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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Learning Drupal 6 Module Development
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Learning Drupal 6 Module Development
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Preface
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Preface
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1
Introduction to Drupal Modules
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Introduction to Drupal Modules
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Drupal's Architecture
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Crucial Drupal Concepts
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Developers' Tools
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A Word on Our Demonstration Site
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Summary
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Creating Our First Module
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Creating Our First Module
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Starting Out
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A Basic .module File
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Installing a Module
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Using Goodreads Data
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Finishing Touches: hook_help()
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Summary
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The Theme System
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The Theme System
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The Theme System's Architecture
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Creating a Custom Theme
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Summary
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Theming Modules
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Theming Modules
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Our Target Module: What We Want
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Creating a Custom Content Type
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The Foundations of the Module
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A Simple Database Lookup
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Theming Inside a Module
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Overriding the Default Theme from a Theme
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Summary
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Using JavaScript and AJAX/JSON in Modules
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Using JavaScript and AJAX/JSON in Modules
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Picking up Where We Left Off
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Introducing jQuery
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Writing a Drupal AJAX/JSON Service
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Summary
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An Administration Module
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An Administration Module
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The emailusers Module
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The Beginning of the Module
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Registering an Administration Page
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Handling Forms with the Forms API (FAPI)
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Sending Mail with the Mail API
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Incorporating the Module into Administration
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Summary
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Building a Content Type
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Building a Content Type
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The biography Module
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The Content Creation Kit
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The Starting Point
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The Module Installation Script
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Correlating the New Table with Nodes
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The Content Creation Form
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Access Controls
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Database Hooks
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Hooks for Getting Data
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Theming Biography Content
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Summary
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Filters, Actions, and Hooks
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Filters, Actions, and Hooks
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The sitenews Module
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Getting Started
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A Simple Content Type, Defined in Code
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Creating Filters and an Input Format
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The Beginning of an Action
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Defining a Hook
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Completing the Action: Theming and Mailing
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Adding a Trigger
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An Installation Profile
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An Installation Profile
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Introducing Installation Profiles
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Setting up a Distribution
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Programming Profiles
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The .profile Script
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The Installation Task System
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Packaging the Distribution
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Summary

Introducing Installation Profiles

An installation profile is a special installer that includes prepackaged modules and themes, and can configure Drupal for a specific purpose. For example, it can install and configure custom modules and themes and even set system preferences—all from the installer. So the first time you log in after installation your environment is ready.

Building an installation profile is done on two levels:

  • The file system: Starting from the base Drupal system, we will have to move some files around to get things configured for installation.

  • The .profile script: Just putting the files in the right place isn't enough. We will need to build a special .profile script that will perform installation tasks.

We will perform both of these. In truth, though, the file system work is simple. Most of our time will be spent generating a .profile.

Why Use Installation Profiles?

"Sure, that sounds nice," one might say, "but why would someone need these?" Let's take a quick look at two...

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