Getting Started with Drupal - Post-Workshop Summary

Post-Workshop Summary
Getting Started with Drupal
June 7th, 2020

Workshop Organizers:
Host: Joshua Fernandes
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua1234511
- https://www.drupal.org/u/joshua1234511

Co Host: Stanley Fernandes
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanley-fernandes-ab7b59155/
- https://www.drupal.org/u/stanleyfernandes

Recorded session link: https://youtu.be/QhUiy0Uta4Y
Feedback link: https://forms.gle/ZFTb8GodiMux4QyV8

Summary: What was covered
-- Installing Drupal
-- Installing Drupal modules
-- Adding, creating and moderating content
-- Creating user accounts and managing permissions
-- Adding, removing and reordering menu links
-- Assigning SEO-friendly URLs to pages, and having them generated automatically
-- Creating and positioning blocks
-- Tagging content with the Taxonomy system
-- Content Types and Views
-- Creating custom content types
-- Adding fields to content types and customizing their display
-- Handling uploaded images, including automatic resizing of images
-- Linking content together with reference fields
-- Creating dynamic lists of content with Views (pages and blocks)

During the open question rounds, user cases were discussed from the participants, also a suggestion for upcoming sessions were taken from them.  Following listed below to discuss. Feel free to add to the list if anything else is needed.
- Building a Drupal Commerce site
- Drupal 7 to 8 migration
- Custom module development
- Working with hooks
- User points management using rules
- Theme installs and sub theme creation

A reminder for all to create a Drupal user profile those who have still not crested. Visit https://www.drupal.org

Resources requested by participants

Drupal learning resources:
https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/index.html

Chat with the Drupal community using Slack
- https://www.drupal.org/slack

Drupal Standards:
- PHP CodeSniffer - Command Line Usage
https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/modules/code-review-module/php-codesniffer-command-line-usage

Most Commonly used Drupal Modules:
- Chaos Tool Suite (ctools): https://www.drupal.org/project/ctools
- Token: https://www.drupal.org/project/token
- Paragraphs: https://www.drupal.org/project/paragraphs
- Admin Toolbar: https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_toolbar
- Webform :https://www.drupal.org/project/webform
- Address: https://www.drupal.org/project/address

Drupal Modules to help increase SEO:
- Metatag: https://www.drupal.org/project/metatag
- Pathauto: https://www.drupal.org/project/pathauto
- XML sitemap: https://www.drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap
- Google Analytics: https://www.drupal.org/project/google_analytics
- Redirect: https://www.drupal.org/project/redirect