Foundation Drupal 7: Learn how to use the Drupal framework to quickly build feature-rich web sites (Paperback)

Drupal is a content management framework that powers web sites from simple online brochures to more advanced sites including social networking sites, blogs, e-commerce sites, business portals, and more. It is free, open source software that allows anyone to quickly and easily build web sites. Its full range of modules—including user permissions, security mechanisms, JavaScript menus, image uploaders, WYSIWYG editors, and more— helps you easily create the foundation for a powerful web site. With its templating system (and a few tips and tricks), any graphic design file can be used to create a Drupal web site.

Foundation Drupal 7 covers all the topics necessary to quickly build Drupal-powered web sites, explaining in simple terms how Drupal works and providing you with concepts, tips, and code snippets for every step of the development process. From setting up a Drupalready web host and installing Drupal to using the administrative interface and configuring a site from start to finish, there is something here for everyone. In addition to thoroughly discussing all of Drupal’s core modules, this book reviews more than 50 contributed modules, including WYSIWYG HTML editors, JavaScript drop-down menus, web forms, and even the powerful Views module. Stephanie Pakrul, creator and maintainer of the Fusion theme, coauthors a chapter on how to lay out and add graphics to a site through Drupal’s administrative section. After reading this book, you will walk away with everything you need to know to quickly and successfully build a Drupal-powered web site.

Whether you’re an experienced Drupal site builder looking to expand your skills, a web developer or designer interested in learning Drupal, or a weekend hobbyist looking to build your first site, Foundation Drupal 7 will give you the knowledge and inspiration you need to bring your ideas to life.

What you’ll learn

• Significantly decrease the amount of time it takes you to code a feature-rich website.
• Understand how Drupal works and learn best practices to quickly integrate Drupal into every website you design.
• Learn how to configure a server and manage multiple websites and staging environments using popular server administration software (cPanel).
• Learn practical techniques to place Photoshop or Illustrator design files on a Drupal Content Management System.
• Have a reference manual and cookbook at your fingertips for help with CSS,popular Drupal modules, website recipes, code snippets and more.

Who this book is for

The primary audience for this book is web site designers throughout the world interested in using Drupal to build web sites. The audience may have previous experience using Drupal but do not consider themselves proficient. They are familiar with coding a basic HTML/CSS web site, although these skills are not required to benefit from the book.

The secondary audience for this book is freelance Drupal developers who actively use Drupal to build web sites. They are proficient developers interested in reducing development time and learning Drupal best practices.

Drupal是一個內容管理框架，可用於建立從簡單的網路手冊到更複雜的網站，包括社交網絡網站、部落格、電子商務網站、商業門戶等。它是一個免費、開源的軟體，任何人都可以快速且輕鬆地建立網站。它的模組範圍廣泛，包括使用者權限、安全機制、JavaScript選單、圖片上傳工具、所見即所得編輯器等，幫助您輕鬆建立強大的網站基礎。通過其模板系統（以及一些技巧和訣竅），任何圖形設計文件都可以用於創建Drupal網站。

《Foundation Drupal 7》涵蓋了快速建立Drupal網站所需的所有主題，以簡單的方式解釋Drupal的運作原理，並為開發過程的每一步提供概念、技巧和程式碼片段。從設置Drupal-ready網頁主機和安裝Drupal到使用管理介面並從頭到尾配置網站，這裡有適合每個人的內容。除了詳細討論Drupal的所有核心模組外，本書還回顧了50多個貢獻模組，包括所見即所得的HTML編輯器、JavaScript下拉選單、網頁表單，甚至強大的Views模組。Fusion主題的創建者和維護者Stephanie Pakrul與其他作者合作撰寫了一章，介紹如何通過Drupal的管理部分佈局和添加圖形。閱讀本書後，您將掌握快速成功建立Drupal網站所需的一切知識。

無論您是經驗豐富的Drupal網站建立者，希望擴展技能的網頁開發人員或設計師，還是想建立自己第一個網站的周末愛好者，《Foundation Drupal 7》都將為您提供所需的知識和靈感，讓您的想法得以實現。

這本書的學習內容包括：
- 大幅減少編寫功能豐富網站所需的時間。
- 瞭解Drupal的運作方式，並學習將Drupal快速整合到您設計的每個網站中的最佳實踐。
- 學習配置伺服器並使用流行的伺服器管理軟體（如cPanel）管理多個網站和分段環境。
- 學習將Photoshop或Illustrator設計文件放置在Drupal內容管理系統上的實用技巧。
- 擁有一本參考手冊和食譜，以幫助您處理CSS、流行的Drupal模組、網站配方、程式碼片段等。

這本書的主要讀者是全球的網站設計師，他們有興趣使用Drupal建立網站。讀者可能有使用Drupal的經驗，但並不認為自己熟練。他們熟悉編寫基本的HTML/CSS網站，儘管這些技能不是從本書中獲益所必需的。

這本書的次要讀者是自由職業的Drupal開發人員，他們積極使用Drupal建立網站。他們是熟練的開發人員，有興趣減少開發時間並學習Drupal的最佳實踐。