1. Basics of Drupal for Researchers, part 3
Stephanie Moore, Department of English
Drupal Consultant, Research IT
Based on a course designed by
Quinn Dombrowski, Digital Humanities Coordinator at Berkeley, Research IT

2. Today: Evaluating modules Menus Views Users and roles
Image styles (if we have time)
Useful modules
Importing data with Feeds

3. Evaluating Modules
On the module page, check the number of installs, and be wary of modules with fewer than 100
Browse the issue queue to see if users are reporting a lot of bugs
Check to see if the module is actively maintained, and be wary of modules looking for a co-maintainer
Modules with stable releases (green) are vastly preferrable
install Entity
create a new date format
set date type to this new format
change Quote auto nodetitles to the new type
update auto nodetitles
REVIEW BLOCKS 
Move stuff out of sidebars

4. Menus
Drupal has a menu system that can accommodate both nodes and pages created by Views
Menus are available as blocks
Configured menus at Structure > Menus

5. Introducing Views Display data from multiple nodes together
Display data from nodes in contexts besides the node page
Create RSS feeds
Make bulk changes using Views Bulk Operations
Get your data out of Drupal using Views Data Export

9. A simple view Specifying type of content Page vs. block
Fields vs. content
Adding Views-generated pages to menus
Let’s create a view that provides a grid of all people

10. Expanding on simple views
Exposed filters
Exposed sort criteria
Grouping results
Let’s create a view that shows all quotes, grouped by subject

11. Advanced Views settings
Contextual filters: lets the view display different data depending on which page you’re viewing
Let’s create a block for quotes about the person you’re viewing

12. Users and User Roles Very much like content types and nodes:
A role is a schema, and a user is an instance of a role
Instead of assigning permissions individually to each user, you create a role, assign permissions to it, and then assign a role to each user

13. Image styles
Allows you to define automatic transformations to the images you upload to your site.
Go to Configuration > Media > Image styles.

14. Useful Modules Biblio Partial Date Conditional Fields Search API
Display Suite
Taxonomy Manager
Entity API
Views Bulk Operations (VBO)
Feeds (and Feeds Tamper)
Views Data Export
Field Collection
Field Group
Link
Media (and File Entity)
Panels

15. Feeds
Imports data in bulk, from a spreadsheet, syndication feed, XML file, etc.
One-time (migrating data from one site/database to another)
Or regular/scheduled (for dynamically updated news feeds)
Feeds Tamper: sub-module that transforms the source data as you import it

16. Come to Drupal Developers’ Circle!
Every other Thursday (April 21st)
9:30 – 10:30am
In D-Lab!
Quinn Dombrowski, DH Coordinator
Stephanie Moore, Drupal Consultant