Drupal Beginner Resources

Submitted by jwalling on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 20:32
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  2. See also http://www.listology.com/jwalling/list/drupal-showcases-and-portfolios
  3. See also http://www.listology.com/jwalling/list/1000-drupal-web-sites-case-studies

  5. Reasons to choose Drupal

  7. http://acquia.com/files/acquia-drupal-top-10.pdf 10 Reasons to choose Drupal (PDF file)
  8. http://drupal.org/features Drupal features
  9. http://drupal.org/node/468226 Drupal sites win Horizon Interactive Awards
  10. http://pingv.com/videos/1/what-drupal-57-seconds What is Drupal? ... in 57 seconds
  11. http://think.workatplay.com/content/how-convince-your-boss-why-drupal-be... How to convince your boss
  12. http://www.cmswebsiteservices.com/benefits-of-drupal What can Drupal do for you?
  13. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/gartner-calls-drupal-a-visionary-in-s...
  14. http://www.lullabot.com/articles/bringing-drupal-us-government The Government uses Drupal
  15. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1552274.htm Drupal wins Open Source CMS Awards
  16. http://www.spi-inc.org/projects/drupal member of Software in the Public Interest

  18. Local Drupal groups and events

  20. http://groups.google.com/group/seattle-drupal-beginner Seattle Drupal Beginner Study Group
  21. http://drupal.meetup.com/ Meetup.com
  22. http://groups.drupal.org/events Calendar of Drupal events
  23. http://groups.drupal.org/groups Group type = Geographical
  24. http://groups.drupal.org/node/26998 Drupal local groups directory
  25. http://groups.drupal.org/seattle Seattle meetings and mailing list
  26. http://pnwdrupalsummit.org/ PNW Summit October 24-25, 2009 Seattle

  28. Drupal handbooks, guides, and collections

  30. http://www.onyxbits.de/content/howto-build-single-user-blog-drupal Guide: Drupal for bloggers
  31. http://drupal.org/theme-guide Theming Guide
  32. http://drupal.org/node/627082 Structure Guide
  33. http://drupal.org/node/627152 Administration Guide
  34. http://drupal.org/handbook/customization Site Building Guide
  35. http://drupal.org/books Books about Drupal
  36. http://drupal.org/forum forum
  37. http://drupal.org/getting-started Getting started
  38. http://drupal.org/getting-started/6/install/multi-site Run multiple sites from the same code base (multi-site)
  39. http://drupal.org/getting-started/before/terminology Terminology
  40. http://drupal.org/getting-started/install Installation Guide
  41. http://drupal.org/getting-started/project-features Features, mission, and principles
  42. http://drupal.org/handbooks Handbooks
  43. http://drupal.org/node/302232 Acronyms and expressions used on Drupal.org
  44. http://drupal.org/planet/ news aggregator for the Drupal blogosphere
  45. http://drupal.org/project/Modules where all the contributed modules live
  46. http://drupal.org/search/node search options
  47. http://drupal.org/support support portal
  48. http://drupalmodules.com/module-finder tools for finding that special module
  49. http://groups.google.com/group/seattle-drupal-beginner/web/drupal-books Drupal Books
  50. http://mydrupal.com/how_to/beginners_corner Beginner's corner
  51. http://poplarclass.com/agenda a detailed agenda for a beginner training class
  52. http://poplarware.com/drupalcheatsheet.html a concise overview of what you need to get started
  53. http://searchdrupal.org/ several search criteria for Drupal resources
  54. http://www.drupalace.com/drupal-for-beginners is Drupal right for you?
  55. http://www.drupalace.com/links links to resources
  56. http://www.drupalsn.com/learn-drupal/drupal-resources Drupal resources
  57. http://www.noupe.com/drupal/the-ultimate-drupal-toolbox.html 150+ Themes, Modules, Tutorials & Resources
  58. http://www.tomgeller.com/content/helping-drupal-beginners Helping Drupal beginners - overview

  60. Drupal tutorials

  62. http://dtutorials.com/ 180 categorized searchable tutorials - updated frequently
  63. http://www.mydrupal.com/drupal-tutorials 12 Top of the class Drupal tutorials
  64. http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/03/11/building-a-website-with-drupal-...
  65. http://awebfactory.com.ar/node/302 (D5) From the client's spreadsheet data to browseable content
  66. http://drupaldaze.com/presentations/introduction-cck introduction to CCK
  67. http://drupalpad.maryspad.com/node/4 - Drupal 6 Tutorials in 9 parts
  68. http://drupaltutorials.com/books/intro-drupal beginner's guide to installing and configuring Drupal.
  69. http://jamestombs.co.uk/2009-03-18/create-a-simple-image-gallery-in-drup...
  70. http://mogdesign.eu/blog/ultimate-drupal-tutorial-collection/ a large collection of tutorial links
  71. http://tips.webdesign10.com/drupal-tutorials Drupal tutorials
  72. http://woorkup.com/2009/11/10/how-to-build-a-social-networking-website-w... Social network
  73. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/drupal_site_in_10_steps... Drupal site in 10 steps using Dreamweaver
  74. http://www.dogstar.org/drupal/content/rapid-drupal-site-recipe A Rapid Drupal Site Recipe
  75. http://www.drupalace.com/EDAM Easy Drupal Admin Manual (EDAM)
  76. http://www.drupalsn.com/learn-drupal/drupal-tutorials filter by version and experience level
  77. http://www.drupaltist.org/drupal-tutorial Drupal 6.x Tutorial
  78. http://www.learnbythedrop.com/beginners-guide-to-drupal browse iPaper or download pdf file
  79. http://www.sunrainproductions.com/drupalcampla/site-migration-basics Site Migration Basics
  80. http://www.topnotchthemes.com/handbook/download-quickstart-guides How to build a great Drupal website
  81. http://www.topnotchthemes.com/handbook/download-quickstart-guides How to make your Drupal e-commerce website look great
  82. http://www.viziontech.co.il/tutorial1 Drupal & Ajax - Basic Tutorial
  83. http://www.viziontech.co.il/tutorial2 Drupal & Ajax - How to dynamically update view display

  85. Drupal Dojo, Open Learning & Collaboration Portal

  87. http://drupaldojo.com/ scheduled online presentations of Drupal topics
  88. http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-dojo where Drupaleers share ideas for Drupal Dojo
  89. http://groups.drupal.org/node/15953 Open learning and collaboration portal
  90. http://groups.drupal.org/node/16366 Drupal Dojo Fall/Winter lineup 2009
  91. http://groups.drupal.org/node/17810 Dojo's Dimdim
  92. http://groups.drupal.org/node/18213 Drupal Media Sessions - Usually Tuesdays @ 3:30pm EST - a one hour session over Dimdim

  94. How-to videos, screencasts, podcasts, and slideshows

  96. http://www.blip.tv/search?q=drupal 1000+ Drupal videos
  97. http://www.yadadrop.com/drupal-video 228+ D6 videos; 17+ D7 videos
  98. http://www.techievideos.com/search/?keyword=Drupal 18 Drupal videos
  99. http://drupal.org/videocasts contribute videos and slides
  100. http://drupal.org/videocasts/installing-6 installing Drupal 6, the current version
  101. http://geeksandgod.connectedgeek.net/content/free-drupal-theme-workshop-... Drupal themeing in 3 parts
  102. http://php.opensourcecms.com/free/videos.php#drupal 14 basic videos
  103. http://store.lullabot.com/products/site-building-with-drupal 4 hours, 45 minutes - download or DVD - $75
  104. http://www.archive.org/ Search for Drupal video topics
  105. http://www.archive.org/details/HowToInstallUpgradeBackupMigrate Install Upgrade Backup Migrate http://drupaladmin.net/paris
  106. http://www.drupaltherapy.com/ Several helpful videos for getting started
  107. http://www.drupaltherapy.com/screencasts 5 screencasts
  108. http://www.gotdrupal.com/ A number of how-to videos for various aspects of Drupal
  109. http://www.gotdrupal.com/category/skill-level/beginner 17 beginner video topics
  110. http://www.gotdrupal.com/videos/drupal-theme-makeover Drupal theme makeover
  111. http://www.itcrack.net/node/854 65 video tutorials
  112. http://www.learnbythedrop.com/drop/22 Introduction to Views
  113. http://www.learnbythedrop.com/gettingstarted Getting Started with Drupal in 15 lessons
  114. http://www.lullabot.com/ Videos, podcasts, and more
  115. http://www.mogdesign.eu/blog/ultimate-drupal-tutorial-collection/ a collection of videos and podcast links
  116. http://www.mustardseedmedia.com/podcast 36 video topics
  117. http://www.mydrupal.com/drupal-beginner-videos-basics 20+ Drupal Videos for Beginners
  118. http://www.slideshare.net/ search for drupal, over 1700 slideshow topics
  119. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Drupal 1700+ Drupal videos
  120. http://www.zivtech.com/videos/drupal-video-planet beginner topics mixed in with advanced topics

  122. Theme resources

  124. http://design.acquia.com/theme-providers rated theme providers
  125. http://www.cmstheme.net/browse/Drupal free themes
  126. http://www.drupal.org/project/Themes download free themes for your style and layout
  127. http://www.drupalthemes.biz/ free themes
  128. http://www.drupalthemesonly.com/ free themes
  129. http://www.mogdesign.eu/blog/21-fresh-stunning-drupal-themes/ free themes with demos
  130. http://www.roopletheme.com/ Commercial themes, demos/handbooks/downloads
  131. http://www.themebot.com/free-website-templates/drupal-themes free themes
  132. http://www.themegarden.org/drupal6/ free themes, click a theme link on the left side for demos
  133. http://www.themesfor5.com/ $5 themes
  134. http://www.themeshark.com/ Commercial themes
  135. http://www.themesnap.com/drupal-themes.html Commercial themes
  136. http://www.topnotchthemes.com/ Commercial themes,

  138. Drupal online IRC resources

  140. http://groups.drupal.org/node/19491 /join #drupal-seattle, an IRC channel at irc.freenode.net
  141. http://drupal.org/irc Drupal IRC channels

  143. Drupal demos

  145. http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=191&name=Drupal

  147. Drupal tips, tricks, tools and FAQs

  149. http://www.onyxbits.de/content/miscellaneous-goodies-solving-common-prob... Solving common problems
  150. http://www.drupaltricks.com/ Drupal tricks - a blog
  151. http://drupaleasy.com/quicktips/exporting-data-microsoft-excel export data to Excel
  152. http://drupaleasy.com/quicktips/forgotten-password-reset-it-using-phpmya... Reset password with phpMyAdmin
  153. http://metaltoad.com/blog/drupal-access-denied-all-pages Drupal 'Access Denied' on all pages
  154. http://phpjobsindia.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/drupal-file-structure/ Drupal file structure
  155. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/drupal 496 questions tagged with drupal
  156. http://www.drupalace.com/questionbank Question bank
  157. http://www.juliakm.com/how-move-drupal-site-new-host-without-going-crazy Move a Drupal Site to a New Host
  158. http://www.powerfulcms.com/blog/0906/5-common-drupal-mistakes-you-can-avoid common mistakes you can avoid
  159. http://www.powerfulcms.com/blog/0908/some-common-drupal-%E2%80%9Cproblem... common problems

  161. Hiring Drupal designers and developers

  163. http://drupal.org/drupal-services Directory of Drupal service providers
  164. http://drupal.org/node/51169 Hiring a Drupal site developer
  165. http://drupal.org/paid-services Paid Drupal services in the Drupal Forums
  166. http://groups.drupal.org/jobs Drupal jobs
  167. http://www.cmswebsiteservices.com/drupal-rfp-questionnaire sample RFP
  168. http://www.drupalsn.com/companies Drupal Companies & Freelancers
  169. http://www.nten.org/blog/2007/11/19/how-to-find-and-hire-a-website-consu...

  171. Is it Drupal?

  173. http://www.adulmec.com/drupaldetect/ Drupal detector - lists tests with results
  174. http://isthissitebuiltwithdrupal.com/ Is this site built with Drupal? - YES or NO
  175. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10229 Wappalyzer - FireFox Addon
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03-Jan-2010 added 14 resources