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The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

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  • The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 is the most comprehensive book for getting sites done using the powerful and extensible Drupal content management system.

  • It offers everything you need to know about Drupal in one book.

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxi
  2. Getting Started

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Building a Drupal 7 Site

      • Benjamin Melançon, Dan Hakimzadeh, Dani Nordin
      Pages 3-29
    3. Essential Tools: Drush and Git

      • Dani Nordin, Benjamin Melançon
      Pages 31-46
  3. Site Building Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Building Dynamic Pages Using Views

      • Michelle Lauer, Greg Stout
      Pages 49-86
    3. There’s a Module for That

      • Dani Nordin, Dan Hakimzadeh, Benjamin Melançon
      Pages 87-108
    4. Security in Drupal

      • Stéphane Corlosquet
      Pages 125-136
    5. Updating Drupal

      • Benjamin Melançon
      Pages 137-147
    6. Extending Your Site

      • Dan Hakimzadeh, Benjamin Melançon
      Pages 149-191
  4. Making Your Life Easier

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
    2. Drupal Community: Getting Help and Getting Involved

      • Ben Melançon, Susan Stewart
      Pages 195-202
    3. Planning and Managing a Drupal Project

      • Amye Scavarda
      Pages 203-219
    4. Development Environment

      • Kay Van Valkenburgh
      Pages 227-241
    5. Putting a Site Online and Deploying New Features

      • Benjamin Melançon, Stefan Freudenberg
      Pages 243-261
    6. Developing from a Human Mindset

      • Károly Négyesi
      Pages 263-265
  5. Front-End Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
    2. Theming

      • Jacine Luisi
      Pages 269-310

About this book

The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 is the most comprehensive book for getting sites done using the powerful and extensible Drupal content management system. Written by a panel of expert authors, the book covers every aspect of Drupal, from planning a successful project all the way up to making a living from designing Drupal sites and to contributing to the Drupal community yourself. With this book you will:

  • Follow practical approaches to solving many online communication needs with Drupal with real examples.
  • Learn how to keep learning about Drupal: administration, development, theming, design, and architecture.
  • Go beyond the code to engage with the Drupal community as a contributing member and to do Drupal sustainably as a business.

The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 was written by the following team of expert Drupal authors:

Benjamin Melançon, Jacine Luisi, Károly Négyesi, Greg Anderson, Bojhan Somers, Stéphane Corlosquet, Stefan Freudenberg, Michelle Lauer, Ed Carlevale, Florian Lorétan, Dani Nordin, Ryan Szrama, Susan Stewart, Jake Strawn, Brian Travis, Dan Hakimzadeh, Amye Scavarda, Albert Albala, Allie Micka, Robert Douglass, Robin Monks, Roy Scholten, Peter Wolanin, Kay VanValkenburgh, Greg Stout, Kasey Qynn Dolin, Mike Gifford, Claudina Sarahe, Sam Boyer, and Forest Mars, with contributions from George Cassie, Mike Ryan, Nathaniel Catchpole, and Dmitri Gaskin.

For more information, check out the Drupaleasy podcast #63, in which author Benjamin Melançon discusses The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 in great detail:

http://drupaleasy.com/podcast/2011/08/drupaleasy-podcast-63-epic

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

  • Authors: Benjamin Melançon, Jacine Luisi, Károly Négyesi, Greg Anderson, Bojhan Somers, Stéphane Corlosquet, Stefan Freudenberg, Michelle Lauer, Ed Carlevale, Florian Lorétan, Dani Nordin, Ryan Szrama, Susan Stewart, Jake Strawn, Brian Travis, Dan Hakimzadeh, Amye Scavarda, Albert Albala, Allie Micka, Robert Douglass, Robin Monks, Roy Scholten, Peter Wolanin, Kay Valkenburgh, Greg Stout, Kasey Qynn Dolin, Mike Gifford, Claudina Sarahe, Sam Boyer, Forest Mars, George Cassie, Mike Ryan, Nathaniel Catchpole, Dmitri Gaskin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3136-3

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-3135-6Published: 19 July 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-3136-3Published: 27 December 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXI, 1112

  • Topics: Web Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 44.99
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  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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