##  [Drupal Site Building Advanced Training](/index%2ephp/drupal-site-building-advanced-training) 

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 ### Cost: $1250.00 (minimum 2 people)

This 3-day course provides a broad introduction to the essential skills necessary for managing content and configuring Drupal websites. Hands-on labs will include work with Content Types, Taxonomy, Views, Menus, and many useful modules. The third day levels up configuring Drupal into a very robust CMS.


#### This class is 3 days via Zoom. Typically it runs 3 days in a row but can be broken up for teams. We can also come to you! Ask us about on-site training (below).

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 ### **Course Outline**

**Site Building Day 1**

- Getting Started
    - What is Drupal?
    - What Features Does Drupal Offer?
    - Important Drupal Terminology
    - Drupal Administration Toolbar
- Content Types and Content Modeling
    - Structured Content Types
    - Custom Content Types and Fields
    - Categorize Content with Taxonomy
    - Understanding Content Workflows
- User Roles and Permissions
    - Creating Roles and Assigning Permissions
    - Account Registration Settings
    - The Authenticated User Registration Form
    - Creating a Content Editor Account via Administrator

**Site Building Day 2**

- Building What Appears on the Page
    - Page Layouts with Blocks
    - Custom Blocks
    - Building Dynamic Lists of Content with Views
    - Views Displays
    - Custom URL Aliases
    - Configuration Synchronization
- Building Complex Views
    - Contextual Filters
    - Relationships
    - Exposing Filter Options to Visitors
    - Creating a View that Returns a List of Content in JSON
- Fielding Entities and Managing Displays
    - Review Adding Fields to a Content Type
    - Adding Fields to a Content Type
    - Adding Fields to a Taxonomy Term
    - Adding Fields to Block Types
    - Review Display Modes
    - Images and Display
- drupal.org and Extending Drupal
    - drupal.org Community Resources
    - Extending Drupal with Modules
    - Using Themes

**Site Building Day 3**

- Advanced Configuration
    - **Drupal AI**
    - Configuring Media - Better Image Styles, a better View, Usage and more.
    - Configuring Text Formats - Linking, Inline Styles, Media with image styles and more.
    - Configuring Layout Builder - Adding and configuring contributed modules to make Layout Builder work like it does on this site.
    - Adding Social Media links
    - Configuring an Advanced Theme

### **Should I Take this Course?**

This course is perfect for those who are:

- newly responsible for a Drupal website,
- planning to build a new site in Drupal
- preparing for delivery of a new Drupal development
- looking to firm up Acquia best practice knowledge for Drupal Certification

### **Recommended Experience**

A basic understanding of the following technologies is helpful, but not required:

- Authoring content using a Content Management system
- Experience with Drupal's administrative interface



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