Beginning Drupal 8

Adding Events
Chapter 21 ■ Building a Community Site
Drupal Commons provides a great tool for creating and listing events on the site. To create a new event,
click the Content link in the admin menu followed by the “Add content” link on the Content page. Select
Event from the list of content types and fill out the details for the event. The Event content type provides
fields for the Title of the event, the Description of the event, a URL for more information about the event, the
groups associated with the event, the date and location of the event, and other information such as whether
registration is required and how many people can attend the meeting. After adding an event, it automatically
appears on the list of events, found by clicking the Events link in the primary navigation menu.
Creating Posts
One of the most common uses of groups is to share information with other members. The primary
mechanism for posting status information is through the Posts feature. To create a new post, visit the group’s
landing page enter content in the Create a post field. You can enter the post directly on the Group landing
page or, for more detailed information, after clicking the “Create a post” link then click the “Go to full form”
mode by clicking on at the bottom right of the Create a post text field. Posts automatically show up on the
Group landing page, sorted in “date created” descending order (newest post first).
Creating Wikis
The other form of content for groups is a wiki, where a wiki is defined as content in which the entire
community has the permission to add, change, and delete content. To create a wiki for a group, click the
Content link in the admin menu followed by the “Create content” link. Select Wiki from the list of content
types and enter the Title, Body, and the group associated with the wiki. After you create the wiki, it will
appear in the “river of content” that appears on the landing page of the group that is associated with the
wiki. Members of the group can then edit the wiki, organically growing the content contained within the
document.
Managing Groups
As a manager of a group, you have access to a set of tools that helps you administer your group. Click the
Administer Group button near the top of the group’s landing page (assuming you are logged in and assigned
as the administrator for the group). The Administer Group landing page lists links for adding people to
the group, managing the people who are in the group, assigning permissions to those who are assigned to
the group, and managing roles. Each group has its own set of user permissions and own set of roles, making
each group responsible for managing who has access to what.
Additional Capabilities
There are many additional capabilities that you can use on your Drupal Commons–based site, including
these examples:
• Radioactivity: The capability to model popularity of content on the site.
• Follow: The capability to follow users, content, and groups on the site, similar to
Facebook
• Like: The capability to “like” a piece of content on the site
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