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If you want to be a confident Drupal user in record time (but don't have days to spend reading thick manuals), then this is for you... "Step-By-Step Video Tutorials Reveal |
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A Personal Message From Jim Becker Friday 4:00 pm Dear Friend, Drupal is an amazing content management system and can be used to create some dramatic and impressive websites. In fact it's the only content management system you'll ever need... however, it is certainly not easy to use when you first start. I vividly remember when I first downloaded Drupal, I was so excited, as I knew I was on the verge of creating great websites (I'd seen so many awesome examples of what people could do with Drupal), and I just couldn't wait to start using it. But when I opened the program for the first time I was in "shock", I felt completely lost and totally overwhelmed because I just couldn't do anything. It was so frustrating! I didn't know where to start to just do the simplest of tasks, and when I saw the manual, I felt worse still... ... You see I did NOT want to become a Drupal genius, I just wanted to feel comfortable doing the most common tasks, and frankly the thought of having to read a huge manual or thick book just to make my website was plain depressing! What I wanted to know was the shortcuts... not everything, just the simple stuff that I was most likely going to use, for example:
BUT from what I could see the learning curve was just too steep, even for the "easy stuff" like installing Drupal, installing a blog, or even adding some content... Maybe you can relate to this... maybe you feel the same? Well... if that's the case, if you're like me and you want to use Drupal... but you don't have the time or patience for boring manuals, or frustrating trial and error, then I have good news for you...
You are going to love this... ...I have created a complete video based Drupal learning system which allows you to master all the basic as well as some advanced functions of Drupal in under six hours! As it's all video based, you simply sit back and watch it on your computer right away, and within just six hours you'll be able to produce results you can't even begin to imagine. (Stop a moment and just think about what you have just read... literally under 6 hours from now, you will be able to manage most of the important Drupal tasks with ease!). These are videos of me actually using Drupal right before your very eyes, as if you were literally sitting side by side with me, looking over my shoulder as I work with Drupal on your computer showing you how each task is done. ...That's why I have made these 6 hours of video based instruction fully PC and Mac compatible, so that you can watch and learn Drupal at your own pace and without any fixed schedule... working from the comfort of your own computer! You have NEVER had it easier to finally learn Drupal ! Want to see exactly what the tutorials are like? Check this out...
What is great about "The Ultimate Guide To Drupal " learning program is that you don't have to wait to start learning - you can get started this minute, because these training tutorials are downloadable the moment you gain access to them (which you can do in just a few minutes)... ...Plus if you don't watch them now, it doesn't matter you can view them even at 3:00 am if you want to. I'll share with you in a few moments how to grab your copy of these videos, but first let me tell you more about...
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The Ultimate Guide To Drupal™
"A Step-By-Step Video Tutorial Training That
Shows You Drupal-Conquering Shortcut Secrets... In Under 6 Hours, And
Without Any Headaches!"
"The Ultimate Guide To Drupal" is a complete, step-by-step training
program that's perfect for you...
...No more spending hours and hours
reading boring books or falling asleep through tons of help files, when all you want to know
are the shortcuts.
This is an easy to use training
program designed specifically for the new Drupal user, just like you, on how to use the most common
tasks in Drupal, which includes shortcuts the professionals use!
Here's
Why This is The Best Drupal Training Money Can Buy...
- I assume, (like me when I started and that was about 5 years ago), you know very little
about Drupal, so I've made sure to walk you through every
step, every action, every move of the mouse... so that there is
absolutely no way that you can get lost and not know what to do to
create great websites.
- Unlike Manuals or Books, The Ultimate Guide To Drupal is interactive.
You get to watch what I am doing... and most importantly you get
to follow along and work with me step-by-step on your own computer. This is vital to help you
actually "learn by doing" (and shortens the learning curve by 78%
vs. other methods of learning.)
- I made every effort to make this training fun. If you are
having fun and making progress then you are going to stick with it
- unlike a boring manual. You want to learn Drupal as quickly as
possible and get yourself up and running, and keeping your
learning fun and light hearted (as these videos do) helps big time!
- You have the ability to pause, rewind and re-watch the videos
anytime. This gives you total control over your learning process
so you can learn at YOUR own pace... and never feel overwhelmed.
What
Exactly Will I Learn?
By simply sitting back and watching
these videos you learn:
- How to install Drupal, including creating MySQL database in just a few simple
steps - it's much easier than you think! (we'll show you how to install it manually and in fact we'll give you a
shortcut which will allow you to install Drupal in a couple of minutes).
- How to setup Drupal (this is very important and takes you through all the configuration options in Drupal).
- How
to finally take command of all the important Drupal tasks such as
setting up categories, assigning categories to posts, learning about
Image Toolkit, using taxonomy, adding vocabulary to your site... and
start using Drupal like a pro (even if you're only starting out!).
Don't worry you'll soon know these terms like the back of your hand.
- What is Custom Block and Content Block and why it is needed (once you learn this you'll be able to accomplish
any task related to content publishing).
- How to quickly configure the default theme... it's
amazing how much time people waste simply because they don't know
how to really configure the theme correctly.
- How to quickly change themes - this one will save you a lot of
time.
- How
to configure modules for SEO purposes? Knowing this can eliminate many
headaches when you start optimizing your site for search engines -
using the wrong configuration can totally destroy your site in search
engines, and you may never know why!
- Discover Drupal BIG secret - book page and stories. As soon as
you master these, you'll be able to create and share pages with others.
- Learn about user management and setting up access control.
- How
to setup roles for different types of users - so that you'll know how
to specifically give access and control for each type of users.
- How to add and configure the Adsense module, adding Adsense blocks and learn about revenue sharing through Google Adsense.
- How
to add images to your posts... you can do some VERY interesting things
with this after watching The Ultimate Guide To Drupal.
- How to setup Poormanscron to optimize your site (this is so easy when you know how!).
- How to setup and create the contact forum, setting up threshold (this is very important to stop spam).
- How
to setup the forum, enabling the required modules, and setting up
different types of containers for the forums, so that you always have
fresh user-generated content on your site.
- How
to setup your blog, including setting up the navigation, links, and
path of your blog. Search engines love blogs. You can use blogs to get
tons of organic traffic to your site.
- Learn about modules, including detailed information on core modules.
- How
to select which modules to use and why. Adding must-have modules for
improved functionality. Modules are extremely powerful and so simple to
use once you know how!
- Everything you need to know to about Auto-Reply, a very cool tool and much more.
- You
will learn everything needed to create Drupal sites. You could even
sell your services after you take this training and can charge as much
as $300 to $500 to create the Drupal websites... Online website
designers are quietly making a fortune by creating simple Drupal sites
that you will soon be capable of doing easily. There really is a
genuine demand for your "soon to be acquired" lucrative new Drupal
skills... if that's what you're looking for!
The above represents just a small sample of what
you'll learn with The Ultimate Guide To Drupal video
tutorials.
The Ultimate Guide To Drupal System
The
Ultimate Guide To Drupal course isn’t just another course. You get the
complete strategy to roll out Drupal websites + you get the experience
of someone who has been working with Drupal for the past 5 years (Um…
that someone is me :)
"OK What EXACTLY Do I Get
With
The Ultimate Guide To Drupal ?"
I've put together a complete package to
get you as competent as possible in the shortest time possible.
I will even build two sample Drupal websites from scratch, step-by-step. Let's take a more detailed look at...
...The Ultimate Guide To Drupal !
(Videos, Which You Can Download to Your Own Computer)
It contains detailed instructions,
explaining how to perform each task. It has easy-to-follow,
step-by-step instructions on how to master the basic as well as advanced functions of Drupal fast.
It allows you to pause, rewind and re-watch any points again
and again - until you are comfortable. It's totally flexible and
allows you to learn at your own pace in the comfort of your
own home, on your own computer (and the videos are fully Mac
and PC compatible).
Here's EXACTLY what's covered in each video:
Module #1 – Basics
- Basic introduction to Drupal
- Installing Drupal using Fantastico
- Installing
Drupal manually - setting up MySQL database, create and add user to
that database, changing permissions of the files, and running the
installer
Module #2 – Drupal Setup
- Creating the admin account
- Creating and editing admin role
- Site
Configuration – enabling clean URLs, setting up date and time zone,
setting up error reporting, setting up file system, creating files and
tmp folders through C-panel, changing permissions of files and tmp
folders - Learning about Image Toolkit
- Configuring input formats
- Configuring performance section
- Setting up site information, slogan, mission, and footer message
- Setting up site maintenance
Module #3 – Site Building Options
- Using blocks – setting up blocks, learning about weight of block, creating and configuring custom blocks
- Using modules – core modules – going through all the core modules and configuring them
- Themes – configuring the default theme, changing the colors of the theme using color set, changing to other themes
Module #4 – Adding Content and Site Navigation
- Turning on the Path module
- Going through all the areas where we can add content – Book page, Forum topic, Page, and Story
- Creating
Homepage – giving it a title, adding article content, setting up menus,
setting up URL path settings and authoring information, setting
publishing options, and looking at the preview - Learning about URL aliases
- Stories (articles) and books – creating an article in both the story and books section
- Setting up menu items
Module #5 – Organizing Content
- Setting up categories
- Adding vocabulary and adding terms
- Learning about adding a child page and printer-friendly version of the pages
- Setting
up the forum – enabling the forum module. Adding containers to the
forum, setting up different containers. Configuring hot topic
threshold, topics per page and default order for the forums. Enabling
forum in the site build so that forum appears on navigation - Configuring site build so that content creation is only accessible to authenticated users
Module #6 – Advanced Setup
- Adding content to custom blocks, adding custom static content
- Setting
up your blog, enabling the blog module and enabling it on the menu.
Making a blog entry. Enabling or disabling comments. Configuring URL
path settings, authoring information, and publishing options - Setting up links in site build so that your blog appears on primary links
- Setting
up the contact form – enabling the contact module and corresponding
menu item on. Adding categories to contact form, configuring the
auto-reply, setting up threshold in the settings to avoid spam. Setting
up access control - Set up the cron job. Installing and enabling Poormanscron module
Module #7 – Drupal Modules
- Downloading, enabling, and installing must-have modules like TinyMCE, Nodewords, Adsense, and IMCE the right way
- Configuring TinyMCE module - setting it up in site configuration and setting it up for different users
- Setting
up Adsense module – creating custom field. Learn about revenue sharing
through Adsense. Adding different types of Adsense blocks - Setting up and configuring IMCE module. Adding a picture through IMCE to your article
Module #8 – Final Setup
- Setting
up and configuring meta tags, global copyright, global GeoURL, global
keywords, default robots meta tag, auto-keywords vocabularies, tags to
on edit form, and tags to output in html head. Creating a blog post to
add a custom meta tag and also verification in the source code. Make
your site search engine friendly
- Adding
news from other sites using news aggregator – adding RSS feeds into
news aggregator. Changing the name of new aggregator appropriately to
suit your site’s needs - Changing the default logo to customized logo the correct way
- Adding a new theme - uploading and configuring the new theme
Additional Videos For Drupal 6 Updates (Nearly 3 Hours)...
Module #1 - Basic introduction to Drupal 6
- Introduction to Drupal 6
- Which version should you be installing, Drupal 5 or Drupal 6 and why
- Brief outline of the whole video series
- How to install Drupal 6 using cPanel and Fantastico
- How
to install Drupal 6 manually, dealing with the “register_globals” and
other common errors that you may have while installing manually,
creating a MySQL database, creating and adding a user to that database
Module #2 – User and Site Configuration
- How to configuration the admin account
- How to add roles
- How to setup permissions
- How to configure your site the right way
- Learn about clean URLs
- Configuring
Date and Time, Error Reporting, File System, Image Toolkit, Input
Formats, Logging and Alerts, Performance, Site Information, and Site
Maintenance
Module #3 - Blocks and Modules
- Introduction to blocks
- How to add blocks
- Enabling important modules such as Page, Book, Forum, Statistics, and Syslog, Trigger, and Throttle
- Installing WYSIWYG Module, enabling, setting up permissions for that module
• Installing IMCE Module , enabling, setting up permissions, and assigning profiles
Module #4 - Reports
- Introduction to reports
- Setting up available updates reports
- Learn about status report
Module #5 - Themes
- Introduction to themes
- How to change themes
- Where to download new Drupal themes
- How to choose your themes
- How to configure themes
Module #6 - All About Content
- Introduction to different content types
- Learn about Page, Story, Book Page, Forum Topic, and Blog Entry
- How to add Page and when they are used
- Changing Input Formats and weights for different pages
- How to add Stories to your Pages
- Introduction to Book page and how to add a Book page
Module #7 - Menus
- Introduction to Menus
- Learn about Navigation links, Primary links, and Secondary links
- How to add home page to the Menu
- How to add different Menus
Module #8 - Taxonomy Demystified
- Taxonomy demystified
- How to use Taxonomy to organize your content with examples
- Learn about Categories, Taxonomy, and Vocabulary
