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With the recipes in this book youll take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful and unique. Learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites. Each chapter describes a case study and outlines specific requirements for one of several projects included in the book -- a wiki publishing workflow site photo gallery product review site online store user group site and more. The second edition of this popular book is one of the few resources to cover Drupal 7 the latest version of the open source content management system. Newcomers will find a thorough introduction to the framework while experienced Drupal developers will learn best practices
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With the recipes in this book youll take full advantage of the vast collection of community-contributed modules that make the Drupal web framework useful & unique. Learn how to combine modules in interesting ways (with minimal code-wrangling) to develop a variety of community-driven websites. Each chapter describes a case study & outlines specific requirements for one of several projects included in the book -- a wiki publishing workflow site photo gallery product review site online store user group site & more. The second edition of this popular book is one of the few resources to cover Drupal 7 the latest version of the open source content management system. Newcomers will find a thorough introduction to the framework while experienced Drupal developers will learn best practices for building powerful websites. * Get an overview of Drupal concepts & key modules with a birds-eye view of each modules specialty * Explore various solutions that meet the requirements for each project described with details about which modules are selected & why * Learn how to configure modules with step-by-step recipes for building the precise functionality the project requires * Get information on additional modules that will make your project even more powerful * Be able to access the modules described in the book along with other resources

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