Drupal For Dummies by Lynn Beighley (PDF)

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Learn to set up, manage, and administer a Drupal Web siteDrupal offers unparalleled flexibility for content-managed Web sites, but most Drupal books are written for expert developers. Drupal For Dummies shows you the fast, fun and easy way to get going with Drupal, set up a site, apply templates, use modules, and more, even if you have no programming experience.Drupal For Dummies shows you how to take advantage of everything in Drupal that is ready to use, demystifying what may appear to be a complex set of tools.Drupal is a free, open source modular framework and content management system designed for content-managed Web sitesLearn how to download Drupal, install the LAMP stack, and set up a site; no programming experience requiredOrganize and create your site’s content; apply templates, and get your first site up and runningUse modules and third-party templatesFollow plain-English instructions for site management, including making changes across the site and managing user access and privilegesDrupal For Dummies is designed to help the non-programmer who simply wants to turbocharge a blog or is responsible for administering a content-managed site.

User’s Reviews

Opiniones editoriales From the Back Cover Drop in and check out Drupal, the free, flexible framework for building and managing Web sitesEven if you’ve never built a Web site and the only thing you’ve programmed is your DVR, you really can set up a site with Drupal. This book shows you how to find and install the right version of Drupal, how to plan your site, and how to manage it. You can even beef it up with data from other sites, a storefront, an image gallery, and much more!Start here — find the free software and get simple solutions on things like setting up a database and installing Drupal on a Web hostWho’s in charge — manage an administrator account, establish rules, and control site usersWhat’s on your site — create, manage, and edit your content, and decide whether to allow commentsWhere’s your region? — work with themes and regions and manage menusOpen forum — create a site with a blog and forum and set up appropriate securityStay current — keep Drupal up to date, monitor activity on your site, and locate new modules and themes to useCover your bases — maintain your database, back it up, and know how to restore itMove up — see how Drupal can build a robust site that interacts with other sites and how to set up an online storeOpen the book and find:What Drupal is and what it’s notTools you need to install DrupalHow to decide on rules and settings for your siteTips for telling your story quicklyAdvice on choosing, changing, and configuring themesAll about modulesHow to use reportsSecrets of good site security About the Author Lynn Beighley is a Web designer, Web developer, and the author of several books and training courses. She creates Web applications of every imaginable type and has used Drupal for several years, valuing its capacity for quickly publishing robust, manageable, multi-user sites.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Drupal for Dummies is an excellent introduction to Drupal. Ms. Beighley’s writing style is refreshingly clear and concise. This is the third book on Drupal that I have read in the past few weeks, and I wish it had been my first. While I cannot judge this book from the perspective of someone with no previous exposure to Drupal, I did find it to be well-written and an excellent review of material I have read elsewhere. I was pleased that the author includes instructions on backing up a Drupal website, as this information was lacking in the first Drupal book I read. (See my review of

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⭐)I have installed Drupal on my desktop computer using first BitNami, and then WAMP, and ran into complications that sent me to the Drupal forums for solutions. At one point in reading Drupal for Dummies, I thought the book to be perhaps a little too optimistic, but then Ms. Beighley did point out that the reader may need to seek help elsewhere to overcome difficulties with installing Drupal. For a localhost installation, the author recommends XAMPP. I wonder if I could have avoided problems if I had tried XAMPP first.I should disclose that I did not do the hands-on exercises in the book. I read Drupal for Dummies after working through several chapters of

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⭐so I didn’t feel the need to repeat procedures that I had already done. I did, however, read all of the exercises in Drupal for Dummies and found them to be very well presented.A book cannot be both concise (and cheap) and comprehensive. Drupal for Dummies is concise. If you decide that you are serious about pursuing web development with Drupal, Drupal for Dummies will not be the only Drupal book you will buy, but it is an excellent introduction and a real bargain.

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⭐As Drupal newbies, we needed a place to start that would be as painless as possible. Let’s face it, as a mature, open source CMS solution it’s very deep. As tech professionals we have a lot of familiarity with Adobe web dev products but zero with Drupal, until now.We wanted to explore Drupal because it is so mature, scalable and, well, amazingly cool. This book is a great starting place for everyone. It’s an easy read and we read it cover to cover first before installing and developing a Drupal e-commerce website. The authors are completely up front about how deep Drupal is and that their book barely scratches the surface. Even so…Drupal for Dummies is the recipe book to get started SUCCESSFULLY and actually build a functioning Drupal 7.xx website. Along with all of the steps in this book, the authors point the user to extraordinarily useful resources on the web. These include the complete and correct installation of everything needed to run and develop with Drupal, find snap in modules and well-developed themes, use Drupal specific web hosting providers or how to upload a Drupal website to the web hosting company of your choice, among hundreds of others correct and useful Drupal tips.We followed the book and used Acquia DAMP to install without a hitch. Read the book and you’ll understand how installation is the hardest part of Drupal; these authors know their stuff. After following this book, we are now confident enough to explore as much of Drupal as possible. Oh, yah, the nifty tips on how to preserve databases or experiment with themes before you blow up Drupal are worth their weight in gold.Yah, ok, the great tips are basic. But, the height of the pinnacle is dependent on the width of the base. Gotta learn to walk before you run. These ‘basic’ tips include things like terminology (Drupal has its own),theme customization, building blocks, user management, building a storefront and more.Once anyone works through this book and sits in front of a completed Drupal website, it’s time to go out into the big world wide web and explore Drupal to its fullest. Join the Drupal communities and contribute to this amazing open source content management system. Admittedly, we won’t be upgrading to Adobe’s cloud and endless fee solution after this experience. Drupal for Dummies and Drupal totally rock!Thank you Lynn & Seamus for putting together this book.

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⭐I had heard that Drupal has a steep learning curve but this book made it easy as pie to get up and running with Drupal. I was a raw newbie to Drupal when I opened up this book. By the time I had finished it, I had created a fully functioning and elegant storefront, a blog, a forum, and an image gallery. I had added RSS feeds, social media feeds, contact forms, and many other very cool items to my various Drupal installations that I set up while I was reading this book. Drupal is open source so all of this stuff is free. Before I had even finished this amazing clear book, I was using a Drupal module called Spread that enabled readers of one of my promotional eBooks to forward links to a download of the eBook to their friends through email with just two clicks. Maybe the eBook will go viral because of that great little Drupal module! What makes this Drupal book stand out is its crystal clarity and the many useful project the author Lynn Beighley puts the reader through. If you want to start from scratch and get up and running with Drupal as fast as possible, you’re looking at the book that will get you there! This book is EZ!

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⭐First off, I have never really been a fan of the whole “for dummies” franchise. I sort of felt insulted having to read one…This book is the first of several I bought in order to learn Drupal and since I knew nothing about it, I believed the reviews others had given. I am glad I listened to those reviews, because this book literally walks you through the installation and then on through setup and into design. None of the other books spent any time on the installation, but this book provides plenty of details and a walk-through. After that, it uses some good examples to introduce the reader to as many parts of the CMS as possible without going into too much detail. For what it is, this book is a good entry level guide to Drupal and will familiarize you with the terms, setup, and layout as well as get you started with some basic theming.

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⭐This book was a disappointment for me.Big parts are dedicated to incredibly basic things, like downloading and installing Drupal, a task that most hosting firms now offer a perfectly reliable one step installer for. For some reason the authors then completely skip or gloss over absolutely crucial parts (I wasn’t able to find anything on how you can create a custom homepage, meaning all my pages look the same). If you want to use Drupal to create a blog, this book may be right for you but if you want to create anything a bit more complicated (e.g. a website to market a second home), then you may want to consider looking elsewhere. I wouldn’t buy it again and got further through Google searches and looking on forums than using this book. Maybe I expected too much.

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⭐In short, I don’t know why I ever got this along with Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours and The Definitive Guide To Drupal 7…. Save your money and get SAMS before anything else. I just kinda bundled them all in and pressed PAY.The fact is… that Drupal is a highly complicated beast (I can say this as I work daily on WordPress,Joomla and Drupal – – and Drupal is complicated)… So, start with SAMs… if that is too much… switch content management systems…I am a massive fan of the Dummies range… but this books is such a ‘skim over the surface’ that it is mildly useless for a complex product such as Drupal.Sorry!

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⭐I was fairly new to Drupal (able to upload stories and adding photos, if that) and needed a crash course urgently as I was in charge of redesigning our website at work. I learnt a lot from this book and understood the basic principles and features of Drupal. I’ve also had my confidence increased as a result although I’m still not good at coding (which, to be honest, you really need to have to be able to adapt any drupal theme and module to your own taste and needs). However, I still use the book for reference as I carry on tweaking our website. Given the scores of online information out these about drupal, a beginner needs that foundational understanding of the system to be able to move on gradually into more detailed knowledge. Quite chaffed about it.

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⭐With regards to CMS (Content Management System) there are plenty around. I decided on Drupal as I believe it’s serves my purpose (start off with a simple site but with the ability to later on make it even more e-commerce orientated). Following the book guides I found it easy to setup and the learning curve isn’t tough as it’s made out to be (well i’m only on chapter 5 of 15 at present) :)This book is easy to follow and is guiding me step by step. Will recommend it.

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⭐Although only half way through this book it was just what I needed, being a novice, as a starter into Drupal.I like worked examples that I can follow on my computer and the book is as ‘hands on’ as one chooses, but my advice is to try everything.I am looking forward to the chapter ‘Building a storefront’ as I have an interest in that.

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