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Drupal made easy, by top Drupal trainer Stephen Burge, who teaches everything a student needs to know and nothing they don t need to know! They'll master Drupal one easy step at a time, through a complete, real-world sample project. With crystal-clear visuals, simple explanations, perfect analogies, Drupal 7 Explained guides students up the learning curve from confusion to results!

List of contents

1  Drupal Explained   1
The What, When, Where, Who of Drupal   2
Why Drupal?   2
How Much Is Drupal?   3
What Does Drupal Mean?   3
How Many Versions of Drupal Are There?   4
Who Uses Drupal?   4
This Book Explained   7
  What You Need   7
  What This Book Covers   7
  This Book Is Small   8
  This Book Is Active   9
  This Book Uses Specific Examples   9
  Things in This Book May Have Changed   9
What’s Next?   10
2  Drupal Planning Explained   11
Drupal Site Planning Explained   11
  Website Plan   12
  Project Management Plan   13
  Development Plan   14
  Maintenance Plan   14
Our Drupalville Website Plan   15
  Content Requirements   16
  Communications Requirements   16
  Navigation Requirements   16
  Feature Requirements   17
  User Requirements   17
  Design Requirements   17
Our Drupalville Project Management Plan   21
Our Drupalville Development Plan   22
Our Drupalville Maintenance Plan   23
What’s Next?   23
3  Drupal Installations Explained   25
Hosting Your Drupal Site Explained   25
  A Local Server Installed on Your Computer   26
  A Web Server That You Own or Rent   26
  A Web Server That’s Hosted by Drupal Specialists   27
Installation Recommendations Explained   28
Automatic Drupal Installations Explained   28
Manual Drupal Installations Explained   35
  Step 1: Create a Database   35
  Step 2: Download the Drupal Files and Upload Them to Your Web Server   39
  Step 3: Complete the Drupal Installation by Connecting the Database and Files Together   43
Getting Help with Installations   49
What’s Next?   49
4  Drupal Administration Explained   51
The Administration Menu Explained   51
  Home Icon   52
  Dashboard   52
  Content   55
  Structure   59
  Appearance   60
  People   61
  Modules   63
  Configuration   64
  Reports   66
  Help   67
  Hello   69
The Administration and Visitor Areas Explained   71
Log Out   71
What’s Next?   73
5  Drupal Content Explained   75
Content Types   75
Default Content Types Explained   76
  Creating an Article   76
  Creating a Basic Page   84
  What Have We Learned?   91
Extra Content Types Explained   92
  Creating a Blog Entry   92
  Creating a Poll   96
  Creating a Forum   99
  Creating a Book   104
Custom Content Types Explained   110
  Creating the Events Content Type   111
  Creating an Events Content Item   116
  Creating the Sites Content Type   117
  Creating User Groups   119
  Creating Companies   120
  Editing Content Types   123
  What Have You Learned?   123
What’s Next?   126
6  Drupal Fields Explained   129
Planning Your Fields   129
Sites Fields Explained   131
  Editing a Field: Title   131
  Editing a Field: Body   132
  Reusing a Field: Image   133
  Reusing a Field: Term Reference   136
  Adding a Field: Boolean   137
  Adding a List (Text) Field   139
  Creating New Sites Content   140
Companies Fields Explained   143
  Editing a Field: Title   144
  Editing a Field: Body   144
  Reusing a Field: Image   144
  Reusing a Field: Term Reference   145
  Adding a List (Text) Field   146
  Adding a Link Field   147
  Creating New Companies Content   151
  Editing Fields   153
Events Fields Explained   155
  Editing a Field: Title   156
  Editing a Field: Body   156
  Reusing a Field: Image   156
  Reusing a Field: Term Reference   156
  Reusing a Field: Link   157
  Adding a Field: Decimal   157
  Adding a Field: Date   158
  Adding a Field: Entity Reference   161
  Creating Content: Events   164
  Editing the Default Field Display   165
  Editing the Teaser Display   168
User Groups Fields Explained   172
  Editing a Field: Title   172
  Editing a Field: Body   172
  Reusing a Field: Term Reference   172
  Reusing a Field: Link   172
  Adding a Field: Entity Reference   172
  Adding a Field: Address   173
  Creating Content: User Groups   174
Taxonomy Explained   176
  Understanding the Term Reference Field: Terms   177
  Arranging Terms in a Simple Hierarchy   180
  Arranging Terms in a Complex Hierarchy   184
What’s Next?   186
7  Drupal Modules Explained   189
Adding Modules Explained   190
  Sharing Drupal Content   190
  Printing Drupal Content   196
  Bookmarking Drupal Content   200
  Voting on Drupal Content   203
  Changing Drupals URLs   205
  Creating a Form   210
  Showing Weather   213
  Showing Maps   217
  Text Editors for Drupal Explained   219
  Image Management   228
Finding Modules Explained   233
  How to Search for Modules Explained   234
  How to Evaluate Modules Explained   238
  What to Do if You’re Really Stuck   244
  How to Test Modules   244
  How to Evaluate Modules   245
What’s Next?   245
8  Drupal Menus Explained   247
The Four Default Drupal Menus   247
Adding a New Menu Link: Site Map   251
Adding a New Menu Link: Blogs   253
Adding a New Menu Link: Forums   254
Finding the URL for a New Menu Link   255
  Using the Module Name   255
  Using the Pathauto Module   255
  Using the Search Module   256
Reorganizing Menu Links   257
Reorganizing Menu Links Using Weight   259
  Creating Parent and Child Menu Links   260
What’s Next?   265
9  Drupal Themes Explained   267
Bartik Explained   267
  Theme Settings   268
Enabling Themes Explained   274
  Set Garland to Default   274
  Set Stark to Default   275
Installing Themes Explained   277
  Installing the Danland Theme   277
  Installing the Zero Point Theme   278
  Installing the Company Theme   279
  Setting Up the Drop-Down Menu   282
Subthemes Explained   285
Finding Themes Explained   288
  Avoiding Starter Themes, Theme Frameworks, Base Themes   288
  Evaluating Themes   290
  Commercial Themes   295
  Artisteer   299
  A Final Note on How Themes Get Built   300
Installing the Final Theme for Your Site   301
What’s Next?   303
10  Drupal Blocks Explained   305
Theme Regions Explained   305
Placing Blocks in Regions Explained   313
Showing Blocks Under Certain Conditions Explained   315
Editing Blocks Explained   319
Block Settings   319
Creating Blocks Explained   323
What’s Next?   326
11  Drupal Views Explained   329
Plan   330
Installing the Views Modules   331
Generating Sample Content Explained   331
Creating Blocks with Views Explained   333
  New User Groups Block   333
  New Sites Block   336
  New Articles Block   339
  New Companies View Block   345
Creating Pages with Views Explained   352
  Articles Landing Page   353
  User Groups Landing Page   354
  Sites Landing Page   359
  Companies Landing Page   362
  Resources Landing Page   366
  Reorganizing the Main Menu   369
Creating a Calendar of Events Explained   370
  Install Calendar   370
  Configure the Calendar of Events Views   370
  Add Event Blocks to Events Page   374
Cloning Views Explained   375
  Enable and Clone the View   375
  Configure the Blog Archive Block   376
Creating a Slideshow Explained   377
  Create an Image Style   377
  Create an Image Style   378
  Create Views Slideshow Block   378
  Configure the Slideshow Block   379
What’s Next?   381
12  Drupal Layout Modules Explained   383
Display Suite Explained   383
  Installing Display Suite   384
  Using Display Suite   385
  Using Display Suite for Other Layouts   392
  Advanced Display Suite   395
Panels Explained   402
  Install Panels   402
  Panels User Interface   403
The Drupal Workflow Explained   409
What’s Next?   411
13  Drupal Users Explained   413
Drupal Permissions Explained   413
  First Example   414
  Second Example   423
  Third Example   424
Drupal User Profiles Explained   427
  Create the Profile Fields   428
What’s Next?   431
14  Drupal Site Management Explained   433
Updating Your Site Explained   433
  An Overview of Drupal Version Numbers   434
  What Version Do I Have?   435
  How Do I Get Notified About Updates?   436
  How Do I Update?   436
Updating Your Modules and Themes Explained   439
Uninstalling Modules or Themes Explained   442
Backing Up Your Site Explained   443
  Backups Made by Your Hosting Company   443
  Backups Made by You   444
Additional Measures to Protect Your Site   445
What’s Next?   446
Index 447

About the author

Stephen Burge has split his career between teaching and web development. In 2007, he combined the two by starting to teach web development. His company, OSTraining, now teaches Drupal classes around the world and online. Stephen travels widely, helping people learn and thrive with open source software. Stephen is originally from England, and now lives in Atlanta.

Cindy McCourt is an experienced Drupal trainer, who coaches clients side-by-side to build internal Drupal capacity while planning and developing their Drupal solution. She specializes in user experience planning, configuration and code strategizing, site building, and project management. Cindy authored Getting Started with Drupal 7, a Refcard provided by dzone.com, and offers Drupal insights via her blogs on idcminnovations.com and ostraining.com.

Summary

Drupal made easy, by top Drupal trainer Stephen Burge, who teaches everything a student needs to know—and nothing they don’t need to know! They'll master Drupal one easy step at a time, through a complete, real-world sample project. With crystal-clear visuals, simple explanations, perfect analogies, Drupal 7 Explained guides students up the learning curve—from confusion to results!

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Burge
• Publisher: KNV Besorgung
• Languages: English
• Product format: Book
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9780133124231
• ISBN: 978-0-13-312423-1
• Series: Prentice Hall; Prentice Hall
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet