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To The Point

Drupal 7

The Drupal Newbies How To Guides

By I.F.S. Harrison

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I.F.S. Harrison

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To The Point Drupal 7

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Contents-

The Drupal 7 Toolbars-7

Administrator Toolbar-7

Shortcut Bar-7

Adding Shortcuts to the Shortcut Bar-8

Creating Multiple Shortcut Bars-8

Drupal 7 Dashboard-10

Customizing the Dashboard-10

Disabling or Enabling the Dashboard-10

Creating Content in Drupal 7-11

Creating a Basic Page-11

Creating an Article-12

Tags-12

Text Formats in Drupal 7-14

Filtered HTML-14

Full HTML-14

Plain Text-14

Creating Text Formats-14

Creating a Sitewide Contact Form in Drupal 7-15

Configuring Contact Forms-15

Adding Additional Form Categories-15

Blogs in Drupal 7-17

Creating a Blog-17

Creating Books in Drupal 7-19

Creating a Book-19

Adding Pages to a Book-20

Adding a Book to a Block Node-20

Polls in Drupal 7-22

Discussion Groups in Drupal 7-24

Adding General Discussion Topics-24

Adding Forums-25

Adding Forum Containers-25

RSS Feeds in Drupal 7-26

Publishing Content through RSS Feeds-26

Subscribing to RSS Feeds-26

Adding RSS Feeds to a Block Node-27

Categorizing RSS Feeds-27

Drupal 7 Taxonomy-28

Adding Vocabulary-28

Adding Vocabulary to Content Types-29

Creating User Accounts in Drupal 7-30

Account Settings-30

Registration and Cancellation-30

Creating Accounts for Users-30

User Created Accounts-30

Deleting User Accounts-31

Creating User Roles in Drupal 7-32

Modifying Image Styles in Drupal 7-35

Creating Image Styles-35

Applying Image Styles-36

Adding Content Types in Drupal 7-37

Adding Fields to Content Types-37

Editing the Field Display-38

Creating Blocks in Drupal 7-39

Region Settings-39

Rearranging Blocks-39

Installing Themes in Drupal 7-40

Customizing Installed Themes-40

Installing Modules in Drupal 7-41

Adding the Installed Module to the Site-41

Uninstalling Modules-42

Views in Drupal 7-45

Actions and Triggers-49

Enabling Triggers-49

Creating Actions-49

Assigning Actions to Triggers-49

Disclaimer of warranty:

These guides are intended to help beginners get started with Drupal 7.

It is not intended to be all inclusive.

Drupal, being an open source, changes frequently.

As such, the instructions and screen shots in the guides cannot be guaranteed as accurate, complete or current.

Drupal is a registered trademark of Dries Buytaert.

February 2012. IsáBel Soto Harrison

The Drupal 7 Toolbars

Home Button

Links to the site’s home page.

Toolbar

Dashboard: A customizable screen of site information.

Content: Create, manage and find content. Manage user comments.

Structure: Create new content types, manage blocks, menus, tags and contributed modules.

Appearance: Set, install and update themes.

People: Manage existing users, or create new user account. View a list of who’s on the site.

Modules: Install, update, enable and disable the Core and downloaded modules that make up your site.

Configuration: Configure site information.

Reports: View information about site activity, security and updates.

Help: Topics that link to the online documentation page on Drupal.org.

Administrator Account

View and edit your profile.

Shortcut Bar

A customizable list of internal shortcuts.

Add content: Create content.

Find content: Find content.

Edit shortcuts: Add shortcuts to the Shortcut Bar.

Adding Shortcuts to the Shortcut Bar

From any overlay, click the plus (+) button to the right of the overlay name.

The shortcut for that overlay now displays in the Shortcut Bar.

Copy the URL of the page or overlay to create a shortcut to.

Click the Edit shortcuts link on the right of the Shortcut Bar. This opens the Default overlay.

Click the Add shortcut link.

Type the name of the shortcut and paste the URL in the Path field.

Click the Save button.

Deleting Shortcuts in the Shortcut Bar

In the page or overlay of the shortcut, click the minus (-) button to the right of the overlay name.

Confirm that you want to delete the shortcut.

Click the Edit shortcuts link on the right of the Shortcut Bar.

Click the delete link for the shortcut.

Confirm that you want to delete the shortcut.

Creating Multiple Shortcut Bars

In the Toolbar, click the Configuration button. This will open the Configuration overlay.

In the User Interface section, click the Shortcuts link.

Click the Add shortcut set link.

Add a Set name.

Click the Create new set button. This opens the overlay for the new Shortcut Bar.

From here you can add or delete shortcuts from the new shortcut bar.

Using an Alternative Shortcut Bar

In the Toolbar, click the Hello admin link.

Click the Shortcuts tab.

Choose the Shortcut set to use.

Click the Change set button.

Changing User’s Default Shortcut Bar

In the Toolbar, click the People button.

In the Operations column, click the edit link for the user.

Click the Shortcuts tab.

Choose the Shortcut set to use.

Click the Change set button.

Allowing Users to Change Their Default Shortcut Bar

In the Toolbar, click the People button.

Click the Permissions tab.

Scroll to the Shortcut section.

Mark the appropriate checkbox for each user in the Select any shortcut set permission.

Drupal 7 Dashboard

The Dashboard is a customizable overlay screen of site information.

In the Toolbar, click the Dashboard button. The Dashboard overlay is displayed.

Recent content: New content added to the site will be listed here.

Search form: Search for content on your site.

Who’s new: As members are added, they are listed here.

Customize dashboard: Add additional blocks to the Dashboard.

Customizing the Dashboard

Click the Customize dashboard link.

The Recent comments and Who’s online blocks can be dragged and dropped into the layout.

The Recent content, Search form and Who’s new blocks can also be moved to either the left or right column.

Additional Blocks

Click the Add other blocks link. This opens the Configure available dashboard blocks overlay.

Click the drop down next to the block you want to add.

Select the area to add the block.

Areas: Main, Sidebar, Inactive and Other blocks.

Customizing Dashboard Blocks

From the Configure available dashboard blocks overlay, click the Configure link in the Operations column of the block you want to customize.

Disabling or Enabling the Dashboard

In the Toolbar, click the Modules button.

(Un)check Dashboard  click the Save configuration button.

Creating Content in Drupal 7

Creating a Basic Page

Click the Add content button in the Shortcut Bar. This opens the Add content overlay.

Click the Basic page link. This opens the Create Basic page overlay.

Populate the Title (required) and Body fields.

Content Summaries

When nodes are grouped together, Drupal limits the number of characters displayed to the first 600 and adds a Read more link.

Click the Edit summary link.

Populate the Summary text box.

Note: The summary does not have to include the same text as the article.

Changing the length of automatically trimmed text in your pages

In the Toolbar, click Structure  Click Content types  Click manage display in the Basic page section.

Click Teaser  Click the widget in the Body field.

Change the Trim length field to the desired number of characters.

Text format dropdown

see Text Formats in Drupal 7

Vertical Tabs

Menu settings: Add a tabbed menu for this page, click Provide a menu link.

Add a title and description, which will be used as a tooltip.

Revision information: See a date, time, user stamp and any notes for the page, click Create new revision.

URL path settings: Show and alternative URL in the browser’s address bar, as opposed to the node number.

Comment Settings: Allow users with the permission to post comments.

Authoring information: Change the author and post date of the page.

Publishing Options: Publish the page, promote it to the front page and ensure it is at the top of the page.

As with any changes made, be sure to click the Save button.

Creating an Article

Click the Add content button in the Shortcut Bar. This opens the Add content overlay.

Click the Article link. This opens the Create Article overlay.

Populate the Title (required), Tags, Body and Edit summary fields.

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