Ogunjobi Drupal Web Profiles

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4665-0382-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten

Demystifying one of the most popular content management systems in use today, Drupal Web Profiles offers a complete introduction to the installation, configuration, and administration of Drupal versions 6 and 7. Filled with worked examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on projects, it provides readers with the tools to develop effective business web solutions using Drupal.

The book supplies easy-to-follow instruction on the primary aspects of the Drupal framework—from basic installation, configuration, and administration to creating new functionality with custom modules and themes. Defining key Drupal terminology in a way that users and developers can easily understand, this project-based guide explains how to:

- Create an installation environment for Drupal as well as how to carry out the actual installation

- Build web applications using Drupal builds and profiles

- Add new content to a Drupal site and describe, classify, and organize content using the Taxonomy module

- Optimize Drupal performance with automatic throttling, bandwidth optimization, and page caching

- Customize Drupal themes and create, install, and debug modules

The first five chapters describe how to install, configure, and administer a basic site using Drupal version 6 or 7. The next five chapters introduce Drupal profiles and explain how to get them set up and running. Supplying in-depth treatment of web analytics, including Google analytics, parsing Web logs, and node tagging, the book arms you with time-tested advice on how to monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance of your Drupal installation.

Zielgruppe

IT staff, developers, consultants, and users with average web design experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ogunjobi, Timi

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Webprogrammierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Web Graphik & Design, Web-Publishing

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Drupal

What is Drupal?

Who is using Drupal?

How is Drupal different from other content management systems?

How much do you need to know to use Drupal?

What do you need to run Drupal?

What version of Drupal should you use? Drupal 6.x or Drupal 7.x 5 What is new in Drupal 7.x 6 What version of Drupal is used in this book?

The architecture of Drupal Basic concept and features Node How nodes work Database Tables Taxonomy Module User, Permission, Role Comment Path Theme Regions and blocks Menu Menus and blocks Themes and modules Content types

Installing Drupal Obtaining Drupal installation scripts Installing Drupal on a local computer Installing Drupal 6.x on localhost using WampServer Installing Drupal 7.x on localhost Installing Drupal on a remote live server
Learning Drupal

Summary

Adding, Classifying and Viewing Content

Adding your first posts Add, post and link a menu

Viewing and editing a node

Drupal taxonomy Drupal taxonomy functions Planning taxonomies General principles that apply to the Drupal taxonomy module Guidelines for taxonomy design

Moving a static site to Drupal Moving to Drupal Enable clean URLs within Drupal The Pathauto module How to install and select new modules The WYSIWYG module Set up taxonomy/terms to reflect the existing folder structure How to install and select a theme Setting up a menu Copying text from browser Copying raw formatted html Path to images and other web assets

Summary
Administering Drupal

Administration overview The administrative toolbar The Shortcut Bar

Basic site administration Status reports Site information Site appearance Contextual links The Administrative overlay

Content management Managing nodes Managing comments Managing URL paths Automatically generating URL path aliases with Pathauto

User management Registration and login Open ID

Backing up and restoring a Drupal Site Backing up a Drupal site using a GUI Backing up a Drupal site using the command line Backing up a Drupal database using the command line Restoring a database backup using command line

Migrating a Drupal site (server to server) Steps in migrating a Drupal site Restoring a site

Performance and security Performance User interaction Security

Summary

Creating Drupal Themes

How a theme works Theme Engines Theme hooks

Planning a theme The.info file The.tpl.php template files The template.php file Sub-themes Others

Building the theme Creating the directory structure Building the info file Building the page.tpl.php file Building other template files Menus and theme settings Creating new theme regions Content to regions The header wrapper The style.css file Adding a screenshot

Summary
Creating Drupal Modules

How modules function Components of a module The.info file The.module file General coding standards for modules Comments How the hook functions
Planning the module Naming the module Create a folder

Creating the.info file

Creating the.module file Implementing the help hook

Other module files .install files .inc file

Testing and troubleshooting Enable the module Troubleshooting

Resources for module development

Summary

Building a Community Site with Drupal Commons

Acquia Drupal Commons Corporate community sites The benefits of Commons Drupal Commons support

Installation

Features

Optional features

Themes
The installed site
Configuration Changing the header graphic Changing the home page introductory block Adding a page to the website outside of a group Changing order in the navigation menu

Administration Subgroups Activity streams Creating a status message Sending messages to other users Posting messages to a group

Building Administrative Skills

Summary
Building a Conference Site with COD

Acquia COD COD Benefits

Installing COD Obtaining COD

Preliminary configuration Changing the header graphic Changing themes Creating roles and permissions Cart Settings

Features COD Features
Content management Creating an event Sponsor setup Creating a room Create session Creating the schedule Create product

Administering COD Creating conference attendees Creating a community for attendees Administering schedules

Conference management Session collection Voting on sessions Your Schedule display Checking in attendees

Building COD Skills Other online resources
Summary
Creating a News Publishing Site with OpenPublish
Acquia OpenPublish Benefits

Installation Obtaining your download Completing the installation

Configuration Accessing administration page Changing the site logo Features

Content Management Taxonomy Create content Adding files Adding images Adding multimedia Editing Content
Other Features CKEditor Calais Related terms More Like This Topic Hub

Improving OpenPublish skills
Summary

Creating an Intranet with Open Atrium

Open Atrium
Installation Obtaining your download Completing the installation

Configuration Accessing administration page Changing the site logo Features

Creating a new admin user

Creating groups

Creating users

Creating content Adding new content type Adding a blog entry Adding a book Add Event Add case

Working with the dashboard Section (1) Layout selection Section (2) Category selection Section (3) – available blocks Available blocks

Developing Skills

Summary

Creating a Learning Management System with ELMS

ELMS Benefits

Installation Possible installation problems Page Not found

Configuration Accessing administration page Terminology Roles Changing the site logo Features Content management Adding content

Improving ELMS Skills

Summary

Monitoring, Optimizing and Analyzing a Drupal Site

Monitoring Logging and errors Reports Security Security modules

Optimizing Caching Bandwidth optimization Performance Tips Performance resource modules

Analyzing Google Analytics Yahoo! Web Analytics Piwik Web analytics Summary

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Timi Ogunjobi is a software developer, technical author, and open source evangelist. Timi has been developing web applications using a variety of frameworks for nearly a decade and has written on a broad range of topics for more than twenty years.
Mr. Ogunjobi balances his time between programming, reviewing, writing, and contributing to interesting community projects especially those relating to wildlife conservation. When he isn’t working, he enjoys playing jazz guitar and getting involved in outdoor activities—principally cricket, golf and swimming.
Mr. Ogunjobi is the Chief Executive Officer of Xceedia Limited (www.xceedia.co.uk), a software development and training company. Timi has written two other books on Drupal that are currently in print (Drupal 6 Site Blueprints and Drupal 6 Site Blueprints: Lite). He has also published several fiction and non-fiction books, and has been featured in several anthologies. One of his fiction books has been nominated for the Commonwealth Book Prize.