Drupal

How to Use Drupal

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Basics

Images

  • Before you add an image, make sure it's sized correctly. One option is to use Photoshop.
    • Set the marquee tool's Fixed Ratio to 100 wide by 41.5 tall. 
    • Click and drag to select the part of the image you want to use.
    • Select Image > Crop.
    • Select Image > Image Size and set Width to 1000px wide, then File > Save.
  • Adding images
  • Adding a slideshow

Faculty Profiles

Embedding Other Pages on Drupal Pages

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What is Drupal?

Drupal is our CMS (content management system) that supports our college website. Drupal is open source software that is widely used, especially in higher ed. We are using Drupal with the addition of something called Monster Menus, which was developed at Amherst College and is also used by Middlebury College.

How do I request new features in Drupal?

Email questions and ideas to the Drupal team, which is comprised of staff from Public Affairs (PA) and Library & Technology Services (LTS). PA shepherds website design and content while LTS supports Drupal and training. 

So, what does Drupal mean? 

From Wikipedia:
Originally written by Dries Buytaert as a message board, Drupal became an open source project in 2001.[14] Drupal is an English rendering of the Dutch word “druppel”, which means “drop” (as in “a water droplet”).[15] The name was taken from the now-defunct Drop.org website, whose code slowly evolved into Drupal. Buytaert wanted to call the site “dorp” (Dutch for “village”) for its community aspects, but mistyped it when checking the domain name and thought the error sounded better.[14]