Drupal for Designers

If you're a solo website designer or part of a small team itching to build interesting projects with Drupal, this hands-on book will give you the tools and techniques to get you going. Award-winning designer Dani Nordin guides you through site planning, teaches you how to create solid, user-centered design, and shows you tricks for using real, honest-to-goodness, developer Ninja Magick. This compilation of three short guides- Planning Drupal Projects, Design and Prototyping for Drupal, and Drupal Development Tricks for Designers-includes special bonus material. Drupal's learning curve has thrown off many experienced designers. This book shows you how to make site building with Drupal easier, so you can focus on design. Plan and estimate your project by discovering your client's goals and audience perceptions Choose the right modules for your project, and learn about several go-to modules Learn strategies for sketching, wireframing, and designing effective layouts Use LessCSS to organize CSS and help you theme your site more efficiently Discover how to work with Drupal on the command line Set up a development environment, and learn how to collaborate on code with others Learn the basics of Git-the free, open source version control system