Zyxware is conducting a 2 day workshop on Drupal at RV College of Engineering, Bangalore on 3rd Nov, 2012
Zyxware in association with the Department of MCA at RV College of Engineering, Bangalore is conducting a 2 day workshop on "Advanced Drupal" at the College. The workshop is targeted at students and faculty at the college. Attendees of the workshop are expected to be good at PHP, MySQL and HTML. The workshop is scheduled for 3rd and 4th of Nov 2012.
Objective of the workshop
Attending this two day workshop will give the participants an overview of Drupal 7 framework. Special focus will be given on Drupal theming. The participants will be able to read and understand code of existing themes. They will get an overview of creating a module and theme on Drupal from scratch.
Prerequisites
Participants should be familiar with PHP/MySQL and web application development. Knowledge in HTML and CSS will be desirable.
Software Requirements
System with Apache, PHP, MySQL. See http://drupal.org/requirements
The participants should be able to access a properly configured webserver and a database to install Drupal their own. Latest version of Firefox with Firebug installed will help debugging theming issues.
Internet connection should be available to participants.
Duration: 2 Days
Workshop Content
Day 1
Session 1
Introduction to Drupal - node, content type, fields, view.
Lab - Install Drupal, create a content type and view.
Session 2
Drupal Architecture - hooks, menus
Lab - Write a demo module
Day 2
Session 1
Introduction to Drupal Theming
Lab - Create a Drupal theme from HTML
Session 2
Advanced theming - theming views, preprocess hooks
Lab - Complete the theme.
