Whether you want to build a simple blog or a complete and interactive community publishing website, this essential hands-on guide helps you do it with Drupal-the popular open source web framework and content management system. By drawing on the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make this framework unique, recipes in Using Drupal show how to combine modules in interesting ways (with a minimum of code-wrangling) to develop projects such as a wiki, publishing workflow site, photo gallery, product review site, online store, user group site, and more. Each chapter:
* Describes a case study and outlines specific requirements for the featured project
* Highlights the Drupal concepts and key modules that the chapter introduces, with a bird's-eye view of each module's specialty and how it works
* Discusses various solutions within Drupal that meet your requirements for the project, with details about which modules are selected and why
* Demonstrates how to configure modules, with step-by-step recipes for building the precise functionality you require
* Suggests additional modules that will make your project even more powerful
* Provides links to the modules used in the chapter, along with other resources
Newcomers 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.
