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Beginning Drupal 7

Name: Beginning Drupal 7
Author: Todd Tomlinson
ISBN: 9781430228592

by Todd Tomlinson

June 2010

Beginner

335 pages

7h 12m

English

Apress

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Copyright
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Introduction to Drupal
1.1. Content Management Systems1.1.1. Drupal1.1.2. Drupal Core1.1.3. Contributed Modules1.1.4. Drupal Themes1.2. Creating Content1.3. Summary
2. Creating and Managing Content
2.1. Understanding the Basics2.2. Creating Content in Drupal2.2.1. Teasers and Full Nodes2.3. Editing Content2.4. Other Content Options2.4.1. Menu Settings2.4.2. Revision Information2.4.3. URL Path Settings2.4.4. Comment Settings2.4.5. Authoring Information2.4.6. Publishing Options2.5. Deleting Content2.6. Finding Content2.7. Summary
3. Creating and Managing Users
3.1. Users, Roles, and Permissions3.2. User Accounts3.3. Configuring User Account Settings3.4. Creating Roles3.5. Assigning Permissions3.6. Creating User Accounts3.7. User Generated Accounts3.8. Resetting User's Passwords3.9. Summary
4. Taxonomy
4.1. Taxonomy Overview4.2. Creating Vocabularies4.3. Assigning a Taxonomy Vocabulary to a Content Type4.4. Selecting a Taxonomy Term when Creating Content4.5. Creating Human- and Search-Engine-Friendly Lists4.6. Hierarchical Terms4.7. Assigning More Than One Vocabulary4.8. Summary
5. Creating Menus
5.1. Ordering From the Menu5.2. Adding an Item to a Menu5.2.1. Adding a Content Item to a Menu5.2.2. Adding a Menu Item for an External Page5.3. Creating a New Menu5.4. Summary

6. Installing Themes
6.1. How a Drupal Theme Works6.2. Finding a New Theme6.3. Installing a Theme6.4. The Administration Theme6.5. Configuration Options6.6. Summary
7. Drupal Blocks
7.1. Blocks, Blocks, and More Blocks7.2. Making Blocks Appear on Pages7.3. Finding the List of Available Blocks7.4. Re-Arranging Blocks7.5. Reassigning and Deactivating Blocks7.6. Configuring Blocks7.7. Using Blocks from Contributed Modules7.8. Creating Custom Blocks7.9. Summary
8. Drupal Modules
8.1. Contributed Modules8.2. How to Download, Install, and Configure a Module8.3. Configuring Modules and Setting Permissions8.4. Enabling Other Modules8.4.1. Disabling a Module8.4.2. Upgrading a Module8.4.3. Uninstalling a Module8.5. The Top Eleven Modules8.5.1. Content Construction Kit (CCK)8.5.2. Views8.5.3. Panels8.5.4. Imagecache8.5.5. Nicemenus8.5.6. Nodequeues8.5.7. WYSIWYG8.5.8. Pathauto8.5.9. Webform8.5.10. Backup and Migrate8.5.11. Ubercart8.6. Summary
9. Enabling Interactive Capabilities
9.1. Blogging9.1.1. Enabling Blogs9.1.2. Creating a Blog Entry9.1.3. Displaying Blog Entries9.1.4. Adding a List of the Most Recent Blog Entries9.2. Forums9.2.1. Setting Up Your First Forum9.3. Polls9.3.1. Creating Your First Poll9.4. Web Forms9.4.1. Creating a Webform9.5. Summary
10. Content Types
10.1. The Basic Page and Article Content Types10.2. Defining a Custom Content Type10.3. Creating a Custom Content Type10.3.1. Customizing Your Form10.4. Other Field Types10.4.1. Radio Buttons10.4.2. Check Boxes10.4.3. Select Lists10.4.4. File Uploads10.4.5. Text Area10.4.6. Numeric Fields and Other Field Types10.5. Formatting the Output of a Custom Content Type10.6. Summary
11. Views
11.1. Installing the Views Module11.2. Creating Your First View11.2.1. Views Settings11.2.2. Basic Settings11.2.2.1. Name11.2.2.2. Title11.2.2.3. Use Pager11.2.2.4. Items Per Page11.2.2.5. More11.2.2.6. Access11.2.3. Advanced Settings11.2.3.1. Use Ajax11.2.3.2. Distinct11.2.3.3. Use Grouping11.2.3.4. Caching11.2.4. Style Settings11.2.4.1. Style11.2.4.2. Row Style11.2.4.3. CSS Class11.2.4.4. Theme11.2.5. Exposed Form11.2.5.1. Header11.2.5.2. Footer11.2.5.3. Empty Text11.2.6. Fields11.2.7. Relationships11.2.8. Arguments11.2.9. Sort Criteria11.2.10. Filters11.2.11. Live Preview11.2.12. Exposing a View as a Page11.3. Creating Tabular Views11.4. Creating RSS Feeds with Views11.5. Summary
12. Panels
12.1. Available Layouts12.2. Is It a Page, a Page, or Is It a Page?12.3. Creating a Panel Page12.3.1. Modifying an Existing Panel Page12.4. Using the Flexible Layout Option12.5. Adding Other Things to Panel Panes12.6. Summary
13. Theming
13.1. Picking the Starting Point13.2. Before You Get Started13.2.1. The Standard Drupal Theme Files13.3. Configuring the Genesis Theme13.4. Modifying the Base Theme13.5. Creating a Horizontal Menu13.6. Theming the Footer13.7. Theming Nodes13.8. Theming Blocks13.9. Changing Sitename and Logo13.10. A Tool for Helping You Theme Your Site13.11. Summary
14. Administering Your Drupal Site
14.1. Backing Up Your Site14.1.1. Restoring a Backup14.1.2. Backing Up the File System14.2. Checking the Log Files14.2.1. Recent Log Entries14.2.2. "Page Not Found" Errors14.3. Status Report14.4. Checking for Updates14.5. Approving Requests for User Accounts14.6. Summary
15. Putting It All Together
15.1. Now What?15.1.1. Look At Other Drupal-Based Sites for Ideas15.1.2. Keep Tabs on Drupal and Contributed Modules15.1.3. Get Involved in Your Local Drupal Users Group15.2. A Methodology for Building Your Site on Drupal15.3. Summary
16. Case Study
16.1. Defining and Designing the Site16.1.1. Target Audience16.1.2. Identifying the Content and Functionality Required by Visitors16.2. Defining the Site's Structure16.3. Defining the Custom Content Types and Taxonomy Structure16.4. Defining the Navigational Structure16.5. Installing Drupal16.6. Visual Design16.7. Download and Install Contributed Modules16.8. Creating User Roles and Setting Permissions16.9. Creating the Taxonomy Vocabulary and Terms16.10. Creating the Custom Content Types16.11. Creating Views16.12. Setting Up the Contact Us Feature16.13. Creating an About Us Page16.14. Setting Up the Forums16.15. Setting Up the Feed Aggregator16.16. Creating the Menu Items16.17. Wrapping Up the Pages16.18. Testing the Site16.19. Deploying to Production16.20. Create User Accounts16.21. Summary
A. Installing Drupal
A.1. The Foundation Required to Install DrupalA.2. Setting Up the ServerA.3. Installing DrupalA.3.1. Downloading DrupalA.3.2. Decompressing the Drupal Installation PackageA.3.3. Moving the Drupal Distribution to the Root Directory of Your Web ServerA.3.4. Creating the settings.php FileA.3.5. Creating the Drupal DatabaseA.3.6. Creating a User AccountA.4. Configuring DrupalA.5. Summary
B. Additional Resources
B.1. Drupal ModulesB.2. Drupal ThemesB.3. Drupal DocumentationB.4. Where to Go When you Have ProblemsB.5. How to Backup Your Drupal SiteB.6. Where to Host Your Drupal SiteB.7. Where to go to Learn HTML and CSSB.8. Video TutorialsB.9. Drupal Podcasts
C. Social Networking
C.1. Expanding Your Reach by SharingC.2. Integrating Your Site with Social Networking SitesC.2.1. Integrating Drupal with FacebookC.2.2. Integrating Drupal with TwitterC.2.3. Integrating Drupal with FlickrC.2.4. Integrating with YouTubeC.2.5. Displaying Status Updates from Several Social Networking SitesC.3. Creating a Social Networking Website on DrupalC.4. The Organic Groups ModuleC.4.1. Setting Up Organic GroupsC.4.2. Setting Up Content TypesC.4.3. Configure the Organic Groups ModuleC.4.4. Activating OG BlocksC.4.5. Setting Up Access ConfigurationC.4.6. Setting Up PermissionsC.5. Creating Your First GroupC.5.1. Creating a Group PostC.5.2. Expanding the Functionality of Your Organic Group SiteC.6. Summary
D. E-commerce
D.1. E-commerce Options for DrupalD.2. Ubercart OverviewD.3. Installing UbercartD.4. Setting Up Your StorefrontD.5. Updating the Product Content TypeD.6. Setting Up ProductsD.7. Managing InventoryD.8. Enabling Ubercart's BlocksD.9. Catalog ViewsD.10. The Add to Cart ProcessD.11. The Checkout ProcessD.12. Managing OrdersD.13. ReportingD.14. Summary

Overview

This book focuses on the nontechnical user who is responsible for building, maintaining, and managing Drupal web sites. The book covers why you should consider using Drupal when building a new web site, what Drupal is, installing and configuring Drupal, creating and managing content, managing users, adding functionality to your web site through Drupal modules, and more advanced topics on using themes, panels, and views. By reading this book, you will:

Understand why you should use Drupal and the power of the platform.
Quickly build confidence in your ability to use Drupal.
Gain the knowledge necessary to build, deploy, and manage web sites of moderate complexity on Drupal 7.

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