DRUPAL'S BUILDING BLOCKS - QUICKLY BUILDING WEBSITES WITH CCK, VIEWS AND PANELS

The authors are Drupal insiders who’ve spent years creating and supporting these modules .Earl Miles, developer of the Views and Panels modules, and Lynette Miles, Drupal documentation team member. They’ve brought together indispensable information you won’t find anywhere else, as well as extensive sample "recipe" code designed for easy adaptation and reuse.

Learn how to:

Use Content Construction Kit (CCK) to customize your data input forms around your needs;
Improve site flexibility with Drupal’s node system;
Add optional field types, including PHP-based fields;
Customize themes to display data more attractively and legibly;
Build powerful Views query displays;
Integrate with SQL databases;
Customize Views with relationships, arguments, and filters;
Optimize query performance;
Add custom styles with the Panels module;
Maintain full control over sites as you deploy into production;