Learn how to import content and data into your Drupal 7 site from other websites, content management systems, and databases
Upgrade your Drupal 6 site to Drupal 7 and migrate your CCK based content into the Drupal 7 fields based framework
Use modules that will automate the import and migration process including the Feeds and Migrate modules
Migrating to Drupal 7
This book will show you how to migrate your content into the Drupal content management system. You’ll start by building a content type in Drupal to hold your migrated content. You’ll then import your content into Drupal using the Feeds module. In order to be able to easily use them again and again, you will also learn the best methods of maintaining and packaging migration configurations.
In Migrating to Drupal 7 you’ll learn how to quickly package your legacy site’s data into a format that’s easy to import into Drupal. You’ll then build a content type to hold migrated data in Drupal. To save time and hassle you will learn how to import content into Drupal using the Feeds module. You’ll then get a brief introduction to the Migrate module and its powerful features. Download eBook Free »
Get a complete overview of Drupal, including Drupal core and add-on modules and themes
Learn Drupal’s basic programming principles, such as the ability to customize behavior and output with hooks
Discover common Drupal programming mistakes and why hacking is one of them
Explore specific areas where you can put your programming skills to work
Learn programming tips and tools to help you perfect and debug your applications
If you’re a web programmer new to Drupal, this book shows you which programming techniques you can use and which you should avoid when building custom web applications with this content management framework. Drupal has its own set of programming principles that require a different approach, and many programmers make mistakes when relying on skills they’ve used for other projects. The guidelines in this book help you through the transition by demonstrating which programming practices conform to the “Drupal way,” and which don’t. Download eBook Free »
Leverage the power of Rules and Views Bulk Operations
Re-use configurations using Components
Create your own Events, Conditions and Actions
Drupal Rules How-to
Rules is what every Drupal site builder and developer has to use when creating event – action-based applications. The framework provides a highly flexible way to create sophisticated, condition-based functions any Drupal based system into an interactive application. Rules makes Drupal rule the CMS world.
Drupal Rules How-to is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step exercises, which will help you take advantage of the real power of the Rules framework, and understand how to use it on a site builder and developer level
This book demonstrates the power and flexibility of the Rules framework. It discusses the main aspects of the module both from the site builder and developer perspective, from basic and advanced Rule configurations using Events, Conditions, Actions and Components to getting familiar with the Rules API. Download eBook Free »
Learn how to create a search engine-optimized Drupal website.
Packed full of tips to help you develop an appropriate SEO strategy.
Discover the right configurations and extensions for SEO purposes.
Drupal Search Engine Optimization
Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites. SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the process and techniques by which you optmize the content and style of your site in order to induce more people to view it.
In Drupal SEO you will learn how to develop a dynamic and productive SEO campaign. Covering both the basics of campaign development as well as the daily work it takes to maintain your SEO competitiveness, this book will show you how to produce a distinct and appropriate strategy for your site. In particular you will learn key phrase selection and competitor analysis and the correct groundwork for your dynamic SEO campaign. Download eBook Free »
Install, set up, and manage a Drupal site and discover how to get the most out of creating and displaying content
Become familiar with creating new content types and use them to create and publish content using Views, Blocks, and Panels
Learn how to work with images, documents, and video and how to integrate them with Facebook, Twitter, and Add this
Drupal 7 Cookbook
Drupal 7 is a modern Content Management System famed for its flexibility and power. Using Drupal you can easily create custom functionality that would otherwise have to be purchased in many of the other leading CMSs.
Drupal 7 Cookbook is filled with recipes to help you to do more with Drupal and improve your skills. Chapters range from content creation, to theming, to managing your site. You will learn how to create your own content types and use them to create Views, Blocks, and Pages. This book will take you from novice to pro in just 12 chapters. Download eBook Free »
Learn how to work user-centered design practices into Drupal projects
Choose the right modules for your project, and discover several go-to modules
Use strategies for sketching, wireframing, and designing effective layouts
Manage Drupal’s markup, including code generated by the powerful Views module
Learn how to work with Drupal on the command line
Set up your development environment and collaborate with other designers and developers
Learn the basics of Git, the free open source version control system
Are you a solo web designer or part of a small team itching to build interesting projects with Drupal? This hands-on book provides the tools and techniques to get you going. Award-winning designer Dani Nordin guides you through site planning, teaches you how to create solid, user-centered design for the Drupal framework, and shows you tricks for using real, honest-to-goodness, developer Ninja Magick.
This book is a compilation of three short guides Planning Drupal Projects, Design and Prototyping for Drupal, and Drupal Development Tricks for Designers plus exclusive director’s material. If you’re familiar with HTML and CSS, but struggling with Drupal’s learning curve, this is the book you’ve been looking for. Download eBook Free »
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