Introduction to Drupal 8

Defining Drupal

• Managing content with Drupal
• Comparing Drupal with other content management systems
• Deciding whether to use Drupal
• Looking at Drupal-built sites
• Exploring the Drupal universe
• Getting help with Drupal issues

Understanding How Drupal Works

• Checking Drupal’s requirements
• Investigating Drupal’s inner workings
• Learning Drupal’s basic workflow
• Understanding key terms in Drupal
• Touring Drupal’s interface 

Installing Drupal on Mac OS X or Windows

• Installing Acquia Dev Desktop
• Importing core Drupal into DAMP
• Running Drupal’s installer on top of DAMP 

Installing Drupal on a Server

• Uploading Drupal with SFTP
• Uploading Drupal with SSH
• Creating Drupal’s MySQL database
• Running Drupal’s installer
• Installing Drupal using Acquia’s Debian/Ubuntu package 

Controlling Drupal

• Using the toolbar
• Using the shortcut bar
• Touring the administrative controls
• Customizing the Dashboard
• Differentiating administrator and visitor views 

Building a Drupal Site

• Understanding nodes
• Creating basic content
• Changing site information, graphics, and interface
• Giving visitors a way to contact you 

Controlling Content

• Creating content summaries
• Revising content
• Categorizing content with tags
• Going further with content categories
• Publishing content via RSS
• Using text formats to prevent content damage
• Setting the comment policy
• Managing comments

Enabling Other Content Types

• Adding blogs
• Adding discussion groups
• Adding polls
• Subscribing to RSS feeds
• Categorizing RSS feeds

Extending Content

• Creating new content types
• Adding fields to content types
• Exploring field types and options
• Adjusting field display
• Customizing field display by context
• Modifying image styles

Managing Users

• Defining new user policies
• Creating user accounts
• Setting up user profiles
• Defining user roles
• Controlling access permissions
• Canceling user accounts 

Changing a Site’s Interface

• Understanding Drupal page layout
• Taking advantage of block regions
• Creating and modifying blocks
• Selecting and installing downloaded themes
• Building themes the traditional way

Helping Users Find Their Way Around

• Understanding Drupal default menus
• Creating multilevel menus
• Creating easy-to-navigate books

Expanding a Site’s Capabilities with Modules

• Installing and uninstalling modules
• Configuring modules
• Surveying popular modules
• Enabling styled text with a WYSIWYG editor

Displaying Information with Views

• Understanding views
• Creating views
• Modifying views

Administrating Drupal

• Launching a Drupal site
• Troubleshooting a Drupal installation
• Backing up and restoring a Drupal site
• Updating Drupal
• Deleting Drupal

Going Further with Drupal

• Monitoring performance
• Improving administration skills
• Reviewing security and permissions
• Adopting best practices