Drupal Enterprise 7: Create and Manage Sites

Learn how to build a site in Drupal Enterprise 7.  Drupal Enterprise is the official web content management system of the University of Minnesota; Drupal Enterprise 7 will reach end-of-life by July 2020. Learn about the transition to Drupal Enterprise 8 

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Request & Configure

PREPARE FOR DRUPAL

Learn about Drupal Enterprise
The official web content management system of the University of Minnesota.
Understand Your Multiple Environments
Your Drupal site will consist of three environments: Dev, Stage, & Production

There are number of tools you can use to create a website. Use this comparison guide to help you choose the right tool for your website needs.

Compare Tools for Creating a Website
Moving to Drupal
Drupal Consultants Available through UWide Contract

REQUEST A DRUPAL SITE

Request an Enterprise Drupal Site

CONFIGURE YOUR DRUPAL SITE

Add Yourself as an Administrator
Set Your Site's Error Message to Report Only
Select and Link to an Online Privacy Statement
Add a Custom Favicon to the UMN Template
Set your Site's Caching
Improve Your Site's Performance
Display New Content in the Sitewide Header and Footer
Reorder Content in the Sitewide Header and Footer
Remove Content in the Sitewide Header and Footer
List of Included Modules
Turn on a Disabled Module
Set Up Primary Navigation Dropdowns
Using the Flex Slider Module
Create a New Landing Page
Set a Page as Your Site's Homepage

ADD USERS TO YOUR SITE

Add a User to Your Site
Add Roles to an Existing User
Remove Roles from an Existing User
Add a Group to Your Site
Edit Permissions for Your Group Roles
Add a User to a Group

ADD NEW MODULES OR DEVELOP SUB-THEMES

Developing with Drupal
Code Workflow
How to Add a New Drupal Module to Your Site

Customize & Add Content

IMPLEMENT GOOD PRACTICES IN YOUR SITE

When in Doubt, Clear the Cache
Improve Your Site's Performance
What the Heck is Responsive Web Design?
A Book Apart: Responsive Web Design
Responsive Resources
Your Role in Accessibility
WebAIM WCAG 2.0 Checklist
Accessible Web Development
Contact Computer Accommodations Program

ADD, EDIT & DELETE CONTENT ON YOUR SITE

Create a Course Page
Create a Calendar Page
Create a Faculty Page
Create a General Page
Create a News Page
Create a Staff Page
Edit an Existing Page
Add a Page to Your Site's Menus
Publish an Existing Page
Create a Landing Page
Edit the Layout of a Landing Page
Display More Content on a Landing Page
Stop Displaying Content on a Landing Page
Upload an Image to Your Site
Upload an Image and Add it to a Page
Add an Existing Image to a Page
Embed a Streaming Video on a Page
Update a Content File on Your Site
Using the Flex Slider Module
Add a New Field to an Existing Content Type
Add an Existing Field to an Existing Content Type
Edit a Field in an Existing Content Type
Remove a Field from an Existing Content Type
Edit the Layout for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Move the Display of a Field for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Display a Field for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Stop Displaying a Field for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Create a New Content Type
Create a New Content Type
Add an Existing Field to an Existing Content Type
Add a New Field to an Existing Content Type
Edit the Layout for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Stop Displaying a Field for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Display a Field for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Move the Display of a Field for an Existing Content Type (with Panelizer)
Edit the Permissions for an Existing Role (Set permissions for the new content …
Edit Permissions for Your Group Roles (set permissions for the new content type)
Using Anchors in Your Drupal Site
Creating Links to External Webpages

LEVERAGE YOUR SITE'S ROLES AND PERMISSIONS

Definition of User Roles
Publish an Existing Page

MANAGE YOUR SITE'S NAVIGATION

Add a Link to a Menu
Remove a Link from a Menu
Edit the Order of Links in a Menu
Edit the Placement of Links in a Menu
Add a Menu to an Existing Content Type
Setting Up Primary Navigation Dropdowns

ADD MORE ORGANIZATION TO YOUR SITE

Add a New Term to an Existing Set of Tags
Remove a Term from an Existing Set of Tags
Add a New Vocabulary to an Existing Content Type
Add an Existing Vocabulary to an Existing Content Type
Create a New Set of Tags (aka Vocabulary)
Add a New Term to an Existing Set of Tags (aka Vocabulary)
Add a New Vocabulary to an Existing Content Type

ADD MORE AUTOMATION TO YOUR SITE

Add new criteria to an existing automated list (aka View)
Remove criteria to an existing automated list (aka View)
Add a display to an existing automated list (aka View)
Clone a display for an existing automated list (aka View)
Remove a display from an Existing Automated List (aka View)
Create a New Automated List (aka View)
Remove criteria from an existing automated list (aka View)
Add new criteria to an existing automated list (aka View)

ADD USERS TO YOUR SITE

Add a User to Your Site
Add Roles to an Existing User
Remove Roles from an Existing User
Add a Group to Your Site
Edit Permissions for Your Group Roles
Add a user to a Group
Remove a User from a Group
Edit Permissions for an Existing Role

Manage

MANAGE YOUR DRUPAL SITE'S WEB HOSTING

Managing Multiple Environments
Assign Your URL to Your Drupal Site
Improve Your Site's Performance