Drupal 7 first look : learn the new features of Drupal 7, how they work and how they will impact you / Mark Noble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noble, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drupal (Computer file).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This hands-on guide takes a look at the main functional areas of Drupal that have significant new features. It explains these new features and how to use them, drawing attention to significant differences from how things used to behave, and giving the rea

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What's New In Drupal 7?; Goals of Drupal 7; Key new features in Drupal 7; Improved installation; New administration toolbar and overlay administration; Improved interface for creating content; Improved interface for creating new content types; New Field API; Additional support for files and images; Improved filter system; Added context information to messages during translation; Built-in automated cron functionality; Improved security; Added a new plugin manager

Added the Seven theme for administrationAdded the jQuery UI to core; Allows additional preprocessing of themed information; Added the New Stark theme; Rewritten database layer (DBTNG); Improved node access system; Added the Queue API for long-running tasks; Added a new test framework; RDF capabilities; Unmet goals; Key changes to Drupal 7; Removed functionality; Contributed modules; Minimum requirements for Drupal 7; Summary; Chapter 2: Installation and Upgrades; Installing Drupal 7; Obtaining Drupal; Selecting an installation profile; Minimal profile; Standard profile; Language selection

Requirements checkDatabase configuration; Configure site; New home page; Command-line installation; Upgrading from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7; Creating custom installation profiles; Components of an installation profile; The .info file; The .profile file; The .install file; Summary; Chapter 3: Site Building with Drupal 7; Creating content; Selecting a content type to create; Content UI; Creating node summaries; Formatting text; Additional node properties; Creating new content types with custom fields; Creating a custom content type; Additional content type properties; Field API; Boolean fields

Numeric fields (Decimal, Float, and Integer)File fields; Term Reference fields; Text fields; Field display; Taxonomy changes; Image styles; Comment changes; Removed functionality; Summary; Chapter 4: Drupal 7 Administration; New administration interface; Administration toolbar; Dashboard; Overlay window; Appearance section; Installing and updating themes and modules; People section; Modules section; Configuration section; Configuring settings; Shortcuts; Edit Anywhere; Configuring Date and Time display; User management; Account settings; User fields; Password strength meter

Login rate limitationsSearch; Changes to the cron system; Protection from unauthorized access; Reports; Field list report; Summary; Chapter 5: Drupal 7 for Themers; Template changes; Everything there is to know about .info files; html.tpl.php; Rendering the entire page with page.tpl.php; Theming individual regions with region.tpl.php; Theming individual nodes with node.tpl.php; template.php; Other changes; New JavaScript functionality; jQuery tools; AJAX framework from CTools; Including other JavaScript libraries; CSS changes; System classes; Classes array; Hiding information

Theme API changes

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612905575

9781282905573

1282905570

9781849511230

1849511233

OCLC:

797915374