Beginning Backdrop CMS

Learn what Backdrop is and how it fulfills the role of a content management system, along with how to install and configure it. This book teaches how to create and manage content, taxonomy, users, page layouts, and menus to get the best site possible. You'll also see how to install on shared hosting - which is a focus of the Backdrop team - to make hosting your website affordable. § Backdrop has a very strong community, and Beginning Backdrop shows you how to leverage Backdrop's repository of contributed modules and themes to expand the functionality and look of your site, along with how to contribute your own material to the community. § Beginning Backdrop focuses on the user who is responsible for building, maintaining, and managing an organization's website and who is interested in Backdrop's ability to meet their site's requirements. It covers why you should consider using a content management system when building a new web site.§§ By reading this book, you will:§§Understand why you should use Backdrop and the power of the platform.§§Quickly build confidence in your ability to use Backdrop.§§Gain the knowledge necessary to build, deploy, and manage web sites of moderate complexity on Backdrop.§§Understand the process for migrating a Drupal 6 or 7 site to Backdrop.§ What You Will Learn: §§How to install a basic Backdrop web site from scratch§§How to create content in your new Backdrop web site§§How to create blocks§§How to create and manage menus and users§§How to create and use layouts when creating pages on your site§§How to create a Backdrop theme§§The basics of a Backdrop module§ Who This Book is For: § This book is for technical users who need to use Backdrop to create websites using the platform, manage content, as well as developers who are new to the Backdrop platform. The book is also targeted at organizations that currently use Drupal 6 or 7 and who wish to remain on the base architecture of those platforms as they move forward on Backdrop.§§§§§§§§