Free Drupal tutorials online?

By t.harper42 on 24 Jun 2011 at 22:51 UTC

I'm applying to a Communications Manager position that requests familiarity with Drupal. I have some experience with web content but none with Drupal, and I'd like to have enough training under my belt to at least be able to know what I'm talking about in an interview.

Of course, having done my research, I'm now very interested in running my own website through Drupal, so all of this training will eventually be hands-on, but for now I need a sort of down-and-dirty, overall beginner's course to catch me up on the basics. Obviously Tom Geller's training would fit the bill quite nicely, except that I'm absolutely dirt-poor (and have just too much of a conscience to torrent it for free). As an Americorps, every paycheck is absurdly hand-to-mouth and I stretch pennies to pay bills. I can't even afford to fix my turn signal! So paying for a tutorial that may not even result in a job is out of the question for me.

Long story short- does anyone know of a good general Drupal beginner's course that can cover the basics in a relatively short time frame (I'd be willing to dedicate a full workday to this) and is (legally) free?

Thanks in advance!

-Tom

Comments

Here are a few

mjohnq3 commented 25 June 2011 at 01:58

Here are a few:

http://www.drupalove.com/

http://nodeone.se/blogg

http://gotdrupal.com/

http://learnbythedrop.com/

http://geeksandgod.com/tutorials

http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast

http://codingpad.maryspad.com

einsteinsboi commented 26 June 2011 at 23:03

http://codingpad.maryspad.com/beginner-tutorials/

additional resources

eli-f commented 1 July 2011 at 00:14

Tom-

though not exactly a tutorial, recorded sessions from previous Drupal conferences also provide great introduction to beginner and intermediate topics when working with drupal.
a number of recordings are at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=drupal

these are the resource

Caitlyndania commented 1 July 2011 at 06:04

http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorial/
http://drupal.org/documentation/customization/tutorials
http://designer-info.com/Web/drupal_tutorial.htm
http://www.drupaltutorials.org/

I have used

alixp999 commented 5 July 2011 at 09:43

I have used http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorial/ its very useful to get your feet off the ground with drupal. Off course as you progress you will know all the basic functionalities required.

Tutorial

LeonardE357 commented 5 July 2011 at 17:40

Thanks, this was great info.

Sorry, but no, I don't know

meanderer commented 7 July 2011 at 17:43

Sorry, but no, I don't know of anything that is good, short and free. Like most things, you can only get 2 out of 3.

-Good, short, NOT free: Tom Geller
-Good, NOT short, free: Drupal Documentation
-NOT Good, short, free: most write-ups on the web and/or on forums

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I wish there was an "easy" way here. But best of luck.

Drupal is one of the best

jacobadam commented 12 July 2011 at 07:46

Drupal is one of the best Content Management Systems (CMS). It is written in PHP and requires a MySQL database. Its basic installation can be easily turned into many different types of web sites - from simple web logs to large online communities.

I would suggest this website for drupal hosting: http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/drupal-tutorial/

Tutorials...

genf20 commented 17 July 2011 at 22:16

Thanks for this, it's always great to save time and learn with tutorials.
I came from the school of hard knocks and don't want to go down that road again...