Beginning Drupal 8

Beginning Drupal 8 teaches you how to build, maintain, and manage Drupal 8-based web sites. The book covers what Drupal is, using Drupal when building a new web site, installing and configuring Drupal, creating and managing content, managing users, adding functionality to your web site through Drupal modules, and advanced topics on using themes, panels, and views.

The book also builds practical examples of common Drupal sites, such as a company website, a community website, and a commerce website, that you can take and expand on to create your own Drupal 8 sites. By reading this book, you will understand the power of the Drupal platform, and why you should be using Drupal if you’re not already. Through following the samples in the book, you will quickly build your confidence and your ability to use Drupal. Beginning Drupal 8 gives you the knowledge necessary to build, deploy, and manage web sites on Drupal 8.

What you’ll learn

• What Drupal is and why you should use it
• How to install a basic Drupal web site from scratch
• How to create content in your new Drupal web site
• How to manage users on your new Drupal web site
• How to change the look and feel of your new Drupal web site through themes
• How to install and configure modules

Who this book is for

This book is for nontechnical users who want to use Drupal 8 to manage content, as well as developers who are new to Drupal 8.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Drupal
Chapter 2: Creating and Managing Content
Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Users
Chapter 4: Taxonomy
Chapter 5: Content Types
Chapter 6: Using Drupal Themes
Chapter 7: Creating Menus
Chapter 8: Drupal Blocks
Chapter 9: Views
Chapter 10: Creating Pages
Chapter 11: Drupal Modules
Chapter 12: Anatomy of a Module
Chapter 13: Multilingual Capabilities
Chapter 14: Administering Your Drupal Site
Chapter 15: Using Drush
Chapter 16: Using Git
Chapter 17: Putting It All Together
Chapter 18: Creating a Responsive Site
Chapter 19: Creating a Blog Site
Chapter 20: Building a Company Site
Chapter 21: Building a Community Site
Chapter 22: Building a Commerce Site
Appendix A: Installing Drupal
Appendix B: Additional Resources