Drupal 6 content administration : maintain, add, and edit the content of your Drupal site with ease / J. Ayen Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, J. Ayen.

Series:

From technologies to solutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drupal (Computer file).

Open source software.

Web site development.

Web sites--Design.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : PACKT Publishing, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Green J. Ayen: J. Ayen Green is a software architect, developer, author, poet, and rascal. He is the author of titles including Drupal 7 Views Cookbook, Drupal 6 Content Administration, and Drupal 6 Attachment Views. Green enjoys nature, critters, photography, the arts, experiencing other cultures, riding horses, and discovering new ales. He and his wife, Sofia-Aileen, make their home in Atlanta when they're not traveling. Buytaert Dries: Dries Buytaert is the founder of Drupal and Acquia. He's been working on Open Source and on Open Web for 20+ years. He's also a blogger, photographer, traveler, investor, husband, and father of two wonderful kids.

Summary:

Maintain, add to, and edit content of your Drupal site with ease

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Grand Tour; What will I learn?; What is Drupal?; What is a Content Management System?; Who is the target reader?; What will I do in the chapters?; A guided tour of Drupal; The Drupal front end; The Drupal back end; Create content; Content management; User management; Reports; Site building; Site configuration; Summary; Chapter 2: Content Creation; What you will learn; What you will do; Understanding content in Drupal; What is content?; Node Content types-the Story; Activity 2.1: Creating a Story; Activity 2.2: Editing Node Content

Content creation form fieldsNode Content types-Page; Activity 2.3: Creating a Drupal Page with a Rich Text Editor; Permissions in Drupal; Summary; Chapter 3: Content Seasoning; What you will learn; What you will do; Understanding Teasers; Activity 3.1: Creating a Teaser; Activity 3.2: Creating an external text link; The anatomy of a link; Using images in content; Activity 3.3: Working with images in content; Activity 3.3a: Uploading and embedding an image; Inserting an image if you don't have an editor; Activity 3.3b: Creating an image link; Embedding audio in Node Content

Activity 3.4: Adding audio contentLinking to downloadable content; Activity 3.5: Providing a link to downloadable content; Embedding video in Node Content; Activity 3.6: Adding video content; Summary; Chapter 4: Advanced Content Editing; What you will learn; What you will do; Enhancing layouts with HTML and CSS; HTML and tables; CSS in Drupal; Activity 4.1: Adding a CSS file to a theme; Activity 4.2: Creating a CSS file; Activity 4.3: Creating an 'include' file; Activity 4.4: Creating the Node Content header; Activity 4.5: Creating the Node Content Body; Revisions

Activity 4.6: Creating a RevisionSummary; Chapter 5: Making Content Findable; What you will learn; What you will do; Understanding Taxonomy; Activity 5.1: Creating a Taxonomy Vocabulary; Tag Clouds; Path Aliases; Activity 5.2: Creating a Path Alias; Searching; Activity 5.3: Enabling the Search functionality; Summary; Chapter 6: Rich Content Types; What you will learn; What you will do; The good side of being a Blockhead; Activity 6.1: Creating a Block; Deciphering the Blocks page; Determining the Block widths; Views; Activity 6.2: Creating a View; On Blogging

Activity 6.3: Creating a Blog entrySetting up a Blog; Summary; Chapter 7: Supporting an Editorial Team; What you will learn; What you will do; The Creative team; Roles; Activity 7.1: Creating Roles; Node Content types; Activity 7.2: Node Content for our Roles; Permissions; Activity 7.4: Granting Permissions; The disgruntled team member; Activity 7.5: Blocking; Summary; Chapter 8: Offline Content Creation; What you will learn; What you will do; Creating content offline; Activity 8.1: Pasting lightly-formatted text; Blogging; Activity 8.2: Creating a Blog entry remotely; Node Content via email

Activity 8.3: Using email to create a Story

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-84719-857-0

1-282-17236-0

9786612172366

OCLC:

798536337