Packt Publishing Released Drupal 6 Social Networking

Ideally, every website has some social networking features to keep visitors coming back. Drupal is set up to allow web masters to incorporate some social networking features, and since it has become very popular among professional programmers and designers, Packt Publishing has released a new book, “Drupal 6 Social Networking”. This book contains step-by-step instructions on how to add social networking elements to your site, and you don't even need to have previous experience in Drupal or PHP. As all good manuals do, it starts with the assumption that you're unfamiliar with the topic, but even experienced users can get some great tips out of it.

The book covers how to set up Drupal, gives a tour of the administrator tools, and shows you how to use common modules and features together to facilitate communication between your users. Even if you aren't doing social networking, this book can be useful just as a guidebook for setting up a successful site in Drupal. It covers both the theory and implementation of social networking features such as allowing visitors to contribute content, management of users and profiles, design of the site, all the way to promoting your website once it is established. “Drupal 6 Social Networking” is perfect for businesses that want more exposure, groups and organizations that need their own meeting place, or anyone that wants to try their hand at the social networking market.

You can purchase the book in print or in the cheaper e-book form on the Packt Publishing website.