Table of contents

The introduction is about something.

• Welcome 1:12
• Reviewing requirements 3:35
• Using the exercise files 3:11
• Touring examples of data visualization 4:58

1. learning how drupal handles data

• Planning data structure 8:26
• Importing and manipulating data 6:40
• Looking at Drupal’s database 6:13
• Deciding whether to store personal data as nodes or users 6:37

2. Data fields are presented in a way that is controlling.

• Understanding the Content Construction Kit (CCK) 4:57
• Creating new content types with CCK 7:26
• Hiding the Body field 2:46
• Reflecting CCK field data in the Title field 7:28
• Managing CCK field placement 7:34
• Exploring CCK’s other features 8:22
• Using other CCK field types 3:25
• Adding date information as a CCK field 8:43
• Including images as CCK fields 10:23
• Connecting content to existing nodes 5:58
• Using taxonomies to categorize and group data 5:59

3. Getting the basics of views.

• Understanding why views are useful 6:12
• Using SimpleViews to create basic content views 5:49
• Diving into the Views interface 11:16
• Adding fields to a view 7:12
• Understanding iconic controls in the Views interface 7:15
• Surveying the Sort, Filter, and Field options in Views 5:40
• Adding view displays as pages, blocks, and RSS feeds 10:30
• 4. Changing the Appearance of Views
• Overriding default settings on view displays 8:56
• Attaching more information to views 10:57
• Improving view appearances with grid, list, and table formatting 9:20
• Surveying other basic display settings in Views 11:03
• Altering a view’s appearance through CSS 3:18

5. Going further with your views.

• Importing, exporting, and cloning views 6:09
• Controlling access to views 7:19
• Learning from built-in views 5:52
• Creating views that aren’t based on nodes 10:06
• Extending views with arguments 10:17
• Extending views with relationships 7:02
• Going further with relationships 8:23

6. Working with data.

• Understanding geographic data 4:26
• Setting up the Location module 16:20
• Entering geographic data with the Location module 10:10
• Displaying basic maps with the GMap module 6:43
• Integrating the GMap module with Views 9:01

7. Data can be put into other forms.

• Exporting data in tabular form 11:25
• Planning with the calendar modules 11:31
• Using the Charts module and Google Charts 7:11
• Graphing data with Open Flash Chart 4:50
• Making important data pop out with tag clouds 7:46
• Putting it all together in an attractive package 11:38

Goodbye

• Conclusion 0:36