Drupal 6 Social Networking (Paperback)

Michael Peacock

  • 出版商: Packt Publishing
  • 出版日期: 2009-02-26
  • 定價: $1,400
  • 售價: 2.1$299
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 312
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 1847196101
  • ISBN-13: 9781847196101
  • 相關分類: Drupal
  • 立即出貨(限量) (庫存=3)

商品描述

Build a social or community web site, with friends lists, groups, custom user profiles, and much more

  • Step-by-step instructions for putting together a social networking site with Drupal 6
  • Customize your Drupal installation with modules and themes to match the needs of almost any social networking site
  • Allow users to collaborate and interact with each other on your site
  • Requires no prior knowledge of Drupal or PHP; but even experienced Drupal users will find this useful to modify an existing installation into a social web site

In Detail

Drupal is ideally equipped to be used as a base system for creating a custom social networking site like Facebook and MySpace. While these large social networks have their place, niche social networking web sites can help promote businesses, products, projects, and hobbies of any nature.

This book provides careful instructions and clear explanations to take you through the setup and management of your social network site, covering topics from users to marketing to maintenance. It will help you create your own social networking site, suitable for whatever audience you decide!

This book will take you from the very basics of both Drupal and Social Networking right through to more complicated aspects, like creating your own custom design and features for the site. With no experience of Drupal required, the book will introduce you to this award-winning CMS and carefully take you through the steps to create a social networking site from it. As the book progresses, you will learn how to add to and expand your social networking site, adding more features and adding value for your users, and how to make your users feel part of the community. Social networking web sites rely on their users contributing to the site, and this book helps you structure a site in a way users can easily and enjoyable contribute to the site - creating a powerful social network.

The book begins with the fundamental concepts of a Social Networking site, and how we can use Drupal to create such a site. It then goes through installing Drupal before looking at expanding the out-of-the-box feature set with third-party modules designed for Social Networking. Once the web site is running, it looks at securing the Social Network, deploying it on the Internet, and keeping it running and well maintained. It doesn't stop there however; as Social Networks rely on their user base to run and become successful, the book also covers marketing the Social Network using Search Engine Optimization, Online Marketing, and a range of new Social Media.

What you will learn from this book?

  • Get started with Drupal and explore the features of this powerful Content Management System.
  • Build a social networking site from the ground up using Drupal 6
  • Use a combination of features, modules and some simple custom development to allow user interaction and user contributions
  • Enable your users to interact and communicate with one another, building friendship
  • Let your users contribute to the site, from those who wish to add a little content to those who wish to help run the site on a daily basis
  • Import content into your site from elsewhere on the Internet using the Aggregator module
  • Create user profiles, set up roles and permissions, and handle security settings
  • Explore Drupal's modular system, and use it to create modules to add additional functionality relevant and useful to your social network.
  • Customize the look and feel of your site by enabling and installing new themes, ensuring that your site is distinctive
  • Deploy and maintain your social networking site on the Internet using the maintenance mode, reports, and cron to keep everything running smoothly
  • Recover from virus attacks and hacking attempts to your Social Network by making and maintaining regular backups, in case the worst should happen
  • Promote and market your Social Network using advertisements, advertising networks, other social networks, and search engine optimization

Approach

This book is packed with clear instructions and careful explanations for creating a powerful Social Networking web site using Drupal 6. With each chapter, you add new features and content until the Social Network is ready to be released to the Internet where it can grow.

By the end of this book, you will have a powerful Social Network either like that of the case-study, or of your own design based on the setup and features the book walks through.

Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at anyone looking to create their own social networking web site, including:

  • Businesses - building a Social Network around a product or service can improve your company profile and increase customer loyalty. Alternatively, an internal social network gives you employees a place to keep resources, discuss ideas, raise concerns, and keep up to date on company policies.
  • Hobbyists - create a community around your hobbies and interests; create a local or distributed user group.
  • Organisations & Charities - Raise your profile, promote your events / services / fundraisers and get help from the community in organizing them.
  • Families - For large families based across the country or across the globe, keep up to date with everyone, and let everyone know what you are up to.
You don't need any experience of Drupal or PHP to use this book. If you are a Drupal user you will find this book a great way to rapidly tailor an existing installation into a social-orientated web site.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

建立一個社交或社區網站,包括朋友列表、群組、自定義用戶個人資料等功能。本書提供了逐步指導,教你如何使用Drupal 6建立一個社交網絡網站。你可以使用模組和主題來自定義Drupal安裝,以滿足幾乎任何社交網絡網站的需求。讓用戶在你的網站上協作和互動。本書不需要對Drupal或PHP有任何先備知識,但即使是有經驗的Drupal用戶也會發現這本書對於將現有安裝修改為社交網站非常有用。

Drupal非常適合作為創建自定義社交網絡網站(如Facebook和MySpace)的基礎系統。儘管這些大型社交網絡有其存在的價值,但特定的社交網絡網站可以幫助推廣任何性質的企業、產品、項目和愛好。

本書提供了仔細的指導和清晰的解釋,引導您設置和管理您的社交網絡網站,涵蓋從用戶到營銷到維護的各個主題。它將幫助您創建適合您所選定的受眾的社交網絡網站!

本書將從Drupal和社交網絡的基礎概念開始,並介紹如何使用Drupal創建社交網絡網站。隨著書籍的進展,您將學習如何添加和擴展您的社交網絡網站,增加更多功能,為用戶增加價值,並使用戶感覺自己是社區的一部分。社交網絡網站依賴於用戶對網站的貢獻,本書將幫助您以用戶易於參與和享受的方式結構網站,從而創建一個強大的社交網絡。

本書首先介紹了社交網絡網站的基本概念,以及如何使用Drupal創建這樣的網站。然後,它介紹了使用針對社交網絡設計的第三方模組擴展Drupal的功能。網站運行後,本書還介紹了如何保護社交網絡、在互聯網上部署它以及保持運行和良好維護。然而,本書不僅僅停留在此;由於社交網絡依賴於其用戶基礎的運行和成功,本書還介紹了使用搜索引擎優化、線上營銷和一系列新的社交媒體來營銷社交網絡的方法。

本書將教你:
- 開始使用Drupal,探索這個強大的內容管理系統的功能。
- 從頭開始建立一個社交網絡網站,使用Drupal 6。
- 使用功能、模組和一些簡單的自定義開發來實現用戶互動和貢獻。
- 讓用戶互相交流和溝通,建立友誼。
- 讓用戶對網站做出貢獻,從稍微添加內容的用戶到每天幫助運營網站的用戶。
- 使用聚合器模組從互聯網上導入內容到您的網站。
- 創建用戶個人資料,設置角色和權限,處理安全設置。
- 探索Drupal的模塊系統,並使用它來創建模塊,以添加與您的社交網絡相關且有用的附加功能。
- 通過啟用和安裝新主題來自定義您的網站的外觀和感覺,確保您的網站獨特。
- 使用維護模式、報告和計劃任務來在互聯網上部署和維護您的社交網絡網站。
- 通過制定和實施病毒攻擊和黑客企圖的恢復計劃,保護您的社交網絡。