It is sometimes said that Drupal does not have a learning curve. It has a learning brick wall. In this session we aim at getting you over that brick wall. We will cover what Drupal is, the vocabulary that you need to know to talk about/work with it and the most common and important modules. We will take an introductory look at some basic configuration and where to look for various features. We will also point you at how you can engage with the community and some excellent outside resources.

Virtually every site built with Drupal uses CCK and Views. These modules allow you to create specialized web forms with whatever arbitrary fields you need and then create lists of just the submissions you want to see. In this session we will take a hands on approach to learning these tools for creating and listing content as well as administering it.