Drupal 7 Bible - Softcover

Shreves, Ric; Dunwoodie, Brice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470530308 ISBN 13: 9780470530306

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Synopsis

Guidance for administrators, content managers and web publishers on using Drupal for content management

Start building and managing web sites with the open–source content management system Drupal 7 and this in–depth guide. Whether you′re new to Drupal or migrating from another system, you′ll find the tips and techniques you need to understand Drupal, create a new web site, or manage an existing one. Learn how to create, modify, and delete items–and much more–with the detailed tutorials in this step–by–step guide.

• Teaches you how to use a Drupal site, as well as how to set up, configure, and customize a new site, including obtaining code and deploying it to a server
• Covers advanced topics like multilingual content management, publishing workflows, or Views and Panels
• Shows you how to work with Drupal 7′s new fields and custom content types

Get on the Drupal bandwagon with this complete guide.

About this title

About the Author

Ric Shreves is a partner at water&stone (www.waterandstone.com), a digital agency focused on open–source technologies and new media. He′s been building Web sites professionally since 1999 and writing about technology for almost as long. His books include Mambo Visual Blueprint, Ubuntu Visual Blueprint, and Joomla! Bible.

Brice Dunwoodie is the founder of Simpler Media Group, Inc., and the publisher of CMSWire (www.cmswire.com), a niche online magazine focused on information management, enterprise collaboration, and Web publishing. For the past 15 years, he has consulted with a broad range of international clients, including Singapore Telecom, IBM, France Telecom, and others.

From the Back Cover

Finally, a solid reference for Webmasters on Drupal

Web content management systems (CMS) are hot, and the flexible and powerful open source Drupal is one of the most popular. Whether you′re designing a new Web site or looking for an easier way to publish content to your existing site, this practical book shows you how to use Drupal 7 to do it. Learn how to create, manage, and present content via public or private Web sites, even if you don′t have deep technical skills.

• Install Drupal and configure a Drupal site

• Use themes, blocks, and other site–building tools

• Format and manage content and handle media files

• Control spam, add authoring, and create hierarchies

• Master the Blog, Book, Aggregator, and other Drupal modules

• Get into e–commerce with UberCart shopping carts

Create content–rich Web sites with Drupal

Publish, organize, and manage Web content

Extend Drupal with modules and the API

Customize your site′s appearance

Create forums, blogs, and polls

Create custom actions and triggers

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470530308
• ISBN 13: 9780470530306
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768