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Drupal 7 Bible.
Title:
Drupal 7 Bible.
Author:
Shreves, Ric.
ISBN:
9780470943434
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (768 pages)
Series:
Bible ; v.731

Bible
Contents:
Drupal 7 Bible -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons -- Minimum Requirements -- Where to Go from Here -- Contents -- Part 1: Getting Started -- Chapter 1: Introducing the Drupal Content Management System -- Discovering Open-SourceContent Management -- Discovering Drupal -- The Drupal Community -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Obtaining and Installing Drupal -- Getting the Installation Files -- Technical Requirements -- Installing Drupal -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Taking Your First Look at Drupal -- The Front End: Drupal's Public Interface -- The Back End: Drupal's Admin Interface -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Configuring Your Drupal Site -- Basic Site Configuration -- Theme Configuration -- Managing Search and URL Settings -- Setting Up Logging and Reporting -- Configuring Your Site's RSS Feeds -- Summary -- Part 2: Using Drupal's Site Building Tools -- Chapter 5: The Default Drupal Themes -- Working with the Theme Manager -- Reviewing the Default Themes -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Working with the Default Modules -- Enabling and Disabling Modules -- Managing Enabled Modules -- Reviewing the Default Modules -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Working with Blocks -- Understanding Blocks -- Overview of the Blocks Manager -- Reviewing the Default Blocks -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Working with the Menus Manager -- Overview of the Menus Manager -- Creating and Managing Menus -- Creating and Managing Menu Items -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Using Actions and Triggers -- The Default Simple Actions -- Adding an Advanced Action -- Assigning Triggers to Actions -- Summary -- Part 3: Working with Content -- Chapter 10: Content Management with Drupal -- Understanding the Key Concepts -- Understanding Drupal Content Types and Fields -- Controlling How Content Is Created -- Creating New Content -- Managing Existing Content.

Summary -- Chapter 11: Managing Taxonomies -- Understanding Key Concepts -- Introducing the Taxonomy Manager -- Creating Vocabularies -- Managing Terms -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Formatting Content and Media -- Understanding Text Formatting -- Working with Images -- Working with Other Media -- Using WYSIWYG Editors -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Managing the Front Page of Your Site -- Controlling the Front-Page Layout -- Using a Distinct Template for the Front Page -- Publishing Content on the Front Page -- Publishing Module Output on the Front Page -- Publishing Blocks on the Front Page -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Employing Advanced Content Management Techniques -- Creating Content Versions -- Implementing Authoring Workflows -- Controlling Comment Spam -- Creating Content Hierarchies -- Syndicating Your Content -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Working with the Comment Functionality -- Introducing the Comment Module -- Controlling the Styling of Comments -- Administering Comments -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Managing Blog Content -- Introducing the Blog Module -- Administering Blogs -- Controlling the Styling of the Blog Module -- Using the Most Recent Blog Posts Block -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Using the Book Module -- Introducing the Book Module -- Administering Books and Pages -- Controlling the Styling of the Book Module -- Using the Book Navigation Block -- Summary -- Part 4: Working with Content-Related Modules -- Chapter 18: Using the Aggregator Module -- Introducing the Aggregator Module -- Administering the Aggregator -- Controlling the Styling of the Aggregator -- Using the Latest Items Block -- Summary -- Chapter 19: Working with Forms -- Using Drupal's Contact Module -- Creating Custom Forms -- Summary -- Chapter 20: Using the Forum Module -- Introducing the Forum Module -- Administering Forums -- Controlling the Styling of the Forum Module.

Using the Active Forum Topics Block -- Using the New Forum Topics Block -- Summary -- Chapter 21: Using the Poll Module -- Introducing the Poll Module -- Administering Polls -- Controlling the Styling of the Poll Module -- Using the Most Recent Poll Block -- Summary -- Chapter 22: Managing Multilingual Content -- Understanding Key Concepts -- Introducing Multilingual Content Management -- Enabling Multilingual Content -- Authoring and Managing Multilingual Content -- Controlling Multilingual Contentand Interface Presentation -- Summary -- Part 5: Managing Users -- Chapter 23: Understanding the Drupal User System -- Introducing the User System -- Creating a New User -- Managing Users -- Working with the Default Profiles -- Controlling the Styling of the Default Profiles -- Using the Tracker Module -- Summary -- Chapter 24: Controlling User Access -- Introducing Drupal's Access Controls -- Adding a New Role -- Assigning Users to Roles -- Setting Permissions -- Summary -- Chapter 25: Configuring User Registration -- Enabling User Registration -- Managing Notifications -- Working with the User Login Function -- Styling the Display -- Summary -- Part 6: Customizing and Extending the System -- Chapter 26: Customizing Drupal's Appearance -- Understanding How Themes Work -- Knowing the Parts of a Theme -- Adding New Themes -- Customizing Themes -- Creating a New Theme -- Working with an Admin Theme -- Summary -- Chapter 27: Customizing the Display of Content -- Basic Principles -- Introduction to Views -- Introduction to Panels -- Summary -- Chapter 28: Customizing Drupal Functionality -- Basic Principles -- The Right Tools -- The Drupal API -- Customizing Modules -- Creating a New Module -- Theming a Module -- Summary -- Chapter 29: Extending Your Site -- Finding Extensions -- Working with Extensions -- Key Extensions to Address Common Issues -- Summary.

Chapter 30: Implementing eCommerce with Ubercart -- Understanding Ubercart -- Obtaining and Installing Ubercart -- Configuring Ubercart -- Store Administration -- Enhancing Ubercart -- Summary -- Part 7: Drupal in the Enterprise -- Chapter 31: Securing Your Site -- Security Best Practices -- Keeping Up with Security Notices -- Summary -- Chapter 32: Managing Site Performance -- Addressing Typical Performance Concerns -- Testing Performance -- Summary -- Chapter 33: Creating a Search Engine-Friendly Site -- Creating Search Engine-Friendly URLs -- Managing Canonicalization Issues -- Adding Content Metadata -- Adding Sitemaps with XML Sitemaps -- Optimizing Page Templates -- Creating Custom Error Pages -- Summary -- Chapter 34: Making an Accessible Site -- What Is Accessibility? -- Drupal and Accessibility -- Summary -- Chapter 35: Handling Change Management -- Taking a Site Offline -- Backing Up Your Site -- Restoring from a Backup -- Using the Update Manager Module -- Managing Site Upgrades -- Summary -- Part 8: Appendixes -- Appendix A: The Directory Structure of a Drupal Installation -- Appendix B: Location of Key Files -- Aggregator -- Blocks -- Blog Content Type -- Book Content Type -- Comments -- Contact Module -- Forum -- Menus -- Nodes -- Polls -- Profile -- System -- Taxonomy -- Users -- Appendix C: Installing XAMPP -- Appendix D: Installing MAMP -- Appendix E: Beyond the Book- Additional Help Resources Online -- The Help Files Inside Drupal -- Online Help and Support Resources -- Using Community Support Options -- Finding Commercial Support -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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