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Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Drupal Up and Running

• Fulfilling Drupal's Requirements
• Downloading and Unpacking Drupal
• Creating the MySQL Database
• Using phpMyAdmin
• Installing Drupal

Chapter 2: Establishing Your Drupal Site

• Using the New Administrative Interfaces in Drupal 7
• Turning on Built-In Features
• Giving Your Site Its Identity
• Selecting a Visual Theme
• Monitoring Your Drupal Site
• Packaging Your Drupal Site

Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Content

• Gaining More Control of Individual Nodes
• Creating Other Types of Content
• Finding, Editing, and Deleting Content

Chapter 4: Customizing Content

• Defining Custom Types of Content
• Putting Images and Styled Text in Content

Chapter 5: Making Content Interactive

• Enabling Interactive Content Types
• Categorizing Content with Taxonomies
• Mastering Text Formats
• Mastering Image Styles

Chapter 6: Improving Access to Content

• Making Content Searchable
• Directing Traffic with Menus
• Laying Out Your Site with Blocks

Chapter 7: Wrangling Users

• Managing User Accounts
• Controlling How Users Interact with Their Accounts
• Defining User Roles and Permissions
• Building and Protecting Your User Community

Chapter 8: Customizing Drupal's Look and Feel

• Creating a New Theme
• Changing Theme Graphics and Typography with CSS

Chapter 9: Extending Drupal with Modules

• Using Modules
• Modules: The Drupal 7 Challenge
• Resources for Evaluating Modules

Appendix: Getting (and Giving) Help

Glossary: Drupal Terms and Culture

Index