Digitalist Network // August 27 2015
Learn the Rules framework
This screencast series presents basic and advanced usage of the Rules framework in 30+ episodes, covering:
- Basic Rules concepts, such as reaction rules, data types, data input methods, using lists and creating loops, and Rules components.
- Basic examples of Rules configuration, presenting some practical use-cases for the Rules module (using only the basic concepts).
- Developer tips covers things like exporting Rules configuration and debugging Rules.
- Rules Scheduler shows how to schedule evaluation of Rules actions (and other components), and also how to create repeated events.
- Rules and Views Bulk Operations presents some of the improved integration between two awesome modules.
- Rules Link and Rules Bonus Pack shows some functionality found in additional Rules modules, expanding your way of thinking about and using Rules – not least by utilizing Rules components from other modules.
- Exercises to practice your Rules skills are also available.
Video list:
- Introduction to Rules
- Data types and data selection
- Lists and loops
- Overview of actions, conditions and events
- Combining conditions
- Components
- Login redirects
- Notify author of comments
- Notify of comments replies
- Sync article promotions with articles
- Automatically create promotions
- Importing and exporting rules
- Debugging Rules configuration
- Introducing Rules Scheduler
- Using fields for setting evaluation time
- Repeating scheduled events
- Introducing Views Bulk Operations
- More details about VBO settings
- Using Rules components with VBO
- Using Rules components with more than one parameter
- Using VBO to load list of objects into Rules
- Flag and Rules: Overview
- Rules Link: The basics
- More Rules Link
- Rules Bonus Pack: Views and Ctools integration
- Rules Bonus Pack: Using Rules for presentation altering
- Additional automated URL aliases
- Delete orphan tags
- Creating simple back links
- Creating multiple back links
- Schedule front page publishing
- Non-linear workflow