Finally, a solid reference for Webmasters on Drupal
Web content management systems (CMS) are hot, and the flexible and powerful open source Drupal is one of the most popular. Whether you're designing a new Web site or looking for an easier way to publish content to your existing site, this practical book shows you how to use Drupal 7 to do it. Learn how to create, manage, and present content via public or private Web sites, even if you don't have deep technical skills.
* Install Drupal and configure a Drupal site
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This article is the second in our serialization of several chapters from the upcoming Drupal 7 Bible. In this installment in the series, we introduce the default Drupal content types and the related fields.
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As I mentioned earlier in this chapter, all content in Drupal is based on the Node module; this is why Drupal content items are often called nodes. A content item also must be of a specific type. Articles, blog posts, and pages are examples of Drupal content types. You define content types by associating one or more fields with a unique type name.
When you create a new piece of content in Drupal, the first thing you do is select the type of content to create and then fill out a Web form associated with that type (which is, by and large, the act of putting data into Drupal fields), and then you save it.
This article is the first in a serialization of several chapters from my newest book for Wiley & Sons, the Drupal 7 Bible. In this, the first installment in the series, I introduce the key concepts behind Drupal content management.
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The word content is deceptively simple. And the idea of managing it can mean many different things to different organizations. Dealing with the subtleties that lie in wait is why we have content management systems.
In this chapter, I lay the foundation for a solid understanding of how Drupal’s content management internals work and how you can use the system to address your specific needs. I deal with the key concepts, look at managing content types, and then go into the details of daily content management tasks.
