A quick message from Chris Shattuck, the creator of BuildAModule

Hi, my name is Chris Shattuck, and I'm the creator of BuildAModule dot com. I've been working on BuildAModule for over 2 years and have recorded over 750 video tutorials about Drupal. I'm passionate about Drupal, it's made a huge impact on my life, both professionally and in terms of community.

And I'm guessing that you're here because you're either excited about Drupal, too, or you need to learn Drupal in order to work on a particular project. The problem is that there's so much to learn that it can be hard to know exactly where to focus your attention first, and that's exactly the problem I set out to solve with BuildAModule. I wanted to make it as easy as possible to learn and navigate the various tool sets that you need to work with Drupal on virtually any level.

So I put together a set of videos for beginners that take you through the process of building a Drupal site from scratch, learning important concepts like how to install modules, how to work with views, and set up taxonomy. And I also cover more advanced topics for developers, like how to build a custom module, how to work with the various Drupal API's and how to enhance an interface with jQuery. For designers, I put together a collection of videos on how to build a theme from scratch and how to extend existing themes.

Also, how to override virtually any output in Drupal with your own output. And if any of that sounds a little daunting or confusing, don't worry about it, you can start from the beginning and by the time you get to the more advanced topics, you'll be ready for them. Thousands of individuals from ...

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