Beginning Drupal

Who This Book Is For
This book was written for people who want a robust website and aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
Maybe you’re the leader of a nonprofi t who wants to organize your constituency through a community-driven website. You have a bit of prior experience in creating HTML pages by hand
or with another CMS. You’re now ready to dig in and create your community’s website, and
Drupal is your tool of choice, but you want to be on the fast track.
Perhaps you’re an established developer and possess the skills to create your own custom CMS
or have experience with other software packages. You’re looking for defi nitions and examples on
Drupal’s terminology and structure so that you can take advantage of Drupal’s fast development
cycle that you hear so much about.
To get the most out of this book, you should already possess or have a strong desire to obtain experience in web development with HTML, JavaScript, or PHP. I did not set out to write a book that
guides you step-by-step through building a specifi c website such as one for a restaurant or bakery.
Instead, I set out to write a book that will help you understand how you can use Drupal to take the vision in your head and apply it to the Web. For example, when you understand that you need a
new form of content, fl ip to Chapter 6, "Content," which discusses all aspects of content in depth,
including creating, administering, moderating, and controlling that content.


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