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Drupal 7 First Look

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Drupal 7 First Look

Overview of this book

Drupal 7 contains features for which site administrators have been clamoring for years, including support for fields, an improved administration interface, better database support, improved theming, and more. You could of course make a laborious search on sites, blogs, and many online tutorials that would promise to update you about every new feature, but there's an even better way to know all about Drupal 7's new features: Drupal 7 First Look is the first and only book that covers all of the fantastic new features in Drupal 7 in depth and covers the process of upgrading your Drupal 6 site to Drupal 7. If you've used Drupal 6 and want to use Drupal 7, you need this book.Drupal 7 First Look takes an in-depth look into all of the major new features in Drupal 7 so you can quickly take full advantage of Drupal 7. It also assists you in upgrading your site to Drupal 7. Some of the new features in Drupal 7 include: Fields API, based on Drupal 6 CCK, which allows you to easily build your own content types Improved user interface for administering your website Built-in support for working with images and files Improved security for the site and users of the site Completely rewritten database layer DBTNG to make working with the database easier and more secure. Improved API for custom module development and user interface theming
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Drupal 7 First Look
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
Index

Comment changes


Drupal 7 greatly simplifies the comment system, especially for site visitors. Comments can be applied to any content type and can be modified for all instances of the content type by selecting the Comment settings tab while editing the content type:

In Drupal 7, there are three basic settings for how comments are handled for a content type. These are modified using the Default comment setting for new content drop-down list:

The Hidden option prevents any existing comments from showing on the site and prevents visitors from adding new comments. The Closed option allows existing comments to be shown, but visitors cannot add new comments. The Open option allows visitors to both see and add comments.

These basic settings can be overridden for each instance of the content type by accessing the comment settings when you add or edit the node.

You can also edit the display settings for comments within the content type. You can determine if messages should be threaded or displayed...