Drupal 7 Explained Your Step-by-Step Guide

by Burge, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780133124231
• ISBN10: 0133124231
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-05-15
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Master Drupal 7 fast, step-by-step, in plain English, through complete, hands-on business and personal site case studies! Drupal 7 Explainedrequires absolutely no experience with Drupal, content management, site construction, programming, scripting, or even HTML. Discover what Drupal does and how it works; then install Drupal 7, master site administration, simplify site creation via workflows, create highly-usable navigation, and much more. Quickly change site designs with themes; find, choose, install, and use modules, including View; create advanced layouts with Panels; customize user access; update and back up your sites; and build multiple site types, step by step! Author Stephen Burge is one of the world's leading Drupal trainers: he has had more face-to-face interaction with Drupal learners than practically anyone. This book reflects all he's learned about how beginners learn best. It teaches through crystal-clear visuals, explanations, and analogies -- all extensively tested with real Drupal newcomers.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Part I. Beginner
1. Drupal Explained
2. Drupal Installations
3. Drupal Sites Explained
4. Drupal Content Explained
5. Drupal Modules Explained
6. Drupal Themes Explained
7. Drupal Menus Explained
8. Drupal Blocks Explained
9. Putting it All Together. Personal Site

Part II. Intermediate
9. Drupal Fields Explained
10. Drupal Views Explained
11. Drupal Design Modules Explained
12. Drupal Themes Explained
13. Putting it All Together. Business Site