Drupal 6 Site Blueprints: LITE

By Timi Ogunjobi

Each chapter is dedicated to a hands-on example project, which are based on fictitious web site development briefs that illustrate practical ways of applying Drupal. Each chapter contains step-by-step instructions for building the web project, aided by the extensive use of screenshots. When you have completed each project, you will have the knowledge and confidence to apply the techniques you have learned to create your own custom web application. This book is for anybody who wants to build Drupal sites, and see how to apply the many available Drupal plugins and features in different scenarios. If you develop Drupal sites professionally, or would like to try building web sites as a freelancer, this is a great book to help you get started.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Release date: May 19, 2011
• ISBN: 9781849516235

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Table of Contents

Drupal 6 Site Blueprints: LITE

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. I. M. Smart, Ph.D.—Building a Personal Site

Theme

Building I. M. Smart's site

Modules

Optional Core modules

Contributed modules

Basic content

Create a new Content type

Categorizing content

Testing the submission form

Images

Creating the About Me page

Creating blog posts

Creating a Publication

Create a Contact form

Displaying content

Creating quick menus with the Taxonomy Menu module

Menus

Latest blog posts

Permissions

Finishing up

Summary

2. Breaking Events—Building an Events Site

Theme

Build the Breaking Events site

Modules

Optional Core modules

Contributed modules

Enabling modules

Basic content

Configuring the Events module

Event overview

Time zone handling

Date and time

Configuring the Notification module

Configuring the Event Content type

Images

Create new categories

Testing the Event submission form

Displaying content

Creating quick menus with the Taxonomy Menu module

Menus

Calendar and Upcoming events blocks

Finishing up

Summary

3. Dridgets Inc.—Building an E-commerce Site

Theme

Building the Dridgets Inc. web shop

Modules

Optional Core modules

Contributed modules

Basic Ubercart configurations

Image configurations

Basic Store settings

Country settings

Payment settings

Store settings

Shipping quote settings

Image handling

Add a Product to the store

Have we done this right?

Joe Bling selects a Dridget

Joe Bling is taken to the cart

Joe Bling goes for checkout

Shipping cost calculated

Display Products

Front page

Finishing up

Summary

Index

Drupal 6 Site Blueprints: LITE

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Drupal 6 Site Blueprints: LITE

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Credits

Author

Timi Ogunjobi

Reviewers

Dan Morrison

Ken Rickard

Acquisition Editor

Sarah Cullington

Technical Editor

Krutika Katelia

Indexer

Tejal Daruwale

Production Coordinator

Aparna Bhagat

Cover Work

Aparna Bhagat

About the Author

Timi Ogunjobi is a Technical Writer, Web Developer, and Open Source evangelist. Trained as an engineer, Timi has been developing web applications, in several frameworks, for more than five years, and has also been writing, for more than a decade, on a wide variety of topics, including fiction, business, and technology.

Timi balances his time between programming, reviewing, writing, and contributing to interesting web-based and community projects. When he isn't working (which isn't that often) he enjoys playing jazz guitar and getting involved in outdoor activities—principally cricket,