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Drupal 7 social networking : build a social or community website with friends lists, groups, custom user profiles, and much more /

This book is packed with clear instructions and careful explanations for creating a powerful social networking site using Drupal 7. With each chapter, you add new features and content until your social network is ready to be released to the Internet where it can grow. By the end of this book, you wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peacock, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham, UK : Packt Pub., ©2011.
Colección:Community experience distilled.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Drupal and Social Networking; Social Networking: An introduction; Business logic to social networks; Examples: Businesses making use of existing social networks and their own social networks; Why not join or use an existing social network?; Provide a service; Improve business; Improve communications; Existing social networks; Facebook; LinkedIn; MySpace; Twitter; Drupal; What is a CMS?; What is Drupal?; Drupal as a social networking platform; Alternatives to Drupal
  • Roll your ownElgg; Hybrid approaches; DinoSpace!; Installing Drupal; Requirements; Download; Installation; Extracting the Drupal files; Creating the database; Running the Drupal installer; Configuring Drupal; People: Account settings; System: Site information; Other configuration options; Summary; Chapter 2: Preparing Drupal for a Social Networking Site; How Drupal works; An abstract framework; Nodes; Modules and themes; Administering Drupal-An overview; Logging in; Dashboard; Content; Content statuses; Creating content; Comments; Structure; Blocks; Content types; Menus; Taxonomy; Appearance
  • PeoplePermissions; Roles; Modules; Configuration; Reports; Help; Content types and taxonomy: A detailed look; Creating a new content type; Adding fields to the content type; Test content in action!; Planning our site; Static content; Grouping content; Starting to build our site; Using taxonomy; Creating the vocabulary; Summary; Chapter 3: User Content: Contributions, Forums, and Blogs; Our site; User roles: an important note; Drupal modules; Managing comments; Comments within DinoSpace!; Forums; Planning our forum structure; Creating and managing forums and containers; Viewing our forums
  • Creating a forum topicTaxonomies; Planning: how will roles fit in?; Setting up and using blogs; Viewing blogs and the blog menu; Using the blog; Collaborative writing; Creating a book; Creating pages in the book; Outline; Permissions and roles; Why not grant all permissions?; Polls; Adding roles; Contributions in the form of pages; Permissions and roles; Uploaded files; Roles; Anonymous role permissions; Authenticated users; Additional roles; Contributors; Moderators; Power contributors; Summary; Chapter 4: Users and Profiles; What are we going to do and why?; Getting set up
  • Users, roles, and permissionsUser management; Users: Viewing, searching, sorting, and filtering; Creating a user; Editing a user; Bulk user operations; Roles; Permissions; Creating customizable user profiles; Listing your dinosaurs; Linking to other social network profiles; Profile in action; Globally recognized avatars: Enabling Gravatars; Tracking user activity; User centric home page; Account settings; Summary; Chapter 5: Enabling User Interaction; DinoSpace!: A review; Preparation: Installing the modules; Relationships; Planning user relationships; Managing and creating relationships