Drupal 8 Quick Start Guide: Get up and running with Drupal 8

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Structuring Content Types

In Chapter 1, Finding Your Way Around Drupal, we learned what Drupal is and how to install it. This chapter will explore the fundamentals of Drupal content types, and the formats that define what information is saved with each piece of content. Upon reading this chapter, you will learn about content types and fields, creating a content type, adding fields to a content type, customizing the form used to enter content, and customizing the way the content is displayed.

Key benefits

Build a great Drupal website easily

How to structure, create and maintain different types of content

Design roles for secure editing of your site

Description

Drupal is a powerful content management platform, ?exible enough to accommodate almost any content requirements. This ?exibility comes with a cost: complexity. Drupal 8 Quick Start Guide will clear your path from installation to a building usable site in minutes, and to a customized site in one sitting. You will begin with installation of Drupal and going through the main sections of the Drupal UI. Then, you will create a content type that describes its content, which simplifies the act of creating and editing the actual content later. You will learn about user roles, using real-world examples. This will help you to learn how to design roles, and how to assign appropriate permissions to them. Next, you will learn to use the WYSIWYG editor, configure it for other roles, navigate the various fields on the content creation form, and publish content. To begin to appreciate the ?exibility and expandability of Drupal, you will make use of popular content-focused modules that extend Drupal's power. You will learn how to expand your market to other readers directly and through other sites by configuring content and UI translations and creating a View that provides an RSS feed. Finally, you will put everything together by customizing the home page for your new website.

What you will learn

Create and customize Drupal structures, such as menus, tags, and content categories

Extend Drupal s capabilities with add-on modules

Administer site users, their roles, and the actions to which they are granted access

Understand user roles and permissions

Create, edit, and publish content

Use Views for custom content selection and display

Expand your audience with custom RSS feeds

Configure a home page with meaningful sections for a better UX

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