Leveraging Drupal : Getting Your Site Done Right

by Victor Kane

• ISBN13: 9780470549353
• ISBN10: 0470549351
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Wrox

Summary

This book is a step-by-step guide and a hands-on co-piloted experience for those trying to make Drupal powered websites work for them, and for their clients. Much more than a "tutorial", what is needed is a nuts-and-bolts living mentor and guide which really shows the reader how to do the things really required for bringing it all together in a site which works. This will be the only book covering all the difficult components of Drupal: views, panels, themes, content creation, etc. The book will cover: * How to upgrade your hopelessly outdated and obsolete-software dependent site and bring it into the Drupal mainstream and future * How to become a great Drupal themer and make "non-Drupal" looking sites * How to really customize Drupal for your real needs * How to start using best practices in Drupal web application development * How to work like the pro Drupal shops and be ready for big projects - and small ones * Learn by example (code samples, theme samples, videos) at every step

Table of Contents

Keeping it Simple

Taking Baby Steps

Getting Organized

Getting up to Speed..x Site Fully Up-to-Date

Finishing Up the Elaboration Phase

Pushing the Envelope

Becoming an Expert Drupal Themer. Site

Upgrading to Drupal 6

Upgrading to Drupal Revisited

Installing and Using Drupal 6 Fresh Out of the Box

Full Swing Agile Approach to Drupal Development

The jQuery Chapter

From Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 and Beyond

Deploying Your Application as a Drupal Installation Profile

Acquia Drupal as an Enterprise Ready Alternative

Index

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