Using Drupal: Choosing and Configuring Modules to Build Dynamic Websites

by Angela Byron, Addison Berry, Bruno De Bondt

Overview

Take advantage of Drupal’s vast collection of community-contributed modules and discover how they make this web framework unique and valuable. With this guide, you’ll learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to develop several community-driven websites— including a job posting board, photo gallery, online store, product review database, and event calendar.

The second edition focuses on Drupal 7, the latest version of this open source system. Each project spans an entire chapter, with step-by-step "recipes" to help you build out the precise functionality the site requires. With this book, developers new to Drupal will gain experience through a hands-on introduction, and experienced Drupal developers will learn real-world best practices.

• Learn Drupal’s concepts and building blocks, and how everything works together
• Hit the ground running—build your first Drupal site hands-on
• Explore solutions that meet each project’s requirements, and discover why specific modules were selected
• Understand the projects through case studies, including the client’s needs and desires
• Learn how to configure modules with a bird’s-eye view of how they work
• Discover new modules, including Drupal Commerce, Media, and Workbench

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449390525
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Angela Byron is an open source evangelist, and has been called a Drupal freak by those in the know. She got her start as a Google Summer of Code student in 2005 and since then, she has immersed herself in the Drupal community. Her work includes coding and reviewing patches, creating and contributing to modules and themes, testing and quality assurance efforts within the project, improving documentation, and providing user support on forums and IRC. Angela is on the Board of Directors for the Drupal Association, and helps drive community growth by leading initiatives to help get new contributors involved. She is a sought-after lecturer on many themes, especially the topic of women in Open Source.

Addison Berry is deeply involved with Drupal and takes part in many aspects of both the software and the community. She contributes patches to core Drupal, maintains several contributed modules, and is active in various mentoring programs such as the Drupal Dojo group and Google's Highly Open Participation (GHOP) program. Addison helps maintain the drupal.org website, and is a permanent member of the Drupal Association General Assembly. Her work focuses on improving Drupal documentation and she has worked to provide a wide range of tutorials covering all aspects of Drupal from community involvement to code.

Bruno De Bondt has been theming and developing with Drupal since 2005, specializing in independent media sites. After stumbling upon Drupal while looking for an open source CMS to build a major Belgian citizen journalism website, he was captivated with its flexibility and the project's community. His contributions to Drupal include documentation and usability testing, with a focus on multimedia, and modules that improve editorial workflows.

Table of Contents

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; Chapter 1: Drupal Overview; 1.1 What Is Drupal?; 1.2 A Brief History of Content Management; 1.3 How Does Drupal Work?; 1.4 Getting Help; 1.5 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Drupal Jumpstart; 2.1 Case Study; 2.2 Spotlight: Drupal’s Administration Interface; 2.3 Hands-On: Changing Administrative Settings; 2.4 Spotlight: Content Management; 2.5 Hands-On: Content Management; 2.6 Spotlight: Modules; 2.7 Hands-On: Working with Modules; 2.8 Spotlight: Access Control; 2.9 Hands-On: Creating Roles and Users; 2.10 Hands-On: Configuring Permissions; 2.11 Spotlight: Content Moderation Tools; 2.12 Hands-On: Contact Form; 2.13 Spotlight: Themes; 2.14 Hands-On: Branding the Site; 2.15 Summary; Chapter 3: Job Posting Board; 3.1 Case Study; 3.2 Spotlight: Field and Field UI; 3.3 Hands-On: Job Content Type; 3.4 Spotlight: References; 3.5 Hands-On: Adding a Reference Field; 3.6 Hands-On: Customizing Field Display; 3.7 Hands-On: Job Application Type; 3.8 Spotlight: Views Module; 3.9 Hands-On: The Views Module; 3.10 Taking It Further; 3.11 Summary; Chapter 4: Media Management; 4.1 Case Study; 4.2 Spotlight: Image Styles; 4.3 Hands-On: Image Styles; 4.4 Spotlight: Media; 4.5 Hands-On: Music Reviews; 4.6 Spotlight: Content Editing and Image Handling; 4.7 Spotlight: Text Formats and Filters; 4.8 Hands-On: Setting Up WYSIWYG; 4.9 Spotlight: Media Internet Sources; 4.10 Hands-On: Posting Videos; 4.11 Taking It Further; 4.12 Summary; Chapter 5: Product Reviews; 5.1 Case Study; 5.2 Hands-On: Basic Product Reviews; 5.3 Spotlight: Amazon Module; 5.4 Hands-On: Adding an Amazon Field; 5.5 Spotlight: Voting API and Fivestar; 5.6 Hands-On: Adding Ratings; 5.7 Spotlight: CSS Injector; 5.8 Hands-On: Polishing the Presentation; 5.9 Hands-On: Building a Product List; 5.10 Spotlight: The Search Module; 5.11 Hands-On: Make the Product List Searchable; 5.12 Rewriting Views Field Output; 5.13 Taking It Further; 5.14 Summary; Chapter 6: Event Management; 6.1 Case Study; 6.2 Hands-On: First Steps; 6.3 Spotlight: Date Module; 6.4 Hands-On: Adding Dates; 6.5 Hands-On: Upcoming Events View; 6.6 Spotlight: Calendar Module; 6.7 Hands-On: Calendar View; 6.8 Spotlight: Flag Module; 6.9 Hands-On: Flag Configuration; 6.10 Hands-On: Attendee View; 6.11 Taking It Further; 6.12 Summary; Chapter 7: Managing Publishing Workflows; 7.1 Case Study; 7.2 Spotlight: Taxonomy; 7.3 Hands-On: Categorizing Content; 7.4 Spotlight: Pathauto; 7.5 Hands-On: Automating URL Aliases; 7.6 Spotlight: Workbench; 7.7 Hands-On: Creating Editorial Work Spaces; 7.8 Hands-On: Generating Sample Content; 7.9 Spotlight: Workbench Access; 7.10 Hands-On: Workbench Access; 7.11 Spotlight: Workbench Moderation; 7.12 Hands-On: Workbench Moderation; 7.13 Taking It Further; 7.14 Summary; Chapter 8: Multilingual Sites; 8.1 Case Study; 8.2 Spotlight: Interface Translation; 8.3 Hands-On: Installing a Translation; 8.4 Hands-On: Configuring Locale Features; 8.5 Spotlight: Localization Client; 8.6 Hands-On: Translating the Interface; 8.7 Spotlight: Content Translation; 8.8 Hands-On: Translating Content; 8.9 Spotlight: Internationalization; 8.10 Hands-On: Internationalization Features; 8.11 Taking It Further; 8.12 Summary; Chapter 9: Online Store; 9.1 Case Study; 9.2 Spotlight: Drupal Commerce; 9.3 Spotlight: Managing Products with Drupal Commerce; 9.4 Hands-On: Products and Product Types; 9.5 Spotlight: Feeds Module; 9.6 Hands-On: Bulk-Importing Product Data; 9.7 Spotlight: Building the Storefront and Shopping Cart; 9.8 Hands-On: Product Displays; 9.9 Hands-On: Creating a Product Catalog; 9.10 Spotlight: Rules Module; 9.11 Hands-On: Taxes; 9.12 Spotlight: Accepting Credit Card Payments Online; 9.13 Hands-On: PayPal; 9.14 Hands-On: Configuring a Payment Method; 9.15 Hands-On: Processing Orders; 9.16 Taking It Further; 9.17 Summary; Installing and Upgrading Drupal; Before You Begin Installation; Installing Drupal; Keeping Drupal Up-to-Date; Updating Drupal Core; Updating Contributed Modules; References; Choosing the Right Modules; Finding Modules; Assessing a Module’s Health; The People Behind the Code; Getting Involved; Summary; References; Modules and Themes Used in This Book; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Major Changes Between Drupal 6 and 7; New Features in Drupal 7; Changes in Drupal 7; Features Removed from Drupal 7; Under-the-Hood Changes; Resources; Colophon;