Before You Get Started - SAVE YOURSELF TIME, READ THIS FIRST

Starting Outline of what a new user needs to know. These updates will be incorporated into the updated https://drupal.org/project/cm_checklist

Below is a list of some important elements to get familiar with working with CMDrupal and Drupal in general. This is certainly not a complete list, but, by reviewing and working with the elements here, you will gain a better understanding of how to interact with the elements of the project and with drupal.org.

INSTALLING

DRUPAL BASICS
- Understanding the difference between Drupal core, Contrib, and Community Media
- Key Terms from the Drupal Glossary
- Adding Content - https://drupal.org/node/1234564
- Adding Users - (Screencast)
- WYSIWYG Editors
- Adding Image with IMCE

WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEDIA THEME
- Understanding the basics of Responsive Theming (Video)
- Updating Starter Kit Logo
- Working w/ Blocks
- Adding a Slideshow to the Frontpage
- Adding a Image Header
- Customizing Fonts

WORKING WITH FORMS
- Content Types vs. Web Forms
- Working with content types and fields
- Field Types
-- Date field - https://drupal.org/project/date
-- h:m:s field https://drupal.org/project/hms_field (hms_field module must be enabled in order to select the field type)
- Adding a Field to Show form
- Changing a Field

ADVANCED FORMS
- Content Type Permissions
- Field Permissions (https://drupal.org/node/1017838 and screencasts at https://drupal.org/project/field_group)
- Field Group (http://www.drupalgardens.com/documentation/controlling-field-access-perm...
- Multipage (in field group)
- Horizontal and Vertical Tabs
- Conditional Fields (https://drupal.org/node/1704126)

WORKING WITH MEDIA
- Managed vs. Unmanaged Media

Adding Your First Page

Need cm specific version of https://drupal.org/node/1234564

Content Type vs. WebForm

There are a few resources available for deciding whether to use a node based Content Type vs. a WebForm, but none of them take the CiviCRM

Key Terms from the Drupal Glossary

The full Drupal Glossary contains more than 100 terms. These are just a few key terms used in the Community Media Starter Kit Checklist and

Understanding the difference between Drupal core, Contrib, and Community Media

Drupal is many things. It is an open source project like Firefox project. Unlike Firefox which is managed by the Mozilla Foundation,

Updating Site's Logo

Using the Community Media Checklist

The Community Media Checklist shows you how many of the components of Community Media installations are successfully configured on your site

Guide maintainers

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