Description

Drupal 8, create and administer a content management site preparation for Drupal 8 Webmaster certification

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Administrators, Webmasters, developers, Web designers and anyone in charge of a Drupal site.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Install and configure the Drupal 8 CMS Create, organize and navigate content Install, configure and operate modules Install, configure and customize themes Administer a Drupal 8 site on a daily basis

Training program

• Drupal 8 overview
  • Positioning of Drupal compared to other CMS.
  • Main features and new features.
  • Components of a Drupal site: Nodes, Modules, Views.
  • Mobile management.
  • Multilingualism management.
  • Practical work Install Drupal 8 on a server.
• Create and manage content
  • Content types, their fields.
  • Define publishing options for a content type.
  • Create, edit, access, delete, search for a content type.
  • Define new fields.
  • Format content with an editor (CKEditor).
  • The filter system.
  • Integrate multimedia content.
  • Manage the publishing workflow.
  • Practical work Create personalized content.
• Taxonomies
  • Create vocabularies.
  • Associate a vocabulary to a content type.
  • Work with multiple vocabularies.
• The navigation system
  • Create a main menu, secondary menu, a footer.
  • Add a menu item.
  • Practical work Adding a navigation system in the form of menus allowing access to the content and services available from the home page.
• The blogs
  • Position blocks on a page.
  • Configure blocks.
  • Create custom blocks.
  • Block and layout management .
• Modules
  • Install and configure a module.
  • Module Field: build your own content type.
  • Module Views: customize the display of content.
  • Other useful modules (CKEditor, Entity reference, referencing.
  • ).
  • Practical work Install and use a new module (Field, Views.
  • ).
• The themes
  • structure of a theme.
  • How it works.
  • Install, configure a new theme.
  • Customize a theme.
  • Practical work Install and configure a new theme.
  • Adapt an existing theme.
• Administer a Drupal site
  • Administrator tasks.
  • The dashboard.
  • Use the console, know Drush make, compose.
  • Management access: users, roles, permissions.
  • Back up and restore the site.
  • Production, cloning and updating of a site.
  • Task automation (content publishing.
  • ).