Drupal User Guide
GuideThe Learn Drupal Ladder
CourseIn this series we introduce the Drupal Ladder project, and walk through the lessons in the Drupal Ladder.
In this video we'll be looking at some background on this project, and then we'll be looking at how you can actually get involved and progress to becoming a contributor yourself.
The Drupal Ladder Project was a community initiative that started in 2011. The purpose of the project was to get more people contributing to Drupal Core, by teaching people the skills that they need, exposing them to the tools that they need to use within the Drupal Community, and teaching people not just Drupal best practices in terms of code, but also how to actually interact and work with the community.
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Install Git
FreeIn this video we walk through getting Git version control installed, and then show how to do a few basic things, including how to get a copy of the latest Drupal development code. This video follows the instructions found in the Install Git lesson on learndrupal.org.
This video is installing Git on Windows, because it has the most steps involved. Installation on Mac and Linux is very simple, in that they do not have a wizard to walk through, so they are not demonstrated. All commands used on the command line in the video work on Windows, Mac, and Linux, because Windows is using the Git Bash shell which is part of the Git installation.
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In this step we turn our attention to Drupal.org and the community issue queue. This is where all of the active work for Drupal core takes place. We will look at the queue and create our issue to see how it works. This video follows the instructions for the Getting started in the issue queue lesson on learndrupal.org.
Test Patches
FreeIn this video we will walk through the process of testing existing patches in the Drupal.org issue queue. We will read an issue, download and apply the patch with Git, and then test it to see if it works. This video follows the instructions on the Test patches lesson on learndrupal.org.
The lines that I have in my .bash_profile (shown at the end of this video) to add the Git branch to my command line prompt is:
function parse_git_branch {
git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
export PS1="\h:\W \u\$(parse_git_branch)\$ "
I'm using a Mac, so your mileage may vary on other systems.
Write a Patch
FreeIn this video we will write our own patch to resolve an issue. We will take a screenshot of the issue before and after our patch, and upload the images and patch to the Drupal.org issue queue. This video follows the instructions in the Write a patch lesson on drupalladder.org.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to get a Drupalize.Me tutorial demo site up and running using Pantheon. You'll learn about the various components that make up the Drupalize.Me demo site downloads and how each part should be imported. By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to create a Drupalize.Me demo site on a free Pantheon Dev instance so that you can follow along with the trainer in the Drupalize.Me video tutorial.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Acquia Dev Desktop 2 to get a Drupalize.Me tutorial demo site up and running. You will learn how to import a Drupal codebase and database containing a finished site for an individual tutorial on Drupalize.Me. This will enable you to walk through the lesson and see what was accomplished on the site during the lesson.
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Decoupled Drupal
CourseDo you want to know how to contribute translations to Drupal core or other contributed modules and themes? Have you ever wondered how translations are managed in Drupal? It all happens in the community at localize.drupal.org. This tutorial gives a tour of localize.drupal.org and then teaches you how to join translation groups and contribute translated strings back to the Drupal community.
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PhpStorm has a Drupal plugin you can add to your IDE. In this tutorial you will learn how to configure the Drupal plugin and which new special features it provides, such as code generation, code completion, knowledge of Drupal coding standards, and more.
For more information about using PhpStorm with Drupal 8 and Symfony, read PhpStorm’s Symfony2-specific features for Drupal 8 tutorial from JetBrains.
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Please note that this series covers PhpStorm versions 6 and 7 only.
For the latest documentation (including up-to-date videos), see JetBrains documentation.
Coding Standards in Drupal
CourseBuild Drupal Sites
GuideTheme Drupal Sites
GuideIn this series, Ben Finklea of Volacci.com explains all the ins and outs of configuring Drupal and its various modules in order to maximize your site's Search Engine Optimization.
Ben begins by orienting you to the SEO landscape by walking through all of the essential components of the Drupal SEO Checklist module. He clearly explains the basic analytic metrics and webmaster tools you'll need to understand before researching the best keywords to focus on for your SEO campaign. He walks you through various Drupal modules you can use to manage your page titles, automatic URLs, meta tags, URL redirects, sitemaps and optimizations for local businesses. He also shows you how to configure built-in Drupal settings to properly set up your header tags, content silos, menu system, robots.txt and Apache rewrite rules. He also talks about how to measure your site's compliance and performance before laying out the next steps for your SEO campaign to maximize your site's conversion rates.
This series shows how Drupal is one of the best content management platforms for SEO. After watching the videos in this series, you'll know all of the steps you need to take to improve your site's search engine ranking!