Advanced Drupal Site Building

Course Description

You have experience working with Drupal, but you want to take it to the next level. This course will offer a deep dive into the configuration techniques you'll need to build a fully functioning Drupal site. We'll cover a set of modules that are essential to large-scale sites and cover topics ranging from managing media and content moderation to configuring an advanced search interface.

You'll also learn about concepts like Configuration Management that are key to maintaining a successful Drupal site.

Learning Objectives

You'll come away from the course with knowledge of:

• How to get more out of your content organization with Views
• How to install modules that depend on libraries
• How to set up a Drupal site in multiple languages
• Managing media and setting up a publication workflow
• How to move configuration changes to a production environment

Week-by-Week Outline

You'll have lessons to complete between live sessions (exercises with video instructions) and access to a Slack channel and a one-on-one session to help you out.

Week 1

Install Party & Introductions
Views Contextual Filters and Relationships
Extending Views with Contributed Modules
Media Management with Entity Browser

Week 2

Media Management
Search API
Multilingual Configuration
Webform & Metatag

Week 3

Content Moderation
Configuration Management
Wrap-Up

Who Will Get the Most Out of This Course?

Ideal for anyone familiar with Drupal who wants to take their Drupal site building knowledge to the next level. This is a great course to deepen your skills if you've taken our Site Building & Architecture training.

FAQ

Blended Online Learning: How it Works
This blended learning course consists of live training with your instructor and cohort to deepen your understanding, one-on-one training sessions with instructors to get more guidance and support, and pre-recorded videos and exercises that allow you to self-direct your learning and learn at your own schedule.

Here's what to expect:

👩‍🏫 Interactive sessions over Zoom (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2 pm to 4 pm ET)
📺 Carefully crafted videos and virtual exercises to complete in between the sessions
👨‍💻 One-on-one sessions for personalized support
💬 A dedicated Slack channel to learn and grow together
🏆 A certificate upon completion