Site Building

Drupal Camp Asheville 2024 - July 12th-14th

Getting Started with Drupal

Tearyne Almendariz
Pantheon
AmyJune Hineline
Red Hat Inc.
This live, three-hour workshop, will take you from understanding what Drupal is, why Drupal 9 matters, to creating basic content, users, and an overview of more complex Drupal features.

Rebuilding the College Website During a Pandemic: A Journey of Discovery

Kevin Pittman
Georgia Institute of Technology

A look at my 2020 year-long project of migrating the website for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech from a completely proprietary content system to Drupal 9, all while dealing with the uncertainties and headaches of a pandemic.  We'll explore how I dealt with finding and getting content out of a one-of-a-kind CMS with zero documentation and managed the project with virtually

Upgrading to Drupal 8/9 using the Migrate API (afternoon)

Mauricio Dinarte
Understanding Drupal
You will learn to use the Migrate API to upgrade your Drupal 6/7 site to Drupal 8/9. Check how the automated upgrade procedure can help you get a head start in writing the migrations. You will learn different migration strategies, how to accommodate changes in site architecture, tips on troubleshooting issues, and much more.

Beginning with Backdrop CMS (afternoon)

Jennifer Lampton
Backdrop CMS
This introductory training will cover the basics of creating and administering a website with Backdrop CMS. In this workshop all students will build their own portfolio website on Pantheon, using Backdrop CMS. As we walk through each of the steps required to build a website, we'll point out many the various improvements that have been made to Backdrop core systems. Students will be asked to follow along.

Getting Started with Drupal (morning)

Pantheon
Pantheon
Are you Drupal-curious? Just getting started with CMS’ and WebOps? This live, three-hour workshop, will take you from understanding what Drupal is, why Drupal 9 matters, to creating basic content, users, and an overview of more complex Drupal features. No prior experience with Drupal or web development is necessary.