CWS Training

Discover the versatility Blocks add to your OSU Drupal 6 site!  Create menus, display content, and utilize add-ons for increased functionality. 

This workshop is geared for the intermediate level Drupal 6 user and covers the following topics:

• Blocks
  • What Blocks Are and How They Work
  • Relationship Between Blocks and Menus 
    • Configuring & Enabling Default Blocks
    • Creating Custom Blocks
    • Setting Role and Page Visibilities
  • Relationship Between Blocks & Themes
    • Understanding Regions for Theme Changes
• Menus
  • What Menus Are and How They Work
  • Understanding Default Menus
  • Creating Custom Menu Blocks
• Nice Menus
  • What Nice Menus Is and How It Works
  • Nice Menus Configuration
  • Enabling & Configuring Nice Menus Blocks
• Beyond Menus
  • Using Blocks For Added Functionality
    • Announcement Blocks
    • Latest Poll Block
    • Feeds Display Blocks
  • OSU Drupal Features
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    • Video Carousel with Lightbox Block configs

• Final Layout
  • Using Contextual Links

This workshop is part of a progressive instructional series and utilizes or builds on content developed in previous workshops.  Completion of the Drupal 6 Site Structures workshop, at a minimum, is recommended.

An OSU Drupal 6 personal training site is required.  Contact CWS at x71189 for further information.

Downloads

Slideset: 

202-engineering-blocks-slides-20130128.ppt

Lab Materials: 

202-engineering-blocks-materials.zip