December 2008
Beginner to intermediate
492 pages
13h 22m
English
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Chapter 2. Drupal Jumpstart
This chapter, intended for readers who are new to Drupal, provides a tour of its capabilities, as well as definitions for its sometimes obscure terminology, by demonstrating how Drupal can be used to build a simple website. Readers who are familiar with Drupal already may still want to skim this chapter, as later chapters will assume knowledge of all content covered here. By the end, you’ll understand how to perform administrative tasks in Drupal, such as configuring modules, working with content types, and setting up site navigation.
This chapter assumes that you already have Drupal up and running. For assistance, check out Appendix A, as well as the helpful online Getting Started guide at http://drupal.org/getting-started.
This chapter introduces the following modules:
- Node (core)
Allows you to post content and create your own content types
- Comment (core)
Allows users to create replies to node content
- User (core)
Handles allowing users to log in, as well as Drupal’s robust roles and permissions systems
- Block (core)
Adds dynamic sidebars and other supplementary content
- Menu (core)
Handles management of a Drupal website’s navigation
- Path (core)
Allows entry of friendly URLs such as http://www.example.com/about rather than http://www.example.com/node/1.
- Administration Menu (http://drupal.org/project/admin_menu)
Provides a dynamic drop-down navigation menu to speed administrative tasks
- Contact (core)
A simple form that site visitors may use to send inquiries to website owners ...
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