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Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites |
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 Description
A complete guide to every aspect of creating a variety of
different websites using Drupal. A trove of well-considered and practical
information is presented in a logical and intuitive manner so that you can
either build up your site step by step by reading from cover to cover or,
alternatively, focus on your specific needs by diving into each chapter as
required. Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems on the
internet.
Based on PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its
exceptional design mean it is already on the way to becoming the de facto
standard for CMS Websites. Drupal's modular design and structured source code
make it both highly flexible and easily extended and modified. Drupal is
extremely scalable, making it ideal for both a simple personal website as well
as an industrial strength commercial or institutional web presence. Drupal is a
model open source project in that it has a large, friendly community of people
who contribute to the project in various ways. Drupal is not only free and easy
to use, but this community provides on going mutual support. Drupal's power
means choosing an initial pathway can be daunting. The flexibility and power of
its content management features mean the right approach needs to be taken. This
book takes your from intial set up through site design and creation in a series
of carefully structured steps. While there are a few advanced topics that are
beyond the scope of the book, all of the core stages of creating a website using
Drupal are covered in detail.
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