Beginning Backdrop CMS

Todd Tomlinson is recognized globally for his expertise in Drupal and Backdrop.  He is the author of Pro Drupal 7 Development, Beginning Drupal 7, Beginning Drupal 8, Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop and Beginning Backdrop CMS.  Todd is a frequent contributing author to Drupal Watchdog, the Drupal magazine, and has been the featured guest on several podcasts, including Acquia and Drupal Easy. Todd has worked with Drupal for the past 12 years, and has built hundreds of Drupal sites for large media companies, global publishers, higher education, manufacturers, retailers, state and local government.   His involvement in the Internet began in the late 1980s when he led the technology team at one of the National Science Foundation’s supercomputing centers, and became the primary focus of his consulting career in the early 1990s.   He developed Netscape Communications training programs and trained the early pioneers in the Internet and continued on with Netscape as he marched around the world implementing Netscape’s server products. Todd was also the Senior Director of Oracle Corporation’s eBusiness Strategic Services practice and has travelled the world speaking on the future of business on the Internet and helping organizations adopt new business strategies, models, and technologies. Today you will find him filling the role of Senior Enterprise Drupal Architect, helping multi-billion dollar corporations fully embrace the capabilities of Drupal as an enterprise application platform.

1. Introduction to Backdrop CMS.- 2. Creating and Managing Content.- 3. Creating and Managing Users.- 4. Taxonomy.- 5. Content Types.- 6. Creating Layouts.- 7. Using Backdrop Themes.- 8. Creating Menus.- 9. Backdrop Blocks.- 10. Views.- 11. Creating Pages.- 12. Backdrop Modules.- 13. Anatomy of a Module.- 14. Creating Themes.- 15. Multilingual Capabilities.- 16. Using Git.- 17. Putting it All Together.- 18. Administering Your Backdrop Site.- 19. Creating a Blog Site using Backdrop.- 20. Creating a Company Site using Backdrop.- Appendix A. Installing Backdrop.- Appendix B. Contributing to Backdrop.- Appendix C. Additional Resources.