Case studies can provide a much needed context when learning a new concept or technology. Each learning series based on the book Using Drupal, 2nd edition outlines a case study that our trainer, Addison Berry, uses to provide something akin to client requirements for a Drupal 7 site build. Our latest series, Using Drupal Chapter 6: Event Management, features a local book club that wants to provide an events calendar and list of upcoming events on their Drupal 7 website.
In this week's videos, Addison introduces us to the context of the case study so that we can better understand why we'd want to manage events in Drupal and what exactly the requirements are for this special type of content management. Next, we'll walk through, step-by-step, how to build a new content type for events, what functionality the date module provides, and finally, we'll get to know the different types of datetime fields, widgets, and the configuration options available to us as site builders.
This week, let's get started with Events Management in Drupal 7 with these four videos:
Next week, we'll look at how we can use the Views module to create listings of events and how we can use the Calendar and Views modules to create a calendar of events using content from our custom event content type.
If you missed our last Using Drupal series in which we built a product reviews website, you can catch up here: Using Drupal Chapter 5: Product Reviews. To view all of our video series based on Using Drupal to-date, check out this guide: Using Drupal Book by O'Reilly Media.
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