The Drupal Fork: Backdrop CMS live demo

First imporessions

Visit `home` page (logged out)

• New front-end theme (added in 1.5)
• Hero block (added in 1.5)
• Default content: page and post! (added in 1.5)

Admin experience

Visit `user` page (log in)

• Log in with username or email address (added in 1.3)
• log in
• Dashboard! (added in 1.13)
• Updated back-end theme (added in 1.1)
• Admin bar (included in 1.0)
  • Responsive + touch friendly
  • Notification icon (added in 1.3)
  • Admin bar search - for (included in 1.0)

Installing modules

Visit `admin/modules` page

• New search box (included in 1.0)
• New reset button (added in 1.13)
• Updated layout of modue information (added in 1.12)

Visit `admin/modules/install` page

• Project installer (added in 1.3)

Content editing

Create a History Page

Visit `node/add/page` page

• Rich-text editor w/ image support (added in 1.2)
• automatic path aliases - Token / Pathauto modules (added in 1.1)
• Redirect module (added in 1.4)
• Create a menu item, add below About page.
• Save
• Drop-down menu / responsive / touch-friendly / keyboard accessible (added in 1.5)

Create a Blog Post

Visit `node/add/page` page

• Add a featured images
• Schedule for later (added in (1.10)
• Note: Promoted / Sticky appear on this post
• Save
• Featured Images float left/right of content

Content architecture

Create a Project content type

Visit `admin/structure/types/add` page

• Create a content type
• Post settings for promote / stick (included in 1.0)
• Permissions (added in 1.3)
• Path patern (added in 1.1)
• Comment closer (added in 1.10)
• Save & add fields
  • add a Screenshot/Image field.
  • add a Launch date / Date field (added in 1.2)
  • add a URL / Link field (added in 1.2)
  • add a Email / Email field (added in 1.2)
• Manage displays
  • Point out custom display modes (added in 1.6)
  • Configure the Default display mode
    • Hide the Screenshot field (you'll see!)
    • Display all the labels inline.
    • Save

Content management

Visit `admin/content` page

• This page is now a view (included in 1.0)
• Content title search (added in (1.2)
• Click the Add content link
  • Select Project
  • Repeat / Create at least 3 project items

List Building with Views

• Create a View (Projects)
  • Block display
  • 5 most recent titles
  • Admin label

Layout architecture

Visit `admin/structure/layouts` page

• Layouts (included in 1.0)

Visit `admin/structure/layouts/settings` page

• Bootstrap Grid System Layout templates (included in 1.4)

Add new blocks to the default layout

Visit `admin/structure/layouts/manage/default` page

• Drag and drop a block.
• Add a custom contact info block (config, as of 1.3)
• Add view block (included since 1.0)
  • Show Style settings, Dynamic block style (expanded in 1.7)
• Save
• Visit the about page.

Add a new marketing page (layout)

• Select Boxton layout - bootstrap 4 (flex)
• Enter a path
• Create layout
• Add a marketing block
• Save
• Edit layout
• Remove Header, navigation, breadcrumbs, footer
• Save

Add new layout: Node (Project)

• Select Moscone layout
• Enter a path (node/%)
• add condition (node type = project)
• Create layout
• Add a contact info block (reusable)
• Add screenshot field to center area
• Move content to right hand sidebar
• Save

Add new content to the default layout

Back end - Configuration management

• Single Export
  • Custom Block: contact info
• Full Export
  • Download tar.gz
• Go to new site on Pantheon
• Full Import
  • Show new content type
  • Show new View
  • Show new content Layouts