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FREE INTRO TO DRUPAL AND DATA VISUALIZATION
The Drupal open-source content management system (CMS) powers more than one million websites and more than twelve percent of the top 100,000 according to BuiltWith.
Join us for a FREE introduction to Drupal websites and data visualization on Friday August 21.
Hosted by Sage Tree Solutions, this event is part of the Drupal Association's quarterly Drupal Global Training Day.
When: Friday August 21 from 1:30-4:30pm
Where: SIM Center 1088 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA
What to bring: Wi-Fi enabled laptop with a web browser to participate in the hands on labs.
Directions, parking and transportation information:
The Sim Center is at the Civic Center Trolley stop on the Orange/Blue Lines. Go to http://www.sdmts.com/Trolley/Trolley.asp for more information.
Address: 1088 Third Avenue, at the corner of Third Avenue and C Street. At Horton Plaza, three hours of free parking with validation (don’t forget to take your parking stub with you; a validation kiosk is located on the first level near Victoria’s Secret). The Sim Center entrance is located on Third Avenue, flanked by two large planters. For metered parking, the best option is a few blocks north of the Sim Center, around Fir and Beech Streets intersecting with Third Avenue.
This seminar will examine Drupal website architecture, design, site building, theming, module development and data visualization.
DRUPAL CONCEPTS
• Users, roles and permissions
• Menu system
• Content types
• Taxonomies
• Views
• Workflow
• Data visualization
AGENDA
1:30pm - Registration
2:00pm - Drupal hands-on labs
3:30pm - Break
3:45pm - Data Visualization exercise and demo
4:15pm - Q&A
This seminar includes hands-on labs. If you wish to participate in the hands-on labs please bring your own laptop with WiFi, otherwise you can follow along during the labs. Each student will build out a fully functional web site using Drupal sandboxes on the Pantheon hosting platform.
We look forward to seeing you on the 21st!