Study Guide
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1.1. Demonstrate the ability to explain the distinct and differentiating features of Drupal.
1.2 Given an example of a page layout, determine what is content versus a block.
1.3 Demonstrate an ability to troubleshoot problems related to content, configuration and maintenance
Topic | Link |
Understanding Drupal | |
Drupal Version Numbers | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/understanding-drupal/understanding-drupal-version-numbers​ |
Drupal System Requirements | |
Drupal General Concepts | |
Administering a Drupal Site | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/administering-a-drupal-site/getting-started-with-drupal-administration​ |
Managing Content on a Drupal Site | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/administering-a-drupal-site/managing-content​ |
2.1. Demonstrate ability to model content using Content Types and Vocabularies
2.2. Demonstrate ability to configure and manage comment types and comments
2.3. Demonstrate ability to configure and manage block types and blocks
2.4. Demonstrate ability to configure and manage Contact forms
2.5. Demonstrate ability to configure and use multilingual content and interface
2.6. Demonstrate ability to configure and manage menus, menu items and menu blocks
2.7 Demonstrate the ability to configure and use Rich media in content using Media module
Topic | Link |
Planning Data Types | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/planning-data-types.html​ |
Planning Content Structure | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/planning-structure.html |
Content Types | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/content-structure-chapter.html​ |
Blocks | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/block-concept.html​ |
Contact module documentation | |
Drupal Multilingual Guide | |
Working with Menus | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/menu-concept.html​ |
Setting up Content Structure | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/content-structure-chapter.html​ |
Media Module |
3.1. Demonstrate the ability to control the display of content across various regions of the site using the block system.
3.2. Demonstrate the ability to provide different presentations of Content Entities (like Nodes, Comments, User Profiles, Terms etc) for editing or viewing
3.3. Demonstrate the ability to to create, manage and display lists of content using Drupal Views.
3.4 Demonstrate the ability to build layouts of content using Layout Builder
Topic | Link |
Views User Guide | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/views-chapter.html​ |
Working with Views | |
Working with blocks | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/blocks-chapter.html​ |
Layout Builder | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/layout-builder​ |
4.1. Demonstrate the ability to use the various options related to site configuration like account settings, content authoring, development, search, site and system settings, media.
4.2. Demonstrate the ability to use the Configuration and Synchronization options to import, export, compare configuration across environments.
4.3 Given a scenario, demonstrate the ability to configure user accounts
Topic | Link |
Managing your site configuration | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/configuration-management/managing-your-sites-configuration​ |
Managing User Accounts | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/user-chapter.html |
5.1. Demonstrate the ability to add, update, and remove contributed modules
5.2. Demonstrate the ability to add, update, and remove contributed themes
5.3 Identify ways of community participation and reporting issues
Topic | Link |
Finding and installing a contributed module | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/extending-drupal/installing-modules​ |
Extending Drupal | |
Installing themes | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/extending-drupal/installing-themes​ |
Evaluating a contrib module | ​https://dev.acquia.com/blog/how-select-drupal-modules-part-3-evaluation-tips​ |
Ways of community contribution | |
Reporting a problem |
6.1. Identify security issues resulting from site configuration
6.2. Identify performance issues resulting from site configuration
Topic | Link |
Secure configurations for Site Builders | ​https://www.drupal.org/docs/security-in-drupal/secure-configuration-for-site-builders​ |
Drupal Performance improvements | |
​ | ​https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud/performance/#cloud-perf-drupal-core​ |
Drupalize.me has published a concise list of the Drupalize.Me tutorials and other resources, that will help you prepare for Acquia's Certified Site Builder exam for both Drupal 7 and 8. The list is available at:
​https://drupalize.me/acquia-certified-site-builder-exam​
Learn more about the Acquia Certification Program at https://acquia.com/certification​
