Thanks to the Packt editorial staff including Usha Iyer, Vishal Bodwani, Gaurav Mehta, and Dayan Hyames for approaching me originally about writing the second edition of this title. It's been great working on the updated version of the book for Drupal 7. As always the Packt editorial staff have impressed me with their professionalism and knowledge of Drupal and open source. They continue to contribute back to the open source community and to the Drupal community with their titles and as always contribute a percentage of the profits from this book back to the Drupal Association.

I thank all the reviewers of the book who worked closely with me to get this finished product out the door.

The authoring process takes a great deal of time and I thank my family for allowing me to devote countless hours to the writing process. Much thanks to my wife Veronica and our lovely twin daughters Francesca and Clare.

This book is for all the new Drupal users out there. I hope you are as inspired by Drupal as I am and this software helps you to build a rich and dynamic site for your small business. Drupal on!

Mark Noble has worked in software development and website design for over 13 years, in a variety of capacities including development, quality assurance, and management. He takes pride in developing software and websites to make businesses run more effectively, and delights in helping users to get their jobs done more easily.

Mark currently works developing websites, using a combination of Java and PHP, to help libraries to manage their collections. He also performs contract work for clients in a variety of industries, developing both traditional desktop applications as well as web-based applications, using Drupal and a variety of other technologies. When he isn't working for a client, Mark enjoys building sites using Drupal. His other hobbies include playing with his family, photography, hiking, travel, and geocaching.