Top Drupal Resources For Beginners

Submitted by Brandon on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 14:26

Daunting, overwhelming, and frustrating are just a few of the words that come to mind when I think back to my initial experiences with Drupal. When we first made the shift to Drupal, most of us were pulling our hair out. In the past, we had developed our own CMS, used Wordpress, and toyed with SilverStripe, but Drupal was a beast. It was all so foreign and at first glance didn’t seem intuitive. Views, anyone?

After many late nights, long weekends and some initial hand holding by our CEO, it all started to click. It truly is amazing how powerful Drupal is. It does so much that the challenge becomes figuring out what you don’t want it to do. I still have much more to learn, but I’ve come a long way. The learning curve is steep, but if you really stick to it and put in the extra effort, Drupal can take you places you never thought possible without thousands of dollars in custom programming.

The top Drupal resources that helped us through the early days are listed below.

Drupal.org – This is where you download Drupal core, modules, themes, and all of your updates.

Lynda.com – There is a section on this site called Drupal Essential Training that covers the basics. Everything from installation to launch. It’s a great starting point.

Acquia.com – The Community section of the site has video tutorials on ImageCache, Blocks, CCK and more. Topics covered here are more advanced, but you have to learn them eventually. Some of these videos may require multiple viewings.

GotDrupal.com – Video tutorials on Workflows, Permissions, Google Analytics Module, and much more.

Lullabot.com – These are the experts. Their video tutorials (Learning CCK and Learning Views) really help explain two of the most important Drupal modules. They also have a video that provides a nice overview of Drupal called Understanding Drupal.

DrupalSN.com – A nice community site where Drupal enthusiasts exchange ideas and help each other out.

LevelTenDesign.com – We try to share our insight on everything we learn. We have basic articles on topics such as removing field names from content types, creating RSS feeds from Views, the top Drupal SEO modules, and for more advanced users, Drupal 6 node skeletons.

Let us know if you have any resources we missed and we’ll take a look at them.

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An Abercrombie And Fitch

Submitted by CYJisGod on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 21:39.

An Abercrombie And Fitch employee in northern California is alleging she was fired for refusing to remove her hijab, or headscarf marking her Muslim observance. Abercrombie pursuit of a homogeneous army of "perfect" employees appears to have snared it again!

Abercrombie Clothing to the AP, "the Council on Abercrombie UK Relations said Wednesday it filed an Equal Abercrombie London Opportunity Commission complaint on behalf of Hani Khan." Abercrombie Fitch says she was told she would be allowed to wear a Abercrombie Outlet, but a visiting district manager disputed that. She says she was fired when she refused to take it off.

In 2008, an Abercrombie And Fitch accused Abercrombie of refusing to hire her because her head scarf "didn't fit the chain's image." That lawsuit, filed last year, is still in progress.

Abercrombie in the company's serious on-the-ground sensitivity issues: Abercrombie Clothing to let a woman help her autistic sister try on Abercrombie UK, for which they were fined $115,264, and banishing an employee with a prosthetic arm from the store floor. That employee, Riam Dean, was awarded ￡8,000 for unlawful harassment, although the tribunal ruled that she hadn't suffered disability discrimination.

Abercrombie London has a well-documented mission of selling its idea of youthful physical perfection, Abercrombie Fitch the Bruce Weber ad campaigns to the employees that fit its ideal of American beauty. The company conceded that that ideal didn't include black, Abercrombie Outlet, and Asian employees in 2004 when it paid $40 million to employees and job applicants of those demographics to settle a class-action federal discrimination lawsuit. They had been accused of "engaging in recruiting and hiring practices that exclude minorities and adopting a virtually all-white marketing campaign."
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