Monday, February 25, 2008
7 PM to 9 PM
Lecture: Drupal - a Complete Content Management System
Maurice Green
Drupal (a Dutch word meaning 'drop') is a leading CMS based on its
secure core system, a wide variety of add-ons and templates to enhance
it's function and appearance and a strong taxonomy system for classifying
the content. Version 6, a new major revision was just released. We will
demonstrate the installation and basic configuration of the system, the
use of the new upgraded admin panel and some of the modules and templates
available
- Installing Drupal on a local server (WAMP)
- Creating and configuring the database.
- Using the Admin panel to configure the modules and templates.
- Adding plug-ins to your expand your website.
In the Santa Clara MicroCenter store. Map and directions to the store.
General Textbook:
- "Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB and WordPress" by Robert L. Douglass, Mike Little and Jared W. Smith (ISBN 1590595629)
- "Pro Drupal Development" by John K. VanDyk and Matt Westgate (ISBN 1590597559)
- "Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual" by Mathew MacDonald (ISBN 0596008422)
- "WordPress for Dummies" by Lisa Sabin-Wilson (ISBN 0470149469)
Reference Books:
- "CSS: The Missing Manual" by David Sawyer McFarland (ISBN 0596526873)
- "HTML Dog: The Best Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS" by Patrick Griffiths (ISBN 0321311396)
- "Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML" by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman (ISBN 059610197X)
- "CSS Website Design" by Eric Meyer (ISBN 0321293916)
- "Web Design For Dummies", 2nd Edition by Lisa Lopuck, Wiley (ISBN 0471781177)
- "HTML& XHTML Pocket Reference", 3rd Edition by Jennifer Niederst Robbins, O'Reilly (ISBN 0596527276)
- "CSS Pocket Reference" 2nd Edition by Eric A. Meyer, O'Reilly, (ISBN 0596007779)
The NEW WebSIG CD will be available at the meeting with the
software we will be using for this course.
