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Drupal

How to Create a Web Site (Handbook)

How to create a web site for small businesses or family groups on a LAMP server.

I wanted to use the web to capture all the tips and tricks I learned through this process of selecting a open source content managment system (CMS) package, setting up web sites with web 2.0 technologies like social networking, wiki, blogs.  After reading reviews and testing, I picked the best PHP content managment system from Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal.  I selected Drupal as the best most flexible CMS.  Drupal is also the best designed with the cleanest code. There are thousands of Drupal Modules that cover almost any need. 

Magic Quadrant Drupal & Nagios

Drupal Magic Quadrant

Upgrade Ubercart from Drupal 5 to 6

directory after deleteStep by step guide to upgrade Ubercart  from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6

Drupal Calais

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Drupal 6 - How to Guides

Install and configure pages

Technical Info

The web3us.com Website is proudly powered by Drupal 6.16. Drupal can be extended using many different themes and modules. Below are all of the modules and themes enabled on this site:

Modules:

NameVersionDescriptionURL
http://drupal.org/project/
Advanced help6.x-1.2Allow advanced help and documentation.http://drupal.org/project/advanced_help
Block
(Part of Core - required)
6.16Controls the boxes that are displayed around the main content.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Book
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows users to structure site pages in a hierarchy or outline.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
CAPTCHA
(Part of Spam control)
6.x-2.1Base CAPTCHA module for adding challenges to arbitrary forms.http://drupal.org/project/captcha
Color
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows the user to change the color scheme of certain themes.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Comment
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows users to comment on and discuss published content.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Contact
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Enables the use of both personal and site-wide contact forms.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Content
(Part of CCK)
6.x-2.6Allows administrators to define new content types.http://drupal.org/project/cck
Chaos tools
(Part of Chaos tool suite)
6.x-1.3A library of helpful tools by Merlin of Chaos.http://drupal.org/project/ctools
Date API
(Part of Date/Time)
6.x-2.4A Date API that can be used by other modules.http://drupal.org/project/date
Date Popup
(Part of Date/Time)
6.x-2.4Enables jquery popup calendars and time entry widgets for selecting dates and times.http://drupal.org/project/date
Date Timezone
(Part of Date/Time)
6.x-2.4Needed when using Date API. Overrides site and user timezone handling to set timezone names instead of offsets.http://drupal.org/project/date
DB Maintenance6.x-1.2Executes an OPTIMIZE TABLE query on MyISAM, InnoDB, or BerkeleyDB database tables in a MySQL database.http://drupal.org/project/db_maintenance
Database logging
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Logs and records system events to the database.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
External Links
(Part of User interface)
6.x-1.9Adds icon next to external links on the site.http://drupal.org/project/extlink
Filter
(Part of Core - required)
6.16Handles the filtering of content in preparation for display.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Google Analytics
(Part of Statistics)
6.x-2.2Adds Google Analytics javascript tracking code to all your site's pages.http://drupal.org/project/google_analytics
Image CAPTCHA
(Part of Spam control)
6.x-2.1Provides an image based CAPTCHA.http://drupal.org/project/captcha
IMCE6.x-1.3An image/file uploader and browser supporting personal directories and user quota.http://drupal.org/project/imce
Job queue6.x-3.1An API for modules to add jobs to a queue for running on cron.http://drupal.org/project/job_queue
jQuery plugins
(Part of User interface)
6.x-1.10An API and home for miscellaneous jQuery plugins.http://drupal.org/project/jquery_plugin
jQuery UI
(Part of User interface)
6.x-1.3Provides the jQuery UI plug-in to other Drupal modules.http://drupal.org/project/jquery_ui
jQuery Update
(Part of User Interface)
6.x-1.1Updates Drupal to use the latest version of jQuery.http://drupal.org/project/jquery_update
Link checker6.x-2.4Periodically checks for broken links in node types, blocks and cck fields and reports the results.http://drupal.org/project/linkchecker
Search Lucene API
(Part of Search Lucene API)
6.x-2.2An API for modules to use a Lucene backend for searches.http://drupal.org/project/luceneapi
Search Lucene Facets
(Part of Search Lucene API)
6.x-2.2Adds faceted searching to Search Lucene API modules.http://drupal.org/project/luceneapi
Search Lucene Content
(Part of Search Lucene API)
6.x-2.2Allows for Lucene searches of nodes. Implements the Search Lucene API.http://drupal.org/project/luceneapi
Menu
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows administrators to customize the site navigation menu.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Node
(Part of Core - required)
6.16Allows content to be submitted to the site and displayed on pages.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Node Export6.x-2.21Allows users to export a node and the import into another Drupal installation.http://drupal.org/project/node_export
Node import
(Part of Development)
6.x-1.0-rc4Allows users to import node content from a CSV or TSV file.http://drupal.org/project/node_import
Organic groups
(Part of Organic groups)
6.x-1.4Enable users to create and manage groups. OG Views integration module is recommended for best experience.http://drupal.org/project/og
Organic groups access control
(Part of Organic groups)
6.x-1.4Enable access control for private posts and private groups.http://drupal.org/project/og
Organic groups Views integration
(Part of Organic groups)
6.x-1.4Highly recommended.. Use Views to search and display organic groups.http://drupal.org/project/og
Page manager
(Part of Chaos tool suite)
6.x-1.3Provides a UI and API to manage pages within the site.http://drupal.org/project/ctools
Panels
(Part of Panels)
6.x-3.3Core Panels display functionshttp://drupal.org/project/panels
Path
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows users to rename URLs.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Pathauto6.x-1.3Provides a mechanism for modules to automatically generate aliases for the content they manage.http://drupal.org/project/pathauto
PHP filter
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows embedded PHP code/snippets to be evaluated.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Poll
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows your site to capture votes on different topics in the form of multiple choice questions.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Rotor Banner
(Part of Advertising)
6.x-2.4A rotor banner functionality that shows content for some seconds and keeps changinghttp://drupal.org/project/rotor
Search
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Enables site-wide keyword searching.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Search 4046.x-1.8Search 404http://drupal.org/project/search404
Service links6.x-1.0Add Digg, del.icio.us, reddit, Technorati etc. links to nodes.http://drupal.org/project/service_links
Site map6.x-1.2Display a site map.http://drupal.org/project/site_map
Statistics
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Logs access statistics for your site.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Syslog
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Logs and records system events to syslog.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
System
(Part of Core - required)
6.16Handles general site configuration for administrators.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Taxonomy
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Enables the categorization of content.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Text CAPTCHA
(Part of Spam control)
6.x-1.0-rc2Provides a simple text based CAPTCHA.http://drupal.org/project/captcha
Tiny Tiny MCE6.x-1.12Simple implementation of TinyMCE Rich Text Editorhttp://drupal.org/project/tinytinymce
Token6.x-1.12Provides a shared API for replacement of textual placeholders with actual data.http://drupal.org/project/token
Token actions6.x-1.12Provides enhanced versions of core Drupal actions using the Token module.http://drupal.org/project/token
Tracker
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Enables tracking of recent posts for users.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Trigger
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Enables actions to be fired on certain system events, such as when new content is created.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Twitter6.x-2.6Adds integration with the Twitter microblogging service.http://drupal.org/project/twitter
Update status
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Checks the status of available updates for Drupal and your installed modules and themes.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Upload
(Part of Core - optional)
6.16Allows users to upload and attach files to content.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Upload elements
(Part of Other)
6.x-1.2Two FAPI elements to handle file uploads, an image and a file upload element.http://drupal.org/project/upload_element
User
(Part of Core - required)
6.16Manages the user registration and login system.http://drupal.org/project/drupal
Vertical Tabs
(Part of User interface)
6.x-1.0-rc1Provides vertical tabs for supported forms like the node edit page.http://drupal.org/project/vertical_tabs
Views
(Part of Views)
6.x-2.8Create customized lists and queries from your database.http://drupal.org/project/views
Views Bulk Operations
(Part of Views)
6.x-1.9Exposes new Views style 'Bulk Operations' for selecting multiple nodes and applying operations on them.http://drupal.org/project/views_bulk_operations
Views content panes
(Part of Chaos tool suite)
6.x-1.3Allows Views content to be used in Panels, Dashboard and other modules which use the CTools Content API.http://drupal.org/project/ctools
Views Slideshow
(Part of Views)
6.x-2.0-beta2Provides a View type that displays nodes as a jquery slideshow in a single div.http://drupal.org/project/views_slideshow
Views Slideshow: SingleFrame
(Part of Views)
6.x-2.0-beta2Adds a Single Frame slideshow mode to Views Slideshows.http://drupal.org/project/views_slideshow
Views UI
(Part of Views)
6.x-2.8Administrative interface to views. Without this module, you cannot create or edit your views.http://drupal.org/project/views
Web File Manager
(Part of WebFM)
6.x-2.11Hierarchical AJAX file system managerhttp://drupal.org/project/webfm
WebFM Popup
(Part of WebFM)
6.x-2.11Places the WebFM browser into a popup window for Rich Text Editorshttp://drupal.org/project/webfm
Webform6.x-2.9Enables the creation of forms and questionnaires.http://drupal.org/project/webform
http://drupal.org/project/
XML sitemap engines
(Part of XML sitemap)
6.x-2.0-alpha2Submit the sitemap to search engines.http://drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap
XML sitemap menu
(Part of XML sitemap)
6.x-2.0-alpha2Adds menu item links to the sitemap.http://drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap
XML sitemap node
(Part of XML sitemap)
6.x-2.0-alpha2Adds content links to the sitemap.http://drupal.org/project/xmlsitemap

How to setup Drupal 5

Drupal was easy to download and install but harder to learn and extend.  Once I started adding modules and learning what they could do I became very impressed and overwelmed.
Here are all my notes on learning and installing Drupal 5
For all but the very simple sites Drupal is my recommendation.

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