Drupal For Dummies, 2nd Edition - Brossura

Beighley, Lynn

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1118083482 ISBN 13: 9781118083482

Casa editrice: For Dummies, 2011

Riassunto

Learn to set up, manage, and administer a Drupal web site

Drupal offers unparalleled flexibility for content-managed web sites, and Drupal 7 is the easiest version to use yet. This new edition teaches you the fast, fun, and easy way to get started with Drupal. Even if you have no Drupal experience, you'll quickly learn how to download and install Drupal, set up your first content-managed site, apply templates, use modules, and more.

Drupal gurus Lynn Beighley and Seamus Bellamy show you how to take advantage of what Drupal has to offer, make the most of the new features in Drupal 7, and demystify perplexing Drupal issues.

• Drupal is a free, open source modular framework and content management system designed for content-managed web sites
• Shows you how to download Drupal; no programming experience required
• Looks at Drupal 7 and explains new features that make it is easier to use than previous iterations of Drupal for a creating a blog, content site, or eBusiness site
• Explains how to organize and create your site's content, apply templates, and get your first site up and running
• Details the ways to use modules and third-party templates

Whether you're looking to implement a flexible content management system, turbocharge a blog with photo galleries, or administer a third-party Drupal site, this book gets you off to a running start!

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Informazioni sull?autore

Lynn Beighley is an author, web designer, and web developer who has written both books and training courses. She is the author of jQuery For Dummies.

Seamus Bellamy, a former tech journalist who has worked in the security intelligence community, is the author of Joomla! For Dummies.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Get your feet wet with Drupal and see how easy it is to build and manage your website

Need to build a website but don't want to drown in technical mumbo-jumbo? This book and Drupal 7 are just what you need. You don't have to know coding; you don't even need to know how to create web pages. Here's how to get and install Drupal, build a basic site, add a blog, manage user activities, even set up a shopping cart. Why not dive right in?

• Getting started &; conquer the challenge of installing Drupal and take advantage of its free, flexible, and customizable features

• Adding pages &; learn the structure and format of a Drupal site and build your first Drupal basic pages

• Managing content &; create and enable polls, blogs, forums, and contact forms, and update your site with a click

• Planning your purpose &; decide whether your site should convey information, share news, sell products, or serve a community

• Using modules &; understand modules and use them to create interactive site elements

• Beefing it up &; pull content and data from other sites, customize colors, and add logos and art

• Playing in the Garden &; see how Drupal Gardens lets you create a site without worrying about web hosting or installing software

Open the book and find:

• Steps for installing Drupal

• Dynamic things that Drupal can do to enhance your site

• Sensible guidelines for user registration

• How Drupal uses nodes

• All about modules

• Tips for creating blogs and forums

• How to keep themes, modules, and Drupal up to date

• Directions for building a storefront

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: For Dummies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1118083482
• ISBN 13: 9781118083482
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 360
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile