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<b>Introduction 1</b> <p><b>Part I: Getting Started with Drupal 7</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: The Big Picture 9</p> <p>Chapter 2: Getting and Installing Drupal 21</p> <p>Chapter 3: Essential Administration 47</p> <p>Chapter 4: Tackling User Management 61</p> <p><b>Part II: Your First Drupal Site 81</b></p> <p>Chapter 5: Creating Content: Basic Pages and Articles 83</p> <p>Chapter 6: Managing Your Content 99</p> <p>Chapter 7: Changing Themes 117</p> <p>Chapter 8: Building Blocks and Managing Menus 125</p> <p>Chapter 9: Using Modules to Create a Site with a Blog and Forum 147</p> <p><b>Part III: Bending Drupal to Your Will 173</b></p> <p>Chapter 10: Advanced Administration 175</p> <p>Chapter 11: Customizing Themes 199</p> <p><b>Part IV: Taking Drupal to the Next Level 217</b></p> <p>Chapter 12: Creating a Robust Website 219</p> <p>Chapter 13: Using Drupal Gardens 239</p> <p>Chapter 14: Interacting with Other Sites 259</p> <p>Chapter 15: Building a Storefront 275</p> <p><b>Part V: The Part of Tens 299</b></p> <p>Chapter 16: Ten Must-Have Drupal Modules and Themes 301</p> <p>Chapter 17: Ten Places to Help You Do More with Drupal 313</p> <p><b>Index 321</b></p>

<b>Lynn Beighley</b> is an author, web designer, and web developer who has written both books and training courses. She is the author of <i>jQuery For Dummies</i>. <p><b>Seamus Bellamy</b>, a former tech journalist who has worked in the security intelligence community, is the author of <i>Joomla! For Dummies</i>.</p>

<b>Get your feet wet with Drupal and see how easy it is to build and manage your website</b> <p>Need to build a website but don't want to drown in technical mumbo-jumbo? This book and Drupal 7 are just what you need. You don't have to know coding; you don't even need to know how to create web pages. Here's how to get and install Drupal, build a basic site, add a blog, manage user activities, even set up a shopping cart. Why not dive right in?</p> <ul> <li> <p>Getting started — conquer the challenge of installing Drupal and take advantage of its free, flexible, and customizable features</p> </li> <li> <p>Adding pages — learn the structure and format of a Drupal site and build your first Drupal basic pages</p> </li> <li> <p>Managing content — create and enable polls, blogs, forums, and contact forms, and update your site with a click</p> </li> <li> <p>Planning your purpose — decide whether your site should convey information, share news, sell products, or serve a community</p> </li> <li> <p>Using modules — understand modules and use them to create interactive site elements</p> </li> <li> <p>Beefing it up — pull content and data from other sites, customize colors, and add logos and art</p> </li> <li> <p>Playing in the Garden — see how Drupal Gardens lets you create a site without worrying about web hosting or installing software</p> </li> </ul> <p><b>Open the book and find:</b></p> <ul> <li> <p>Steps for installing Drupal</p> </li> <li> <p>Dynamic things that Drupal can do to enhance your site</p> </li> <li> <p>Sensible guidelines for user registration</p> </li> <li> <p>How Drupal uses nodes</p> </li> <li> <p>All about modules</p> </li> <li> <p>Tips for creating blogs and forums</p> </li> <li> <p>How to keep themes, modules, and Drupal up to date</p> </li> <li> <p>Directions for building a storefront</p> </li> </ul>

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