Using Drupal by Byron, Angela -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Using Drupal Foreword Preface

Audience Assumptions This Book Makes A Note About the Modules Used in This Book Contents of This Book Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Downloading the Book’s Source Code Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

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) Entities and Fields Ways of Organizing Content Types of Supporting Content

Getting Help Conclusion

2. Drupal Jumpstart

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Spotlight: Drupal’s Administration Interface Hands-On: Changing Administrative Settings Spotlight: Content Management

Content Comments Navigation Blocks

Hands-On: Content Management

Creating a Basic Page Creating an Article Managing Site Navigation Configuring Blocks

Spotlight: Modules

Module Administration Page Finding and Installing Modules Removing Modules

Hands-On: Working with Modules Spotlight: Access Control

Configuring User Access User Profiles Account Settings Handling Abusive Users

Hands-On: Creating Roles and Users Hands-On: Configuring Permissions Spotlight: Content Moderation Tools

Automated Spam Detection Manual Spam Prevention Tools

Hands-On: Contact Form Spotlight: Themes

Finding a Theme Theme Installation Theme Configuration Blocks and Regions Administration Theme Setting

Hands-On: Branding the Site Summary

3. Job Posting Board

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Custom input forms File uploads Listings

Spotlight: Field and Field UI

Field Types Input Widgets Displays, View Modes, and Formatters Reusing Existing Fields

Hands-On: Job Content Type Spotlight: References Hands-On: Adding a Reference Field Hands-On: Customizing Field Display Hands-On: Job Application Type Spotlight: Views Module

Data Types Displays Pieces of a View

Title Format Fields Filter criteria Sort criteria Contextual filters Relationships Header, footer, and no results behavior

Hands-On: The Views Module

Jobs View Applications View

Create the view and default display Create the Job Tab display Create the Applications block display

Taking It Further Summary

4. Media Management

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Photo Uploads Posting Videos Thumbnail Generation WYSIWYG Editor

Spotlight: Image Styles

Styles and Effects

Crop Desaturate Resize Rotate Scale Scale and crop

Using an Image Style

Field formatters Manually viewing a styled image

Troubleshooting Image Styles

Check Clean URLs Check GD library

Hands-On: Image Styles

Create Image Styles Improve Image Quality

Spotlight: Media

Media Files Media Browser

Hands-On: Music Reviews

Review Content Type Displaying Media Files

Spotlight: Content Editing and Image Handling

Content Editing Integrating Media in Content

Spotlight: Text Formats and Filters Hands-On: Setting Up WYSIWYG

Set Up and Configuration Enabling the Media Filter

Spotlight: Media Internet Sources Hands-On: Posting Videos Taking It Further Summary

5. Product Reviews

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Product information Product ratings Custom searching

Hands-On: Basic Product Reviews

Creating the Product Review Content Type

Spotlight: Amazon Module

What’s Included? Locale Referral Settings Amazon Keys

Hands-On: Adding an Amazon Field

Adding the Product Field

Spotlight: Voting API and Fivestar Hands-On: Adding Ratings

Adding the Product Rating Field Adding the Reader Rating Field

Spotlight: CSS Injector Hands-On: Polishing the Presentation

Setting Field Display Options Configuring CSS Injector

Hands-On: Building a Product List Spotlight: The Search Module

Searching with Views

Hands-On: Make the Product List Searchable Rewriting Views Field Output Taking It Further Summary

6. 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 Submodules Date Field Types Date Form Elements Date Field Settings

Hands-On: Adding Dates

Add the Date Field

Hands-On: Upcoming Events View Spotlight: Calendar Module

Calendar View Type iCal Integration

Hands-On: Calendar View Spotlight: Flag Module

Flag Settings Flag Actions Module

Hands-On: Flag Configuration Hands-On: Attendee View Taking It Further Summary

7. Managing Publishing Workflows

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Content management tools Content access control Editorial workflow

Spotlight: Taxonomy

Vocabularies and Terms Taxonomy Term Links

Hands-On: Categorizing Content Spotlight: Pathauto

Path Aliases Pathauto Patterns

Hands-On: Automating URL Aliases Spotlight: Workbench

My Workbench

Hands-On: Creating Editorial Work Spaces Hands-On: Generating Sample Content Spotlight: Workbench Access

Using Hierarchies to Define Access Control

Workbench Access sections

Assigning Editorial Access to Workbench Access Sections

Hands-On: Workbench Access

Setting Up Access Control with Workbench Access

Spotlight: Workbench Moderation

Editorial Workflow Management with Workbench Moderation

Hands-On: Workbench Moderation Taking It Further Summary

8. Multilingual Sites

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Forum Discussions Knowledge Base Translating User Interface Text Translating User-Generated Content

Spotlight: Interface Translation

Locale

Translations Interface translation Language switching Localized installer

Hands-On: Installing a Translation Hands-On: Configuring Locale Features

Language Detection and Selection Language Switcher

Spotlight: Localization Client Hands-On: Translating the Interface

Using the Locale Module Using the Localization Client

Spotlight: Content Translation Hands-On: Translating Content

Multilingual Content Translation

Spotlight: Internationalization

Multilingual Content Selection Strings Site-Wide Language-Dependent Variables Module Helpers Paths Synchronization

Hands-On: Internationalization Features

Content Selection Site-Wide Variables Content Types Taxonomy

Forums

Menu Translation

Taking It Further Summary

9. Online Store

Case Study

Implementation Notes

Spotlight: Drupal Commerce

Commerce and Commerce UI Cart Checkout Customer and Customer UI Order, Order UI, Line Item, and Line Item UI Payment and Payment UI Product and Product UI Product Reference Price, Product Pricing, and Product Pricing UI Tax and Tax UI Additional Drupal Commerce Add-Ons

Spotlight: Managing Products with Drupal Commerce

Products and Product Types

Hands-On: Products and Product Types

Initial Setup Tasks Configuring Product Types Creating Sample Products

Spotlight: Feeds Module Hands-On: Bulk-Importing Product Data

Creating a Feed Importer for CSV Files Mapping CSV Data to Drupal Commerce Products Importing CSV Product Data

Spotlight: Building the Storefront and Shopping Cart Hands-On: Product Displays Hands-On: Creating a Product Catalog Spotlight: Rules Module Hands-On: Taxes Spotlight: Accepting Credit Card Payments Online Hands-On: PayPal Hands-On: Configuring a Payment Method Hands-On: Processing Orders

Shopping Cart Checkout Process Placing a Test Order Access Control

Taking It Further Summary

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

B. Choosing the Right Modules

Finding Modules

Browse Module Listings Keyword Search Local User Groups Similar Module Review Group 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 References

C. Modules and Themes Used in This Book

Chapter 1, Drupal Overview Chapter 2, Drupal Jumpstart Chapter 3, Job Posting Board Chapter 4, Media Management Chapter 5, Product Reviews Chapter 6, Event Management Chapter 7, Managing Publishing Workflows Chapter 8, Multilingual Sites Chapter 9, Online Store

D. Major Changes Between Drupal 6 and 7

New Features in Drupal 7

New Themes Administration User Interface Fields Image Handling Update Manager Other Nips and Tucks

Changes in Drupal 7

Administration Navigation cron Input Formats

Features Removed from Drupal 7 Under-the-Hood Changes Resources

Index About the Authors Colophon

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