Description
Book SynopsisDrupal 8 for Absolute Beginners is your definitive guide to starting from scratch with Drupal even if you have little web knowledge. This book teaches you the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP in relation to Drupal, so that you can begin to use this popular CMS with all of its features.
You will first learn how to set up and customize a basic blog using Drupal, one of the most powerful and popular content management systems available today. From there you will learn the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP, and apply this knowledge to create your own custom Drupal module. You will learn how to build, style, and add functionality to your own Drupal module from scratch. You will then use Drush to apply a theme to Drupal, customizing everything to your liking, before publishing your work to the world. The book also covers some more advanced topics that beginners often ask about, such as getting set up with Git and using source control, using MySQL to interact with a d
Table of Contents
1. Setting Up Your Development Environment and Installing Drupal
2. Site Building: Building Drupal Sites Without Programming
3. Getting Started with HTML
4. Creating a Basic Drupal Module with HTML Output
5. A CSS Primer for Drupal
6. Adding CSS to Your Drupal Module
7. A JavaScript Primer for Drupal
8. Adding JavaScript to Your Drupal Module
9. A PHP Primer for Drupal
10. Adding PHP-Generated Output to Your Drupal Module
11. Creating a Drupal Block Programmatically and Basic MySQL Usage
12. Theming Your Site Part 1: Theme Functions and a Twig Primer
13. Theming Your Site Part 2: Creating a Custom Theme and Overriding Functions
14. Commonly Needed Custom Code, node_save, Forms
15. Using Git to Manage Your Source Code
16. An Advanced MySQL Primer
17. A Linux Primer for Drupal
18. Publishing Your Site to a Production Linux Box
19. Appendix: Other Ways to Install Drupal
