Extend your Drupal 7 sites with custom modules, which allow you to create everything from admin interfaces to forms. Author Jon Peck describes how modules extend your base Drupal installation, then walks through how to write your own module with a practical example featuring geo-positioned alternative energy centers. The course also describes how to control access to site features, create new content types, build forms, understand data persistence, embrace coding standards, and much more.
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Topics include:
Creating your first module
Interacting with hooks
Working with permissions and roles
Controlling access
Adding a menu item to an admin interface
Using the Form API (FAPI) to quickly create a form
Creating custom form validation
Manually creating a custom content type
Validating user input
Importing content using feeds
Creating a block
Understanding best practices and coding standards
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