What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction, gives background information on Drupal and content management systems in general. Also some history on the Drupal project itself and how we got here.

Chapter 2, Installation, shows how to obtain a copy of Drupal 8 and install it on your own computer so you can get started on the rest of the chapters in this book.

Chapter 3, Basic Concepts, shows us each of the components to provide a better foundation for learning Drupal. This chapter also defines the terminology you will come across.

Chapter 4, Getting Started with the UI, walks you through the key parts of the standard Drupal 8 user interface (UI) focusing our on the Toolbar, the Administration menu and Shortcuts. This chapter is intended to provide you with a quick overview and much more detail and guided tutorial assignments will follow in later chapters.

Chapter 5, Basic Content, discusses basic content types defined in a standard Drupal 8 installation and how they can be used for a simple website.

Chapter 6, Structure, discusses how content can be structured once it has been created.

Chapter 7, Advanced Content, shows how to extend the basic concepts and create new content types, and why you might want to do this.

Chapter 8, Configuration, explains in detail each configuration option available in the standard Drupal 8 installation.

Chapter 9, Users and Access Control, shows how to control access to different areas of your Drupal site.

Chapter 10, Optional Features, presents various features of Drupal switched off in the default installation. This chapter explains what they are and what they do.

Chapter 11, Reports, shows the reports available in the standard installation and how you can use the data presented in it.

Chapter 12, Extending Drupal, discusses the modular nature of Drupal and how you can extend it to add more functionality.

Chapter 13, Theming Drupal, gives an introduction to theming a Drupal site.

Chapter 14, Getting Support, shows how the Open Source Drupal Community works now that we have reached the end of the instructional part of the book. However Drupal 8 is an extensive software framework and you should not expect to find all of the answers in a "Learning" book. In this chapter we discuss how the Open Source Drupal Community works and how you can engage with the community to get help and support for your Drupal project.