Ogunjobi Drupal Web Profiles

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

E-Book, Englisch, 259 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 Professionelle Anwendung Web Graphik & Design, Web-Publishing
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Webprogrammierung

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.