introduction to Displays
• Managing The Full Content Display
• Managing The Teaser Display

Views

• Introduction to Views
• A Page with Teasers
• A Simple Block View
• A Table of Fields
• Image Styles
• A Photo Gallery

Modules

• Introduction to Modules
• The Book Module
• The Forum Module
• The Telephone Module
• Finding and Evaluating Modules

Layouts

• Introduction to Layout
• Block Configuration and Permissions
• Removing and Re-ording Blocks
• Menu Management
• Introduction to Themes
• Finding Themes
• Installing a Basic Theme
• Installing an Advanced Theme
• Drupal 8 Beginner Quiz 2

People

• People Management
• Setting Up the “Summer Intern”

Managing

• Reports Menu
• Updating Drupal
• Updating Modules and Themes
• Drupal.org & the Community
• The Drupal Association
• Final Thoughts

How to Take the Drupal 8 Beginner Class

If you're already an OSTraining member, you can click here to take the Drupal 8 Beginner Class.

About the author

Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio.