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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

Chapter 4. Drupal 7 Administration

In the last chapter, we looked at changes to the Drupal 7 content management system. In this chapter, we will look into changes that have been made to the Administration interface in Drupal 7. In addition to discussing information about the new functionality that has been added to Drupal 7, we will also discuss areas where configuration options have been moved or renamed from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. Some of the key changes include:

  • The new administration toolbar so you can quickly access different areas of the site

  • The administration overlay that allows you to administer your site without losing your place on the main site

  • The new shortcut functionality that gives you immediate access to commonly-used commands

  • Installation of modules and themes directly from your site

  • The new administrator role that allows you to easily give administrators full access to the site without having to maintain permissions each time a new module is installed

At the end of this chapter...