Using Drupal 1st Edition by Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Nathan Haug, Jeff Eaton, James Walker, Jeff Robbins 0596515804 9780596515805

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Author: Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Nathan Haug, Jeff Eaton, James Walker, Jeff Robbins

With the recipes in this book, you can take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. You’ll get the information you need about how to combine modules in interesting ways (with a minimum of code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites. Each chapter describes a case study and outlines specific requirements for one of several projects included in the book — a wiki, publishing workflow site, photo gallery, product review site, online store, user group site, and more. With Using Drupal, you will:Get an overview of Drupal concepts and key modules introduced in each chapter, with a bird’s-eye view of each module’s specialty and how it worksExplore various solutions within Drupal that meet the requirements for the project, with details about which modules are selected and whyLearn how to configure modules, with step-by-step recipes for building the precise functionality the project requiresGet information on additional modules that will make the project even more powerfulBe able to access the modules used in the chapter, along with other resourcesNewcomers will find a thorough introduction to the framework, while experienced Drupal developers will learn best practices for building powerful websites. With Using Drupal, you’ll find concrete and creative solutions for developing the exact community website you have in mind.

Using Drupal 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1. Drupal Overview

What Is Drupal?

Who Uses It?

What Features Does Drupal Offer?

A Brief History of Content Management

A Historical Look at Website Creation

The Age of Scripts and Databases

The Content Revolution

How Does Drupal Work?

Modules

Users

Content (Nodes)

Ways of Organizing Content

Types of Supporting Content

Getting Help

Conclusion

Chapter 2. Drupal Jumpstart

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Basics

Easy content editing and image handling

Spotlight: Content Management

Content

Comments

Navigation

Blocks

Hands-On: Content Management

Creating Content

Managing Site Navigation

Configuring Blocks

Spotlight: Modules

Module Administration Page

Finding and Installing Modules

Removing Modules

Hands-On: Working with Modules

Path Module

Administration Menu Module

Spotlight: Access Control

Configuring User Access

User Profiles

User Settings

Handling Abusive Users

Hands-On: Creating Roles

Hands-On: Configuring Permissions

Hands-On: Contact Form

Spotlight: Taxonomy

Hands-On: Blog

Spotlight: Content Moderation Tools

Automated Spam Detection Tools

Manual Content Moderation Tools

Spotlight: Themes

Finding a Theme

Theme Installation

Theme Configuration

Blocks and Regions

Administration Theme Setting

Hands-On: Branding the Site

Spotlight: Content Editing and Image Handling

Content Editing

Image Handling

Spotlight: Input Formats and Filters

Hands-On: Setting Up FCKeditor

Summary

Chapter 3. Job Posting Board

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Custom input forms

Listings

File uploads

Spotlight: CCK

Fields

Widgets

Formatters

Hands-On: CCK

Hands-On: Job Content Type

Hands-On: Customizing Field Display

Hands-On: Job Application Type

Spotlight: Views Module

Displays

Pieces of a View

Fields

Filters

Arguments

Sort criteria

Relationships

Hands-On: The Views Module

Jobs View

Job Applications View

Create the View and Defaults displays

Create the page display

Create the Job tab display

Create the Applications block display

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 4. Product Reviews

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Product information

Product ratings

Custom searching

First Steps: Basic Product Reviews

Creating the Product Review Content Type

Spotlight: Amazon Module

What’s Included?

Locale

Referral Settings

Hands-On: Adding an Amazon Field

Adding the Product Field

Finding Product IDs

Spotlight: Voting API and Fivestar

Hands-On: Adding Ratings

Adding the Rating Field

Turning on Visitor Ratings

Hands-On: Building a Product List

Spotlight: The Search Module

The Importance of Cron

Searching with Views

Hands-On: Make the Product List Searchable

Spotlight: CSS Injector

Hands-On: Polishing the Presentation

Setting CCK Display Fields Options

Configuring CSS Injector

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 5. Wiki

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Wiki Functionality

Easy Text Formatting

Easy Linking

Tracking Changes

Human-Readable URLs

Listing Changes

Hands-On: First Steps

Creating a Wiki Content Type

Removing the Author Information Display

Configuring Access Permissions

Hands-On: Wiki Input Format

Configuring the Filters

Creating the Wiki Input Format

Setting Up Format Permissions

Adding Content

Spotlight: Pathauto

Hands-On: Pathauto

Configuring Settings

Spotlight: Drupal’s Revision Tracking

Hands-On: Revisions and Diff

Make Revisions the Default

Setting Permissions

Viewing Revisions and Reverting

Using Diff

Hands-On: New Pages and Recent Edits with Views

Recent Posts Listing

Recent Edits Listing

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 6. Managing Publishing Workflow

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Editorial workflow

Email notifications

Overview pages

Hands-On: First Steps

Spotlight: Actions and Triggers

Hands-On: Actions and Triggers

Configure Actions

Assign Triggers

Spotlight: Workflow Module

Hands-On: Creating a Workflow

Spotlight: The Workspace Module

Hands-On: Create Workspaces

Spotlight: Views Bulk Operations

Hands-On: Building an Administration Page

Create Workflow Actions

Configure the View

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 7. Photo Gallery

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Photo Uploads

Thumbnail Generation

Photo Galleries

Spotlight: ImageField

Configuration

Hands-On: Uploading Photos

Photo Content Type

Image Galleries

Spotlight: ImageCache

Presets and Actions

Crop

Resize

Scale

Scale and crop

Using a Preset

CCK formatters

Manually viewing a preset image

Troubleshooting ImageCache

Check Clean URLs

Check GD library

Hands-On: ImageCache

Create ImageCache Presets

Configure Photo Field Display

Improve Image Quality

Hands-On: Gallery View

Hands-On: Latest Photos Block

Hands-On: Custom Pagers

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 8. Multilingual Sites

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Forum Discussions

Knowledge Base

Translating User Interface Text

Translating User-Generated Content

Spotlight: Core Internationalization Features

Locale

Translations

Interface translation

Language switching

Localized installer

Content Translation

Hands-On: Installing a Translation

Hands-On: Configuring Locale Features

Language Negotiation Settings

Language Switcher

Hands-On: Translatable Content

Spotlight: Localization Client

Hands-On: Translating the Interface

Using the Locale Module

Using the Localization Client

Hands-On: Translating Content

Translation

Spotlight: Internationalization

Content Selection

Strings

Site-Wide Language-Dependent Variables

Module Helpers

Synchronization

Hands-On: Internationalization Features

Content Selection

Site-Wide Variables

Content Types

Taxonomy

Forums

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 9. Event Management

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Event Management

Attendance Tracking

Hands-On: First Steps

Creating an Event Content Type

Access Control

Spotlight: Date Module

Date API Module

Date Timezone

Date Field Types

Date Widgets

Date Settings

Hands-On: Adding Dates

Set Up the Date Module

Add the Date Field

Hands-On: Upcoming Events View

Spotlight: Calendar Module

Calendar View Type

Hands-On: Calendar View

Spotlight: Flag Module

Hands-On: Flag Configuration

Hands-On: Attendee View

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 10. Online Store

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Spotlight: Ubercart Packages

Ubercart—core

Ubercart—core (optional)

Ubercart—extra

Spotlight: Ubercart’s Administration Panel

Hands-On: Setting Up the Store

Initial Setup Tasks

Spotlight: Products, Product Classes, and Attributes

Hands-On: Creating Products

Initial Setup Tasks

Configuring Product Classes

Configuring Product Attributes

Configuring Product Settings

Configuring the Catalog

Spotlight: The Ordering Process

Hands-On: Processing Orders

Shopping Cart

Taxes

Shipping

Payment

Placing a Test Order

Fulfilling an Order

Access Control

Taking It Further

Summary

Chapter 11. Theming Your Site

Spotlight: The Theme System

.info Files

Regions

Features

CSS

JavaScript

Template Files

The template.php File

Hands-On: Creating a Custom Theme

Make a Copy of the Theme

Changing CSS

Spotlight: Template Files

Hands-On: Working with Template Files

Modifying a Template File

Theming Specific Content Types

Overriding a Module’s Template File

Creating a New Region

Spotlight: Advanced Overrides

Template Variables

Theme Functions

Hands-On: Using template.php for Overrides

Overriding a Template Variable

Overriding a Theme Function

Taking It Further

Summary

References

Appendix A. Installing and Upgrading Drupal

Before You Begin Installation

Gathering Requirements

Downloading Drupal

Drupal’s Files and Directories

Installing Drupal

Keeping Drupal Up-to-Date

Version Numbers

Update Status Module

Site Maintenance Mode

The update.php Script

Updating Drupal Core

Updating Contributed Modules

References

Appendix B. Choosing the Right Modules

Finding Modules

Browse Module Listings

Keyword Search

Drupal.org Forums

Case Studies

Planet Drupal

Third-Party Websites

Assessing a Module’s Health

Project Pages

Issue Queues

Code

The People Behind the Code

Maintainer Activity

User Profiles

Getting Involved

Summary

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