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| Welcome to the '''spoken tutorial''' on''' Creating Dummy Content.'''

| In this tutorial, we will learn to create dummy content using '''devel module'''.

| To record this tutorial, I am using:

* '''Firefox''' web browser.

| One of the things we need when we are building our''' Drupal site''' is to have a lot of content. This will help us to understand''' layouts, views''' and''' designs'''.

| But ideally, we shouldn’t use real content. Say, we need to change a''' Content type,''' or a''' field.'''

| The problem is we have to go in and edit the real content which is a waste of time.

| We have only covered a few kinds of fields till now.

| Here is our''' Cincinnati node.''' Let’s say the''' Cincinnati group''' wants to charge a fee for their meetings

|and they want to put this on the''' site'''.

| We can use a decimal''' for money or an integer which is a whole number.

| Say, you chose an integer because they only charged 10 dollars. But later on, they decided to charge 10.99 dollars.

| An integer cannot be changed into a decimal, especially after we have already added content.

| And so, these are the things that need to be planned out beforehand.

| We can test all of this by using some fake content. These can be easily inserted and easily deleted, when we are done with our testing.

| Remember this - we don’t need hundreds of real contents but only a few fake contents.

|Till now, we haven’t actually talked about''' Modules''' or extended our Drupal website yet. We will do that in the upcoming tutorials.

| But here, we will learn to install''' Devel Module''' and use it. This will give an idea of some of the power that''' Drupal Modules''' can give us.

| Scroll down to the bottom and locate the''' Download''' section. This screen might look very different for you.

| '''Drupal 8 dot x''' version could be up in the green region. So, make sure you click that one.

| Now, there are two ways to do this. We can download it, but that will give us many unnecessary files on our desktop.

| Or we can right-click. And depending on our browser, we will see either''' Copy Link''' or''' Copy Link Location'''.

| Either way, click the link to the '''.tar''' file or the '''.zip''' file. But don’t click on this''' dev''' file, because that won’t work.

| Once we have got that, come back to our '''site'''. Click on''' Extend''' and then on''' Install new module'''.

| Now paste the URL into the''' Install from a URL''' field. If you have a good internet connection, you can install from the URL.

|Please download it and upload it using the '''Choose File''' option here. Lastly, click''' Install.'''

| Click on the word''' CORE''' to minimize it. Then scroll down.

|Under the''' DEVELOPMENT''' block, we can see''' Devel''' and''' Devel generate'''. Ignore the others for now.

| Put a checkmark in''' Devel''' and''' Devel generate.''' Then, scroll down to the bottom and click''' Install'''.

| To generate a whole bunch of content, click on''' Configuration.''' Then on the left hand side, we will see''' Generate content''' link. Click on that.

| We will choose''' Events''' and''' User Groups''' because these are the 2''' Content types''' we need to test.

| Notice here, there is a "Delete all content in these content types before generating new content". This is to delete the fake content.

| Let’s put a check mark there and generate 0 (zero) nodes. This will delete all the''' Events''' and''' User Groups.'''

| This will also include the ones that we created ourselves. For example - our''' Cincinnati User Group''' would also be gone if we did this.

|So, let’s uncheck that. Let’s generate 50 nodes.

| We don’t have''' comments''' on our nodes.

| Change the''' Maximum number of words in titles''' to 2. If you don’t do that, this will generate a lot of long''' Lorem Ipsum''' text.

| Click''' Generate'''. Immediately, we get a success message. To find out if it worked, click on''' Content'''.

| Here’s a list of 50 new nodes - half''' Events''' and half''' User groups'''.

|a fake''' Event Website,''' a''' Date''', has chosen one of the''' User Groups''' as''' Sponsor''' and has selected some of the''' Event Topics.'''

| This is a great feature of Drupal, provided from a''' Module''' downloaded at''' drupal.org.''' These are called''' Contributed Modules'''. We will learn about this later.

| Let us summarize. In this tutorial we have learnt about creating dummy contents using''' devel''' module.

| This video is adapted from '''Acquia''' and '''OSTraining''' and revised by '''Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay'''.

|The video at this link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Please download and watch it.

| The Spoken Tutorial Project team conducts workshops and gives certificates. For more details, please write to us.

| This is Varsha Venkatesh, signing off. Thanks for joining.