Drupal 10 Training and Certification in Astana, Kazakhstan

This 3-day hands-on training introduces participants to Drupal 10 for building, customizing, and managing websites. The program covers essential site-building features, content architecture, Views, Layout Builder, theming basics, module development fundamentals, and configuration management — all condensed into a structured, fast-paced format suitable for IT professionals.

Drupal Foundations & Site Building

Introduction to Drupal 10

• What is Drupal?

• Drupal 10 architecture and features

• Symfony & Composer overview

• Admin interface walkthrough

Installation & Setup

• System requirements

• Installing Drupal with Composer

• Local development setup (LAMP/WAMP/XAMPP/DDEV)

• Configuring database & environment settings

Content Architecture

• Content types & nodes

• Fields & field widgets

• Taxonomy: vocabularies, categories, tags

• Media management (images, files, video)

Menus & Navigation

• Creating menus

• Menu links & hierarchical structure

• Managing breadcrumbs

Views (Core in Drupal 10)

• Intro to Views

• Creating lists, tables, and grid views

• Sorting, filtering, contextual filters

• Exposed filters

• Creating custom pages & blocks

Layout, Theming & Module Development

Layout Builder

• Enabling layout builder

• Page-level vs content-type-level layouts

• Adding blocks, sections, and columns

• Reusable layout strategies

Block Management

• Core blocks

• Custom block creation

• Block visibility conditions

Drupal 10 Theming Basics

• Theme structure & components

• Twig templating introduction

• Editing and overriding templates

• Adding CSS & JS with libraries

• Working with base themes (e.g., Bootstrap)

Custom Module Development

• Module folder structure

• Routing & controllers

• Hooks in Drupal 10

• Creating custom blocks in a module

• Permissions & role-based access

Configuration Management

• Exporting & importing configurations

• Sync workflow (dev → stage → prod)

• Config split basics

• Best practices for version control

Security, Performance, SEO & Deployment

User Management

• Users, roles, and permissions

• Access control & workflows

Security Best Practices

• Updating Drupal core & modules

• Hardening admin access

• Security modules and configuration

• Password policies, rate-limiting

Performance Optimization

• Drupal caching mechanisms (page, dynamic, render)

• Image optimization

• CDN integration

• Cron jobs and automation

SEO in Drupal 10

• Pathauto & URL aliases

• Metatag configuration

• Sitemap creation

• SEO-friendly content structure

Hands-on Exercises

Summary and Conclusion