Doesn't that first book, about Drupal, just cover up to Drupal 4.x.y, since it was published April of 2006? Are there major changes with Drupal 5.x.y that would create problems for a user reading a book covering an older version?
Hi, If I'm looking for tutorials/training/handbooks, say from the site, that cover, "If one were trying to quickly build a Drupal site from start to usable for site visitors," where might I look on the site(s) for that kind of documentation?
Also, while it might be good for me to learn a book that draws upon such advanced skills as PHP, I would also want to give some documentation to the end-user, specifically a totally non-technical end-user... users that may not know HTML, much less CSS, much less PHP... where I am indicating that PHP, as a programming language is far more complex and advanced a topic then CSS which is more advanced then just plain old HTML.
Assuming that the first book is ok for use with the latest versions of Drupal than that would be a good book for me. Let me know what you all think about that, please. Then, I'd ask for instructions/tutorial pages/handbook pages for a non-technical end-user. Thanks, Bruce
Mitch Wander Mitch@MyTroops.com wrote: Bruce,
Assuming paper books (old style) are an option, here are two choices.
If you're trying to quickly build a Drupal site from start to usable for site visitors try: Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites by David Mercer
If you know PHP and want to take advantage of Drupal's inner workings try: Pro Drupal Development by John VanDyk and Matt Westgate
Best regards,
Mitch