General Drupal Documentation
- Logging into the site
- Creating Content
- Creating a Link
- Adding an Image to a Post
- Uploading Files
- Updating & Changing Existing Content
- Filtering Content
Logging into the site
Access http://nameofyoursite.com/user and fill in the name and password provided to you.
Once you are logged into your site, you will notice a black menu bar at the top of every page. This is the drupal administration bar that gives a site administrator access to create and update content as needed. Depending upon your needs as an administrator, you may have more options, but for most site updates you will be working mostly from the first menu within the site admin bar called "Content management."
Creating Content
Your site has been created with Content Types specialized for your content needs. This may vary from the screenshot above. Once you have selected a new piece of content to add to the site you will be taken to a screen with webforms in which to enter content:
Fill in all the fields, taking note of any required fields (denoted by a * ).
Once you are finished, click Save at the bottom of the page.
Creating a Link
To create a link, enter the text you would like to link into the Body text box. Highlight the text and select the small button that looks like a chain.
Insert the URL (address) of the website you want to link to in the Link URL text box. Select the drop-down menu next to Target and select whether you'd like the link to open in a new window of your browser or in the same window. You can add a title describing the link in the Title text box.
Select Insert.
Adding an Image to a Post
First, create a new piece of content as outlined above.
Once you've added your text, decide where you'd like your image, and place the cursor in that spot.
Select the camera button from the text box toolbar to add an image.
This action will bring up a dialog box. If you have not previously uploaded the image you wish to use, seelct the Upload button. Name the image by entering text in the Title field. Then select the Browse button to upload an image from your computer to add to the post. When you have located the appropriate image, select the Open button.
Some sites will have an image gallery set up, where users can see images from all the different sections of the site in one place. To add the image to an image gallery, select the drop down menu under Image Galleries and choose which gallery you'd like to add the image to.
To upload the image, select the Save button.
The next screen will allow you choose options for inserting the image into the post. You can change the Title, add a Description and change the Size. To change the size, select the drop down menu under Size and select an option. A Thumbnail sized image will give you a very small version, while the Original wlll be much larger.
Under Alignment, choose which side of the screen you'd like the image to appear. To make the image a Link, select an option from the drop down menu under Link. Link to Image Page and Open in popup window will display the full sized image when the image is clicked. Go to URL will direct the user to a specified website address.
To insert the image into the post, select the Insert button
You can now see the image in the main text box.
To move the image, select it so the image
is surronded by white squares and then drag as desired. You can also change the size of the image by
pulling from the white boxes. To make an image larger while keeping the proportions, select the
lower left corner white box and stretch as desired.
To edit the settings of an image, select the image and then select the camera button.
Uploading Files
Occasionally, you will need to upload files to your site so that viewers of the site can download them. To do so, create a new piece of content as outlined above. If this piece of content requires a file upload, there will be a section of the page similar to the one below:
To add a file, select the Browse button. Locate the file you would like to upload. Keep in mind it must be one of the file types specified in the Allowed Extensions line below the input box. Once the document is selected, click Open and then select Upload.
Updating/Changing Existing Content
Once you are familiar with creating new content, you will no doubt find the need to update as well as modify existing content. For this go to the Content menu item with "Content Management of the Drupal Administration menu.
You will be taken to a screen that looks like this:
Filtering Content
By default you are given a listing of every piece of content that has been created within the system. To narrow the content down for easier navigation, select the Type button and from the adjacent drop down menu select a content type.
You can also narrow down more specifically. To do so, select the Category button and from the adjacent drop down menu select a content type. Select the Filter button to view the refined content.
To return to the default view which lists all the content, select the Reset button. Select the Undo button to undo your last selection. To further narrow down content, select another option and choose the Refine button.
To edit a piece of content, select the Edit link. This view will be the same as when you create a new piece of content.
