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Drupal User Guide

Welcome to the Drupal User Guide. Use the sections below to learn the basics of editing content, managing your website, and using Drupal components.

1. Getting Started

• 1.1 Logging Into Drupal
• 1.2 How the Drupal Console Works
  • 1.2.1 My Sites
  • 1.2.2 View My Sites
  • 1.2.3 View My Profiles
  • 1.2.4 Toolbar Controls
  • 1.2.5 Toggle Contextual Links
  • 1.2.6 Toggle Menu Bar Orientation
• 1.3 How Publishing Works
  • 1.3.1 The Publishing Console

2. Working with the Editor

• 2. Working with the Editor
• 2.1 Undo / Redo
• 2.2 Remove Formatting
• 2.3 Bold, Italics, Bullet Lists, and Numbered Lists
  • Choosing the Right Type of List
• 2.4 Headings
• 2.5 Styles
• 2.6 Horizontal Rule
• 2.7 Anchors
  • 2.7.1 Creating an Anchor
  • 2.7.2 Linking to an Anchor on the Same Page
  • 2.7.3 Linking to an Anchor on Another Page
• 2.8 Links
  • 2.8.1 Linking to another webpage in Drupal
  • 2.8.2 How the Link Editor Works
  • 2.8.3 Creating a link to another page in Drupal
  • 2.8.4 Creating a link using a URL
  • 2.8.5 Linking to a Document
    • How the "Link to Document" Works
    • After Selecting a Document
  • 2.8.6 Edit or Remove a Link
• 2.9 Special Characters
• 2.10 Find & Replace
• 2.11 Tables
• 2.12 Add an Image
• 2.13 Upload an Image
• 2.14 View HTML Source
• 2.15 Toggle Full Screen

3. Creating New Pages

• 3.1 Creating Standard Pages
• 3.2 Creating News Pages
• 3.3 Creating News Links

4. Components

• 4.1 Understanding Content Zones
• 4.2 Adding Components
  • 4.2.1 Adding a New Component
  • 4.2.2 Create the Component
• 4.3 Arranging Components
• 4.4 Editing an Existing Component
• 4.5 Removing Components

Standard Components

• Feature
• Feature Link List
• Link List
• Slideshow/Gallery
• Media Object List
• Call To Action
• Accordion
• Lead
• Body
• Two Column Layout
• Video Only

Advanced Components

• Single Image Callout
• Double Image Callout
• Triple Image Callout
• Full Width Callout

Admin Only Components

• News Feed
• Events Calendar Feed
• People List
• Audio Player
• Stat Block
• Stat Lockup
• Feature Story Callout
• Custom Markup
• RSS Feed

5. Navigation

• 5.1 Accessing a Site's Navigation
• 5.2 How the Navigation Editor Works
• 5.3 Arranging the Sort Order of Navigation
• 5.4 Adding a Page to Navigation
• 5.5 Editing/Removing the Navigation Link Name

6. Images

• 6.1 Adding a Primary Image
• 6.2 Adding an Image in the Body Copy
• 6.3 Homepage Images
• 6.4 Recommended Image Sizes
  • 6.4.1 Recommended Sizes for Header Images
  • 6.4.2 Recommended Sizes for Components
  • 6.4.3 Recommended Sizes for Profiles
  • 6.4.4 Recommended Sizes for News and Events Pages & Thumbnails

7. Documents

• 7.1 PDFs vs Web Pages
• 7.2 Accessibility Requirements
• 7.3 Hosting Options
• 7.4 Uploading a Document to Drupal
• 7.5 Uploading a Document to Google Drive

8. Profiles

• 8.1 Drupal vs. MySwarthmore Data
• 8.2 View My Profiles
• 8.3 Editing Profiles
• 8.4 Editing Profile Settings

9. Specialized Content

• 9.1 Site Settings
  • 9.1.1 Accessing Site Settings

• 9.2 Contact Block
  • 9.2.1 Built-in Contact Fields
  • 9.2.2 Custom Contact Block
  • 9.2.3 Contact & Social Media Editor

• 9.3 Shared Site Content
  • 9.3.1 Editing an Existing Shared Site Content Component
  • 9.3.2 Adding a Component to Shared Site Content
  • 9.3.3 Removing a Shared Site Content Component
• 9.4 News
• 9.5 Events
• 9.6 Acalog
• 9.7 Videos
• 9.8 Forms

10. Additional Resources

• 10.1 Access the PhotoShelter Digital Image Library
• 10.2 Request a Photoshoot
• 10.3 SiteImprove Website Monitoring
• 10.4 Request a Website Redesign
• 10.5 Swarthmore College Style Guide
• 10.6 Drupal Support