See Drupal 7 Alpha in Action

Are you somehow not aware that Drupal 7 Alpha was recently released? Or are you just so busy that you don't have time to check it out for yourself? A Drupal (news, site) tutorial site has released a video preview.

What's Coming in Drupal 7?

Drupal 7 comes with a large number of changes, both superficial and deep into the core. Some highlights:

• CCK-like fields in core
• A reworked user interface to update Drupal to today's exacting visual standards, and to make the open source web CMS easier to use
• New themes plus the ability to theme strictly in CSS
• A rewritten, object-oriented database API
• Extensible file handling
• Native image handling in core
• An integrated module testing framework
• Semantic web support
• Modules such as ping, throttle, and blog removed from core
• Improved multi-cultural support

View the Walkthrough

LearnByTheDrop.com has released a Drupal 7 alpha preview video. It begins with the installation process, then introduces changes such as the new admin bar, walks through the menus and looks a bit more at features such as:

• Dashboard customization
• Vertical tabs
• Block layout
• Themes
• User management
• Modules in general
• Image handling
• The new update manager
• The config menu
• Reports
• The built-in help
• Adding new content

While it's a fairly shallow look at the changes, if you don't have time to install and set up a Drupal 7 instance yourself, this video is worth a look. Expect to see more on the site over the weeks to come.

View the video here: