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Build Your First Drupal 7 Web Site

In this collection, we take you through the process of building a fully function Drupal 7 web site, step by step. No prior Drupal experience is required, and when you're done you will have learned the most import components of Drupal site building and will have developed the skills to tackle unanticipated problems as they arise.

25m

Series Overview and Quickly Installing Drupal 7

4:37 Introduction to the "Build Your first Drupal 7 Web Site" collection

7:24 A quick tour of the web site and video player tools

1:47 A brief overview of resources for quickly installing Drupal

6:20 How to install Drupal like a desktop application on a Mac

5:30 How to install Drupal like a desktop application in Windows

34m

Introduction to Our Project and Reviewing Mockups

3:15 Introduction

2:23 Review of the resources sent by the client

3:11 Review of the home page mockup

4:26 Review of the calendar, contact us and guide page mockups

0:45 Recap of files in our client resource pack

4:44 How to map a mockup to existing Drupal elements

3:03 How to use the administration menu and breadcrumbs to get around

4:32 Overview of the Appearance page, how theme settings work and how to upload a new logo

2:02 How to hide the site name in the header

4:02 How to work around the disappearing logo bug

1:50 Chapter review and challenges for the "Introduction to Our Project and Reviewing Mockups" chapter

35m

How to Create and Edit Content

2:16 What this chapter covers and how to change the site name

6:31 How to add a new page and overview of settings on the "add content" form

2:19 What "node" means and how the notifications area works

3:14 How to edit a piece of content

3:09 How to set the default home page

4:16 How to add content as a menu item and how weight works

1:44 How URL aliases work

1:47 Finishing adding the About Us page

1:15 How to change the position of a menu item with weight

5:06 Review of the Contact Us form mockup and how the Module listing page works

1:14 How to find a core module that you need and enable it

2:09 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Create and Edit Content" chapter

38m

How to Work With Menus, Modules and Webform

3:57 How to work with the menu listing page

1:24 How to work with the menu "list links" page

4:07 How to enable, edit and move a menu item

1:40 How menu sorting impacts menu item weight

4:53 How to find help and configure the Contact module

2:41 How to disable and uninstall a module

4:32 How to use the Update Manager module to install a module

2:53 How to set up the initial webform container

6:01 How to add an input to a webform, overview of component types and input options

4:01 Adding an email input and how machine names and tokens work

1:54 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Work With Menus, Modules and Webform" chapter

41m

How to Work With Content Types and Fields

4:04 Finishing up the contact us webform

3:29 How to create a single item checkbox (sign up for newsletter) with Webform

2:24 Testing our contact form as logged in and logged out users (anonymous and authenticated)

6:28 How to view webform submissions and set up e-mail templates

2:02 How content types work

3:46 How to disable "published by" information and a review of the content type edit form

4:05 How to add a new content type

5:38 How fields work and how to use the field edit form to change a field title

3:56 How to add a new field to a content type

3:23 Adding the rest of the fields we need for the Tour content type

2:04 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Work With Content Types and Fields" chapter

37m

How to Work With Pathauto and Introduction to Views

3:06 Previewing our "add tour" form and introduction to the Pathauto module

3:49 How to install module dependencies

4:27 How to change automated URL alias settings for a content type with Pathauto

1:14 How to find a piece of content that doesn't have a menu item

4:28 How to update URL aliases after a pattern change with Pathauto

2:00 How to work with shortcuts in the shortcut bar

5:28 What the Views module is for and how to install it

1:32 A deeper explanation of the Views module and the view listing page

3:56 Filling out the "add view" wizard

5:59 Overview of the "add view" settings page and how a view "display" works

1:55 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Work With Pathauto and Introduction to Views" chapter

32m

How to Add Fields to a View and Work With the Date Module

3:05 How to add a new field to a view

3:31 How to set the label, wrap HTML and set default text for a field in a view

2:57 How to rewrite the output of a field to include other fields

1:39 How to edit a view from the view display

2:22 Adding our remaining view fields in quick succession

3:22 How to adjust the sort order of content in a view

4:53 How to deal with module installation errors and install the Date module

4:58 How to add and configure a date field

4:05 How to work with the pop up calendar and extend the year range

1:53 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Add Fields to a View and Work With the Date Module" chapter

36m

How to Fix Broken Views and Work With Taxonomy

1:17 How to delete a field from a content type

4:30 How to deal with broken views handlers and restore unsaved view changes

3:52 How to modify date formats both globally and in a view

2:42 How to sort view fields and fix broken sort handlers

5:00 How to change view menu settings and add a header

4:41 How to add a date-based filter to a view

1:53 How to delete a piece of content and modify multiple pieces of content at the same time

3:17 Reviewing our guide data and adding another content type

1:02 A brief explanation of taxonomy

2:11 How to add a taxonomy vocabulary with terms

3:44 How to add a taxonomy term reference field to a content type

2:06 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Fix Broken Views and Work With Taxonomy" chapter

35m

How to use Term and Node Reference Fields

4:53 Updating the guide automatic alias pattern and adding the guide data

5:41 How to share a field between two content types and why you would want to

3:39 Updating our calendar view to use a new field

1:31 Overview of the multiple ways to link a Views field to other related content

2:38 Overview of development (dev) versions of modules and installing the References module

3:27 Adding a node reference field and updating our content

3:06 Updating our calendar view to use the new node reference field

4:08 How to add an autocomplete (free tagging) field to a content type

2:16 How to use an autocomplete field

2:02 Quickly removing a field and updating our view to use a different field

2:08 Chapter review and challenges for "How to Use Term and Node Reference Fields" chapter

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31m

How to Work With Blocks and Permissions

2:00 A comparison of our current site to the mockups

4:30 What blocks and regions are, and how to use the blocks administration page

2:01 How to hide the user login and "Powered by Drupal" blocks

3:40 How to add a "log in" menu item to the user menu

2:04 How to enable a menu block and hide a block title

1:28 How to hide the secondary menu (user menu)

5:20 What permissions are and how to modify them

4:40 How to configure search and how cron runs work

2:22 How to add a new user

1:58 How roles work and how to add a new role

1:43 Chapter review and challenges for "How to Work With Blocks and Permissions" chapter

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31m

Overview of Permissions and Text Formats

1:24 Review of how roles and permissions work

1:15 What each permission does, from the Block to Menu modules

5:44 What each Node or content-related permission does

2:52 What each permission does, from the Path to System modules

3:37 What each permission does, from the Taxonomy to Views modules

2:56 What each Webform permission does, and a review of our Guide role

1:49 Different methods for testing the site as another user

3:36 How to use the Masquerade module to act like another user

2:28 Adding a piece of content as a Guide

4:00 How text formats work

1:34 Chapter review and challenges for "Overview of Permissions and Text Formats" chapter

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34m

Configuring Text Formats and Setting Up a Wysiwyg

3:58 Review of the text format settings page and how filters work

1:34 How to re-order text format filters and why order matters

2:54 How to configure text format filters

2:11 How to add a new text format

3:58 How to configure permissions for text formats

2:05 What Wysiwygs are and how to install the Wysiwyg module

1:03 The problems with Wysiwygs and possible alternatives

2:39 How libraries work

2:38 How to install the TinyMCE library for the Wysiwyg module

3:05 How the Wysiwyg "Basic settings" and "Buttons and Plugins" options work

3:20 How the Wysiwyg "Editor appearance" and "Cleanup and output" options work

3:13 How the Wysiwyg "CSS" settings work and our Wysiwyg in action

1:57 Chapter review and challenges for "Configuring Text Formats and Setting Up a Wysiwyg" chapter

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33m

Working With Custom Blocks and Image Styles

3:43 How to add a custom block

2:41 The difference between "URL" and "path" and how to use a "Show on specific pages" input

2:08 How to modify the visibility settings for a block

0:50 Seeing our new block in action

4:33 How to deal with shared field conflicts (unlimited vs. limited values)

6:15 How to add and configure an image field

1:48 Previewing the display of our image field

1:38 How to hide a field label on a node display page

3:26 What image styles are and a review of existing image styles

3:16 How image style effects work and how to add a new image style

1:45 How to link up an image style with an image field

1:50 Chapter review and challenges for "Working With Custom Blocks and Image Styles" chapter

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34m

How to Work With CSS

3:24 A recap of what we have covered so far, and what is to come

1:35 How to change the order of fields on the node display page

1:10 How to install Firebug in the Firefox browser

2:37 How to use Firebug to inspect any element

3:38 How to manipulate CSS with firebug

4:00 How to find a good selector and apply styles to a specific element

3:29 How to rapidly experiment with CSS in Firebug

3:30 How to install the CSS Injector module and find most module configuration pages

4:16 How to add a custom CSS stylesheet to certain pages based on path with CSS Injector

1:53 How to use Firebug to learn more about what an element is

2:36 How to hide breadcrumbs (or any other element) using CSS

1:52 Chapter review and challenges for "How to Work With CSS" chapter

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34m

Troubleshooting Module Installation and Configuration

3:24 Updating other guide nodes and using alt and title attributes for an image field

2:07 Review of what we need to complete our template

2:10 How to install the Media module

3:22 How to find a module dependency when it is not its own module project

2:46 Where to find information about a newly installed module

1:41 How managed and unmanaged files work, and the benefits of using the Media module

3:32 How to upload an image with the Media module and use it as a background

4:54 What to do when CSS changes aren't being applied

3:17 What to do when you get a fatal error and how to clear all caches

3:57 How to search for an error in Google and tips for reading a long issue

1:42 The difference between module development versions and official releases

2:04 Chapter review and challenges for the "Troubleshooting Module Installation and Configuration" chapter

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33m

Updating Modules and Manipulating CSS

2:27 How to check for module updates from your site

3:36 How to update a module with the Update Manager

1:31 How and why to clear Drupal's caches

4:10 How to update a module manually

3:43 How to fix our issue by reading the module help page

1:36 Summary of the steps we took to fix module errors

3:10 How to insure image URLs work on a remote server

3:30 How to remove the background color of main menu tabs

5:41 What to do about disappearing CSS properties in Firebug

2:12 How to change the font size of the main menu items

2:19 Chapter review and challenges for the "Updating Modules and Manipulating CSS" chapter

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32m

More CSS Updates and Troubleshooting Text Formats

6:12 How to adjust CSS in the footer using Firebug for testing

3:03 Adding and troubleshooting our footer CSS changes with CSS Injector

1:47 Finishing up our footer margin changes

4:45 How to add a repeating background image to the footer

3:30 Adding a new user with a new role

2:23 Giving our new user permission to add, edit and delete pages

2:17 How to fix "This field has been disabled because you do not have sufficient permissions to edit it"

2:58 How content and text formats are related, and how to deal with placeholder text

3:37 How to integrate the Media module with a WYSIWYG

2:14 Chapter review and challenges for the "More CSS Updates and Troubleshooting Text Formats" chapter

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31m

How to Evaluate Modules and Install IMCE

4:32 How to turn the Media browser Wysiwyg plugin on

2:47 How to troubleshoot permissions issues with a module

2:33 How to find solutions on Drupal.org by using Google and reading comments first

4:28 How to assess the health of a module by reviewing the module project page

3:21 How to learn more about what a module does by reading the module project page

2:21 Viewing a demo of IMCE and installing the IMCE module

1:58 Overview of the IMCE main configuration page

4:31 How an IMCE profile configuration works

1:27 Comparing two IMCE configurations

1:38 How to set up a new IMCE configuration profile

1:52 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Evaluate Modules and Install IMCE" chapter

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44m

How to configure IMCE and Wrap Up Our Project

4:59 How to associate IMCE profiles with user roles and upload an image

5:04 How to embed an image in a Wysiwyg with IMCE

4:10 Why styles sometimes display properly in a Wysiwyg but not when viewing the content

1:56 Overview of two solutions to the Wysiwyg style inconsistency issue

2:57 Overview of how to set up a Wysiwyg to use a drop-down selector for CSS classes

3:05 How to configure the styles available in the Wysiwyg

0:57 How to add a class to an element in a Wysiwyg with the "font style" plugin

1:18 How to add easy-to-read aliases for class names in a Wysiwyg

3:20 How to troubleshoot line break or paragraph problems in the Wysiwyg

1:36 Comparing our home page to the mockup

4:10 How to set a custom 404 "page not found" error page and navigate up paths

1:38 Adding a missing piece of content

4:10 Why it's a good idea to review all the settings when creating a piece of content

1:44 Chapter review and challenges for the "How to Configure IMCE and Wrap Up Our Project" chapter

3:37 Congratulations

12h 35m, 140 videos in collection

Drupal 7 Development Core Concepts

This series contains over 120 videos and 12 hours of content, covering the most essential aspects of Drupal development, from setting up module scaffolding to working with forms and the database to working with jQuery and JavaScript. This library is a must-have for all developers.

11m

Introduction

3:18 What is Build a Module.com?

2:08 Who are these videos for?

2:21 Tips for watching the videos

2:00 Tips for following along

2:03 How to work with videos in iTunes (and thank you!)

22m

Welcome to Module Building

6:24 Why to build a module instead of modifying source code, and how this video series works

2:58 Setting up the module folder

3:36 About the .info file

6:35 Coding the .module file

2:53 Our module recreated in 2 minutes and next steps

35m

How to Build Module Scaffolding

3:35 Setting up the .module file structure

4:06 The .info file in detail

11:52 The .module file in detail

7:47 Adding a module settings page in an include file

5:52 Adding documentation with the README file

2:31 Review and next steps for the "How to Build Module Scaffolding" chapter

1h 10m

How Hooks Work and How to Use Them

5:58 What hooks are and a demo of our final module

9:57 How hooks are invoked with module_invoke_all()

3:31 How hooks are invoked with module_invoke()

5:21 How hooks are invoked through custom functions

0:41 Summary of hook implementations

4:57 Using hook_init() to execute code on every page

2:04 How to watch data change in the database

2:36 How to implement hook_permission()

7:43 Adding a settings page with hook_menu()

4:25 Implementing scheduled events with hook_cron()

3:30 Adding a block starting with hook_block_info()

5:19 Adding block configuration with hook_block_configure()

10:40 Displaying a block with hook_block_view() and checking permissions with user_access()

3:19 Seeing our final module in action and next steps

26m

Overview of Coding Standards

6:25 Why coding standards are useful and important

2:50 Using the Coder module to find problems

2:47 Working with white space

2:16 Using operators

1:25 Defining functions and class constructors

1:30 Working with arrays

2:08 Quotes and string concatenation

2:26 Writing good comments

2:28 Including code files, php tags and semi-colons

2:14 A few miscellaneous items

51m

Development Tips and Tricks

3:04 About the Tips module

11:18 Using url() and l() to generate URLs and links

5:51 Using the t() function to make text translatable

8:41 Using variable_set(), variable_get() and variable_del()

13:05 IDE features and comparison

6:29 How to find out if your module exists already

2:46 Review and next steps for the "Development Tips and Tricks" chapter

1h 21m

How to Build and Manipulate Forms with the Form API

6:16 The benefits of using the Form API

7:25 Creating a simple form

3:33 Creating an embedded form

5:31 Using validation functions

2:33 Creating submission functions

6:37 Exploring more form elements and attributes

5:09 Adding usability with the #state attribute

7:54 Modifying forms with hook_form_alter()

7:33 Adding autocomplete to a text input

12:44 Using the #ajax attribute for dynamic form building

8:51 Creating confirmation forms

7:16 Creating a module settings form

1h 4m

How to Add and Manipulate Pages With the Menu System

4:42 How the menu system works

5:47 A simple menu callback

9:41 How to use render arrays and tabs

2:09 How to use sub-tabs

2:01 How to add a page without adding a menu item

5:29 How to pass arguments through the path

5:02 How to use placehoders to pass arguments in the middle of a path

8:13 How to load objects through placeholders

4:09 How to create dynamic titles with a title callback

7:53 How to modify page output with hook_page_alter()

4:03 How to modify menu items with hook_menu_alter()

5:22 How to use include files to improve performance and next steps

52m

How to Add to and Manipulate the Theme Layer

4:12 How the theme layer helps designers and coders work together

4:39 How to invoke a theme function

1:36 A more complex example of theme_item_list()

5:14 How to theme tables and the essence of theming

6:44 How to implement a theme function and how the theme registry works

6:47 How to create template files

7:41 How to use preprocessing functions

5:41 How to add CSS files in theme functions and template files

5:50 How to override theme functions with hook_theme_alter()

4:15 How to override template files and next steps

10.

1h 17m

How to Work With the Database

3:31 What is the Database API

2:31 Preview of the final module

6:39 Review of existing module

3:19 How to use table schemas and a description of the Schema module

3:54 Building a database table in an external application

6:55 Setting up the install file and generating a schema with the schema module

6:48 The wrong way to write queries, and restructuring the module

5:36 How to write an INSERT query with the Database API

3:17 The 4 big benefits of using the Database API

3:42 How to write a static SELECT query with the Database API

2:28 How to write a DELETE query with the Database API

9:12 How to write a dynamic SELECT query and easily paginate a result set

3:20 A dynamic SQL query in action

5:48 Using hook_update_N() to add a new table

8:58 Adding utility queries and functions for INSERT, SELECT and DELETE

1:49 Review and next steps for the "How to Work With the Database" chapter

11.

54m

How to Work With Users

2:44 What this video covers and a preview of the final module

5:00 How to modify the user settings form

11:18 How to save data to an authenticated user

6:23 How to modify the user page

6:21 How to work with user permissions (complete)

3:33 How to respond to a user login or logout

4:10 How to add user bulk operations

9:14 How to store anonymous user data in a cookie

4:04 How to store user data in a session variable

1:45 Review and next steps of the "How to Work With Users" chapter

12.

1h 23m

How to Work With Nodes

2:03 Introduction to the Node API

10:09 How to load and view a single node and create fake content

2:47 How to load and view multiple nodes at once

3:13 How to manipulate node data with node_save()

13:03 How to add custom data to a node with hook_node_insert() and hook_node_update()

8:35 How to display custom node data in forms and in the node display

5:00 How to add a custom view mode

4:19 How to add bulk operations

6:02 How to control node-based access using hook_node_access()

7:37 How to control node-based access using grants

9:27 How to add a new node type with a module

3:43 How to remove custom content types when a module is uninstalled

5:57 How to add a custom field formatter

1:31 Review and next steps for the "How to Work With Nodes" chapter

13.

2h 3m

How to Work With JavaScript and jQuery

5:59 Two major use cases for jQuery and JavaScript and what this video covers

6:51 How to include a JavaScript file on every page and intro to the jQuery object

7:08 How to load JavaScript after a page is done loading

3:22 How to use the dollar sign as an alias for the jQuery object

9:18 How to use jQuery selectors

9:03 How to manipulate content in the DOM (Document Object Model) with jQuery

6:10 How to use jQuery events to add interactivity

6:14 How to use effects and work with CSS in jQuery

11:22 How to use Drupal behaviors to add JavaScript functionality to new content

10:58 How to use drupal_add_js() to include and set the weight of JavaScript files

6:15 How to use drupal_add_js() to add inline JavaScript, use the footer, and store settings

5:09 How to include and define a Drupal JavaScript library

3:25 How to use hook_library_alter() to see what JavaScript libraries are available

14:54 How to use the Drupal Ajax library to load dynamic HTML

2:38 How to dynamically load JavaScript and CSS with Ajax

2:26 How to display status messages when using Ajax

3:06 How to add CSS styles, classes, and JavaScript alerts through Ajax commands

7:14 An overview of JavaScript utilities included in core Drupal

2:14 Review and next steps of the "How to Work With JavaScript and jQuery" chapter

8h 36m, 115 videos in collection

Change Management and Version Control

This collection is currently being released, more videos are added weekly! Click here to learn more.

In this series we uncover how to use powerful tools to speed up and stabilize the Drupal development process. We begin with a thorough walk-through of Git, the version control system. After we cover how to patch modules and upgrade Drupal from one minor version to another, we demonstrate how to use the Features module to version control components of Drupal that aren't typically available to version control. Finally, we wrap up with how to integrate Drush - a powerful command line tool for Drupal - into your workflow to speed up the process of doing everything we discussed earlier in the series.

49m

Installing Git and Working on the Command Line

5:59 Welcome to "Change Management and Version Control"

7:36 How to install Git on Windows with mysygit

3:05 How to install git and SmartGit on a Mac

7:30 How to create a Git repository and add a complete Drupal site to it

7:12 Why the command line can be scary, and the benefits of conquering your fear

7:08 How to navigate file structures and stop processes on the command line

3:23 How to edit and save text files on the command line with VIM

2:51 How to use built-in help on the command line

5:00 How to create, move, copy and remove files on the command line

58m

Staging, Committing and Undoing in Git

10:53 Introduction to version control

6:31 How to stage and unstage files and what staging means

2:28 How to commit a file and stage multiple files

5:59 Why certain files are ignored and how to add your own ignored files

3:05 How to commit unstaged changes and modify staged files

4:49 How to use the diff command to review modifications

3:27 How to use git help

5:00 How to use SmartGit to view graphical diffs and revision trees

5:52 How to undo modifications to staged and unstaged files

2:17 How to use the log command for viewing revision information

5:51 How to undo commits

2:06 Quick summary of undoing in Git

34m

Branching, Merging and Tagging in Git

3:54 How to move files in Git

4:06 Introduction to branching and merging in Git

5:09 How to create a new branch and navigate existing branches

5:14 How to merge with and without branch history

1:31 How to modify an existing commit message

0:52 How to delete a branch

5:19 How to use a stash to save uncommited changes when switching branches

3:01 How to apply a saved stash

2:23 Quickly commiting, merging and deleting a branch

3:20 How to add, remove, list and rename tags

1h 3m

Working With Remote Git Repositories

2:58 How remote central repositories work

11:05 How to create an account on GitHub and set up SSH key pair authentication

6:11 How to set up a remote repository and connect to it

1:16 What we'll be doing now with our remote repository

3:09 How to clone our remote repository into a production environment

5:00 How to push a change from dev to production with push, fetch and merge

1:33 How to push a change from dev to production with push and pull

6:50 How to undo commits to a remote repository

3:17 How to push changes from production to dev

8:56 What conflicts are and how to resolve them

3:23 How to create a branch and track it remotely

6:58 How to create a release with a develop-master branch system

3:01 How to set up a new environment for a team member

38m

Deploying Releases, Features, and Fixes With Git

6:41 How to use a scalable Git branching model called Gitflow

1:38 Summary of how to use release, hotfix and feature branches

8:37 How to create, deploy and clean up a release branch

1:26 Release branch cycle summary

5:09 How to create, deploy and clean up a hotfix branch

8:55 How to troubleshoot pushes, pulls and conflicts with a feature branch

3:02 Merging an update into a feature branch, then deploying and cleaning up

2:37 Summary of lessons learned in the feature branch cycle

24m

How to Version Control the Database

5:50 Overview of database components you can add to version control

2:57 Where to store version controlled assets

2:03 How to set up an assets folder that is not accessible via the web

3:31 How to export a database schema for version control

4:09 How to export database content for version control

3:03 Cleaning up our assets folder and rolling our assets into a feature branch

3:22 How often should you update version controlled database dumps and why

1h 14m

How To Version Control Site Configuration With Features

9:25 Overview of a typical push cycle, with and without version control

1:50 How to download and install the Features module

10:09 How to build a feature module, and how each component group works

1:47 The 3 big benefits of having our components in a feature module

2:48 How to revert a modification to a feature module component

3:41 How to install and use the Diff module to view feature module overrides

7:44 How to learn more about your feature by reviewing the code

5:33 How to update a feature and review updates with Git diff

1:43 How to revert a feature once changes are in code

3:08 How to deploy a feature module

2:38 Overview of merging multi-user changes to the same component

3:04 Pushing a feature modification and explaining unsolicited changes

8:41 How to merge our feature component changes and update a feature module

4:09 How to organize features and implications of getting everything into code

2:57 How to re-organize components into new features with the UI or the .info file

4:52 Overview of other exportable components and enabling a copied feature module

25m

How To Manage Non-Exportable Configuration Changes

2:07 Overview of using Selenium IDE to store config-building macros

7:08 How to create and modify a Selenium macro that builds a node

4:17 How to export Selenium tests and creating one more test

2:36 How to keep team members up to speed with manual changes using a simple list

3:39 How to package several repository modifications into multiple commits

6:02 How to load and play back Selenium tests to update another environment

57m

How to Override Shared Features and Modify Text

4:53 The challenges of overriding shared feature modules and some solutions

4:45 How to override a box title, and how to learn about what else we can change

4:00 How to override block position, and a brief overview of the Context module

2:57 How to override user permissions

5:40 How to override Views options like title, ajax and number per page

4:40 How to override a Views query, like changing node type or order

2:52 How to override a menu item title

4:51 How to override variables and how the Strongarm module works

3:44 How to modify interface text and version control the overrides

5:19 How to use a version controlled settings.php include to share settings

6:09 How to find and override strings with dynamic content or links

7:15 How to override a feature module by cloning

10.

33m

How to Upgrade Drupal and Patch Contributed Modules

8:38 How to patch a module

3:46 How to upgrade a module sustainably

4:11 How to prepare for a minor Drupal upgrade

7:59 How to use a patch to upgrade the Drupal codebase

4:56 How to upgrade the Drupal codebase the traditional way

3:42 How to complete a minor upgrade

11.

37m

How to Install Drupal, Manage Features and Perform Common Tasks Using Drush

5:31 Introduction to Drush, the ultimate Drupal productivity tool

2:53 How to install Drush on a Mac

1:12 How to install Drush on Windows

4:25 How to use Drush status, help, clear-cache and archive-dump

2:04 Overview of using Drush to speed up Features

5:44 How to update, review and revert feature modules with Drush

3:44 How to add new components to a feature module with the .info file and Drush

5:35 How to download and install Drupal using Drush

2:14 How to download and enable a module or theme using Drush

3:58 How to update Drupal core and contributed modules using Drush

12.

19m

How to Configure Drush and use Drush Make

3:59 How to set up a Drush configuration file (drushrc.php) and use shell aliases

1:52 How to set up a global Drush configuration file

4:35 How to use Drush aliases to simultaneously work with multiple Drupal installations

3:43 How to set up a remote site alias for Drush

3:20 Why building site scaffolding is tricky and how Drush Make can save you time

1:45 How to install Drush Make and any Drush extension

8h 1m, 80 videos in collection

Drupal Theming Essentials

How to build or modify a theme in Drupal 7. We discuss various methods to modify Drupal output, how to decide which to use, and work through several practical applications of useful techniques.

1h 43m

Important Drupal Theming Concepts

3:14 Who these theming videos are for and what they do (and don't) cover

7:18 What is the difference between designing, theming and coding, and why do they overlap so much?

10:40 What are all of the different ways to modify Drupal output?

3:25 How to determine which method to use when modifying output

2:31 A conceptual introduction to the Features module for exporting configuration options as code

4:04 How to decide whether to use a module or a theme for your modifications

2:42 How to decide when to use a theme function or template file

9:52 How the theme registry works

5:11 How to find out where any piece of output comes from

6:05 What view modes are and why you would use them

7:10 How to adjust node view modes through the user interface

5:55 What field formatters are and how to use them to modify field output

5:24 How coding standards apply to the theme layer, and how to add comments to template files

10:53 Template file coding standards and conventions

2:48 How to apply CSS coding standards

4:35 Theme troubleshooting and what to do when you don't see your theme output changes applied

7:31 How to troubleshoot CSS problems in your theme

4:01 Review of 'Important Drupal Theming Concepts' and review

1h 21m

How to Build and Modify a Drupal Theme or Sub-Theme

7:18 Overview of included themes and the themes directory, and where to put new themes

6:45 How the different parts of a theme work

9:01 Learning about theme structures by reviewing core Drupal themes

4:52 Learning from the Zen theme file structure

2:40 Learning from the Basic theme file structure

2:56 Learning from the Fusion theme file structure

2:25 Learning from the Marinelli theme file structure

8:20 Review of the theme .info file options

4:43 How to create a theme folder, add an info file and enable a custom theme

5:00 How to add a screenshot

2:56 How to add a default logo file

5:18 How to override the page template with a page.tpl.php file

9:28 How to add a new region and what regions are

4:46 How to add a CSS file

4:57 How to add a JavaScript file

1h 12m

How to Build and Modify a Drupal Theme or Sub-Theme, Part 2

5:45 How to add a new setting to the theme settings form

4:46 How to set a default for a theme setting and use it in a template file

9:25 How the template.php file works and a review of the Bartik theme template.php file

5:57 Learning from the Garland and Seven template.php files

4:52 How to add a template.php file and use a page preprocessing function

4:12 The advantages and disadvantages of using a sub-theme

5:54 How to create a sub-theme

5:15 How sub-themes inherit or override base theme components

6:34 How to override CSS, JavaScript and screenshot files of a base theme using a sub-theme

3:11 The advantages of copying an existing theme

10:54 How to create a new theme by copying an existing theme

6:13 Overview of theme CSS file structures

54m

Theme CSS File Structure and Extended Drupal Theme Building

10:33 A close look at the Bartik stylesheet structure

2:58 A quick look at the Garland and Seven theme stylesheet structures

5:50 How the Zen theme uses extensive CSS files for learning

6:42 Review of the Basic and Fusion CSS file structures

5:19 How to enable element toggling with theme

10:13 How to add CSS or JavaScript files to a theme conditionally based on node type

9:27 How to add CSS or JavaScript files to a theme conditionally based on path or user role

3:43 Review and next steps for the "Theme CSS File Structure and Extended Drupal Theme Building" chapter

1h 49m

Template Files, Theme Function Overrides and Preprocessing Functions

4:20 Before you start, is there a simpler way?

13:26 Why use template files, how file suggestions work, and setting up for later examples

8:54 How to use the page template file (page.tpl.php) and override it by path

9:06 How to use the node template file (node.tpl.php) and override it by content type or node ID

10:59 How to use the block template file (block.tpl.php) and override it by module, region or delta

8:23 How to use the comment (comment.tpl.php) and comment wrapper (comment-wrapper.tpl.php) template files

4:25 How to name preprocessing functions to use with theme functions and template files

5:52 How to use simple preprocessing functions

3:52 How to apply preprocessing code only in certain situations

4:01 How template file suggestions work in depth and adding new suggestions

10:29 How to override template files for specific conditions using template file suggestions

2:02 How to override a theme function

7:18 Theme function override examples

8:10 How to conditionally add CSS classes to the body, page and node wrapper tags for easier styling

4:34 A practical example of adding a conditional body class

3:28 Review and next steps for the "Template Files, Theme Function Overrides and Preprocessing Functions" chapter

How to Work With Drupal Theme Settings

6:35 What this chapter covers and basic global toggle options available in the theme setting

4:56 Overview of additional element toggle options such as main and secondary menus

7:13 How to tell when global or theme-specific settings are used, and how to uninstall a theme

5:54 How to add a custom theme setting and set a default for it

2:43 How to use the custom theme setting in code using theme_get_setting()

3:21 Overview of how the color module works to add custom color selections to a theme

2:10 What steps are required to integrate the color module with your theme

6:31 Overview of color module integration files part 1, including the color.inc file

7:37 Overview of color module integration files part 2, including the preview.js file

10:45 How to add a new color selector to your theme with the color module

2:19 Review of the "How to Work With Drupal Theme Settings" chapter

8h 55m, 34 videos in collection

Drupal 6 Development and Tools

This is the original Build a Module.com series on Drupal 6 development along with some additional tools. Weighing in at nearly 9 hours, with over 30 videos, this is a great way to get started with Drupal 6 development.

3h 32m

Essential Concepts

3:30 How to install and uninstall a module

14:03 How to build your first Drupal module

13:47 Introduction to hooks

8:21 How to add permissions

27:13 Introduction to the Form API

12:44 How to make your module customizable

21:33 How to add and configure blocks

10:13 How to add JavaScript and CSS

15:07 How to theme a Drupal module

16:18 How to create an install script