Ebook: Learning Drupal 8

Create complex websites quickly and easily using the building blocks of Drupal 8, the most powerful version of Drupal yetAbout This Book Build complete, complex websites with no prior knowledge of web development entirely using the intuitive Drupal user interface Follow a practical case study chapter-by-chapter to construct a complete website as you progress Ensure your sites are modern, responsive and mobile-friendly through utilizing the full features available in Drupal 8Who This Book Is ForIf you want to learn to use Drupal 8 for the first time, or you are transitioning over from a previous version of Drupal, this is the book for you. No knowledge of PHP, MySQL, or HTML is assumed or requiredWhat You Will Learn Set up a local stack development environment and install your first Drupal 8 site Find out what is available in Drupal 8 core Define content types and taxonomiesand find out when you should do so Use the powerful Views module Get hands-on with image and media handling Extend Drupal using custom community modules Develop the look and feel of your website using Drupal themes Manage site users and permissionsIn DetailDrupal 8 sets a new standard for ease of use, while offering countless new ways to tailor and deploy your content to the Web. Drupal 8 allows user to easily customize data structures, listings, and pages, and take advantage of new capabilities for displaying data on mobile devices, building APIs, and adapting to multilingual needs. The book takes you step by step through building a Drupal 8 website. Start with the basics, such as setting up a local stack development environment and installing your first Drupal 8 site, then move on to image and media handling, and extending Drupal modules. Push your knowledge by getting to grips with the modular nature of Drupal, and learning to extend it by adding new functionalities to create your new modules. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop and manage a modern and responsive website using Drupal. Style and approachThis is an absolute beginners' guide, providing step-by-step instructions to help you learn Drupal 8 from scratch.;Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What is Drupal? -- Dynamic web pages -- a brief history -- Enter the database -- A worldwide community -- The success of Drupal -- Multiple systems integration -- Technical debt -- Developer knowledge -- Modularity -- There's a module for that -- Some Drupal history -- Language choice -- Is Drupal a framework or platform? -- Embracing other communities' frameworks -- How an open source community works -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Installation -- System requirements -- PHP -- Web server options -- Database options -- Browser options -- Setting up a development environment -- Free cloud hosting -- Acquia Dev Desktop -- Installing Drupal 8 -- Configuring your Drupal 8 site -- Troubleshooting your installation -- Memory settings -- PHP timeouts -- Trusted host patterns -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Basic Concepts -- Modules -- Core and contrib modules -- Where the core modules live -- Where your extension modules should live -- An example community module -- Evaluating new modules -- Documentation -- Module versions -- Entities, nodes, and fields -- Entities -- Nodes -- Node types -- Fields -- Adding new fields -- Field types -- Field settings -- Field widgets -- Form display -- Managing the form display -- Managing field display -- Drupal 8 core entity types -- Taxonomy -- Fixed terms versus or tags -- Blocks -- Views -- Users, roles, and permissions -- Themes -- Administration themes -- Base themes and subthemes -- Hooks -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Getting Started with the UI -- The Drupal 8 user interface -- Logging out -- Logging in -- Front page -- Repositioning the tray -- Responsiveness -- Administration theme -- Contextual links -- Quick content creation -- Listing content -- Revisiting the home page.