Lets begin by learning how to login to Drupal, then move onto the learning about how of the Drupal console works, and finally end with how publishing works.
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You only need a web browser in order to use Drupal. You do not need to download or install any special software. Access to specific websites and profiles on the Swarthmore College website are dependent on your individual user permissions.
To login to Drupal, type swarthmore.edu/user into the web browser of your choice.
Login using your network username and password credentials.
After successfully logging in, you will be redirected to your Drupal Account Information page.
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Note: You’ll know that your logged into Drupal when you see your name and My Sites appear in a black menu bar at the top of the browser window.  |
1.2 How the Drupal Console Works
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Websites - is currently selected as the active label/tab
Search - allows you to search the list of websites
Displays the site(s) that you have have access to edit. Clicking the website will take you directly to the site. The list will also indicate if the website is published or not.
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Note: You must complete Drupal training before being given editing access to a website. Any questions about user permissions for websites can be sent to: web-update@swarthmore.edu |
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1.2.3 View My Profiles
View My Profiles will list all the Drupal profiles that you have permission to edit. It will also indicate if the profile is currently published. By clicking on one of the names listed, you will be taken directly there and can begin editing the Drupal profile information.
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View My Profiles is currently selected.
Allows you to search the list of profiles.
Displays the profile(s) that you have access to edit. Clicking the name will take you directly to the profile. The list will also indicate if the profile is published or not.
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Note: most Drupal editors will only have access to their own profile so only one profile will be displayed. |
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1.2.4 Toggle Contextual Links & Toggle Menu Bar Orientation
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Published - The published version of the page is what the public sees when they visit the page’s URL.
Draft - This is working copy (or DRAFT) of a webpage that can only be viewed and accessed by Drupal editors. This is the version that you and your team would work on when making changes to a page. Once the page is ready and/or has been approved for publication, you would change the state from Draft to Publish to make it become the published version.
Unpublished - If you no longer wish a page to be available to the public, then you can change the state to unpublished. Unpublished does not mean delete. The page still exists in the Drupal system and can be restored (or published) again by your group. You can think of it as your computer’s recycle bin or trash bin as those files can be recovered. If anyone from the public goes to an unpublished page, they will get a “404 Page Not Found” error message
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1.3.1 How Publishing Works
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