Get your feet wet with Drupal and see how easy it is to build and manage your website

Need to build a website but don't want to drown in technical mumbo-jumbo? This book and Drupal 7 are just what you need. You don't have to know coding; you don't even need to know how to create web pages. Here's how to get and install Drupal, build a basic site, add a blog, manage user activities, even set up a shopping cart. Why not dive right in?

• Getting started - conquer the challenge of installing Drupal and take advantage of its free, flexible, and customizable features

• Adding pages - learn the structure and format of a Drupal site and build your first Drupal basic pages

• Managing content - create and enable polls, blogs, forums, and contact forms, and update your site with a click

• Planning your purpose - decide whether your site should convey information, share news, sell products, or serve a community

• Using modules - understand modules and use them to create interactive site elements

• Beefing it up - pull content and data from other sites, customize colors, and add logos and art

• Playing in the Garden - see how Drupal Gardens lets you create a site without worrying about web hosting or installing software

Open the book and find:

• Steps for installing Drupal

• Dynamic things that Drupal can do to enhance your site

• Sensible guidelines for user registration

• How Drupal uses nodes

• All about modules

• Tips for creating blogs and forums

• How to keep themes, modules, and Drupal up to date

• Directions for building a storefront