Using Drupal

Choosing and Configuring Modules to Build Dynamic Websites

By Jeff Robbins, Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Jeff Eaton, Nate Haug, James Walker
December 2008
Pages: 492
ISBN 10: 0-596-51580-4 | ISBN 13: 9780596515805
(4) (Average of 2 Customer Reviews)

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With the recipes in this book, you can take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. You'll get the information you need about how to combine modules in interesting ways (with a minimum of code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites -- including a wiki, publishing workflow site, photo gallery, product review site, online store, user group site, and more.
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With the recipes in this book, you can take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. You'll get the information you need about how to combine modules in interesting ways (with a minimum of code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites. Each chapter describes a case study and outlines specific requirements for one of several projects included in the book -- a wiki, publishing workflow site, photo gallery, product review site, online store, user group site, and more. With Using Drupal, you will:

Get an overview of Drupal concepts and key modules introduced in each chapter, with a bird's-eye view of each module's specialty and how it works
Explore various solutions within Drupal that meet the requirements for the project, with details about which modules are selected and why
Learn how to configure modules, with step-by-step recipes for building the precise functionality the project requires
Get information on additional modules that will make the project even more powerful
Be able to access the modules used in the chapter, along with other resources

Newcomers will find a thorough introduction to the framework, while experienced Drupal developers will learn best practices for building powerful websites. With Using Drupal, you'll find concrete and creative solutions for developing the exact community website you have in mind.

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A must-have for Drupal users!, March 14 2009

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I had Drupal installed for a few weeks before buying this book, and even going through online tutorials and the Drupal forum, I had a tough time "getting it".

After reading Chapters 1 and 2, learning the very basics, it started making sense.

I jumped to Chapter 10 and successfully got Ubercart installed and setup. Could NOT have done this at all without this book.

Now I'm back to Chapter 3, learning CCK and Views, and wow, that is SUPER COOL. Next I'll be at Chapter 7 learning the photo gallery.

Those chapters alone are enough for me, but I'll probably go through the others later.

I will say that the "Using Drupal" forum seems a bit dead, I've posted a few things there and gotten no replies. I figured with six book authors at least one of them or other users would be hanging out in the forum some.

Good book... a piece missing, January 26 2009

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Submitted by Fabio Alessandro Locati [Respond | View]

This is a very good book... the only piece that is missing is about how to create a forum. There are a lot of ways and I thought that O'Reilly, at least, have spoken about one... it hasn't. Well, is still a good book, and great if you don't need a forum ;)

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"Using Drupal is a detailed and information-packed guide to the most promising contributed modules, and how they can be best employed for creating common types of Web sites. Drupal developers should find this a valuable part of their technical library, especially when they begin creating one of those types of Web sites for the first time. "
-- Michael J. Ross, Web Developer, Slashdot.org

"...a nice gift for the geeks in your family."
-- John R. Clark, TCM Reviews

"This book lived up to my expectations. Using Drupal is easily the best book I have read so far for helping a person who knows nothing about the content management system (but who has a base familiarity with web hosting) figure out how the software works, how to add and configure features, and how to make powerful and useful web sites."
-- Matthew Helmke, MatthewHelmke.net

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"...a detailed and information-packed guide to the most promising contributed modules, and how they can be best employed for creating common types of Web sites."
--Michael J. Ross, Web Developer, Slashdot.org