Drupal 6 Social Networking

What you will learn from this book?

• Get started with Drupal and explore the features of this powerful Content Management System.

• Build a social networking site from the ground up using Drupal 6

• Use a combination of features, modules and some simple custom development to allow user interaction and user contributions

• Enable your users to interact and communicate with one another, building friendship

• Let your users contribute to the site, from those who wish to add a little content to those who wish to help run the site on a daily basis

• Import content into your site from elsewhere on the Internet using the Aggregator module

• Create user profiles, set up roles and permissions, and handle security settings

• Explore Drupal's modular system, and use it to create modules to add additional functionality relevant and useful to your social network.

• Customize the look and feel of your site by enabling and installing new themes, ensuring that your site is distinctive

• Deploy and maintain your social networking site on the Internet using the maintenance mode, reports, and cron to keep everything running smoothly

• Recover from virus attacks and hacking attempts to your Social Network by making and maintaining regular backups, in case the worst should happen

• Promote and market your Social Network using advertisements, advertising networks, other social networks, and search engine optimization