Drupal for Designers: The Context You Need Without the Jargon You Don't

Drupal for Designers: The Context You Need Without the Jargon You Don't

<div><p>Are you a solo web designer or part of a small team itching to build interesting projects with Drupal? This hands-on book provides the tools and techniques to get you going. Award-winning designer Dani Nordin guides you through site planning, teaches you how to create solid, user-centered design for the Drupal framework, and shows you tricks for using real, honest-to-goodness, developer Ninja Magick.</p><p>This book is a compilation of three short guides—<i>Planning Drupal Projects</i>, <i>Design and Prototyping for Drupal</i>, and <i>Drupal Development Tricks for Designers</i>—plus exclusive "director’s material." If you’re familiar with HTML and CSS, but struggling with Drupal’s learning curve, this is the book you’ve been looking for.</p><ul><li>Get extra material, including an expanded Grids chapter, more recommended modules, and a Short Form Project plan</li><li>Learn how to work user-centered design practices into Drupal projects</li><li>Choose the right modules for your project, and discover several go-to modules</li><li>Use strategies for sketching, wireframing, and designing effective layouts</li><li>Manage Drupal’s markup, including code generated by the powerful Views module</li><li>Learn how to work with Drupal on the command line</li><li>Set up your development environment and collaborate with other designers and developers</li><li>Learn the basics of Git, the free open source version control system</li></ul></div>