Understanding Drupal
summary
Drupal 8 basics explained with concrete behaviors: content is stored as nodes of specific content types, node IDs increment sequentially, and URLs get human-friendly aliases; fields enforce validation (types like integer, image, URL, required values, alt text) and can be hidden per role; blocks live in theme regions and can be static or dynamic; views provide exposed filters and can output HTML tables, RSS, CSV, maps or single random items; taxonomies use vocabularies and terms, users get roles with granular permissions, distributions bundle preconfigured modules like Commerce Kickstart, and core must not be hacked.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker
- 1:03Websites vs web pages
- 3:13Why use Drupal
- 6:20Drupal as a CMS
- 11:19Core modules and themes
- 16:44Content types and nodes
- 23:52Content types vs nodes
- 24:56Fields and data structure
- 38:51Blocks and regions
- 44:14Views and listings
- 52:54Users and roles
- 59:45Menus and navigation
- 1:00:27Taxonomy basics
- 1:03:20Do not modify core
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