Pro Drupal 7 and CiviCRM arms non-profit developers and site administrators with the best practices of enterprise-level web development to build robust websites that expand the reach and grow the impact of the organization. Non-profits rely on their web presence, encompassing everything from websites to social media, to engage a global audience.
Pro Drupal 7 and CiviCRM pulls back the curtain of web development and empowers non-profit organizations to build powerful websites on a shoestring budget. This book:
Focuses on a robust solution to the unique challenges faced by non-profits.
Opens non-profits to the same techniques embraced by large companies.
Walks you through building a complete fundraising site from beginning to end. Bringing together two open source projects to solve the unique challenges faced by non-profits, Pro Drupal 7 and CiviCRM gives any organization access to the same time- and money-saving techniques employed by the best Drupal consulting companies. With Drupal 7, the organization gains one of the most popular website frameworks, used by private companies and government agencies around the world.
Exposing the relationships between their donors, members, volunteers and other contacts, CiviCRM allows non-profits to get past the hurdles of divided, legacy record-keeping and gain new insights about their constituents. What you'll learn
Build a Drupal 7 website with CiviCRM 4 integration.
Generate Features to store website structures in code.
Configure CiviCRM to collect custom data specific to your needs.
Create Profiles for a rapidly deployable multi-site architecture.
Utilize and extend the CiviCRM API.
Optimize and maintain a LAMP server for Drupal. Who this book is for Pro Drupal 7 and CiviCRM is perfect for technology departments (even a department of one) at non-profit organizations of all sizes who are faced with replacing aging websites and piles of legacy, one-off contact tracking systems. Pro Drupal 7 and CiviCRM empowers lone developers, small teams, and consultants with the best practices of the industry, creating enterprise-level websites even for small non-profits. It's a great choice for webmasters who want to take the next step and dramatically improve the capabilities of an organization's website, or even just their own skills.
Pro Drupal 7 and CiviCRM emphasizes just how much is possible through the right administrative interfaces and techniques, making it accessible to someone with even a minimal technical background. It also delves deep into some of the underlying code to provide new integration tricks for seasoned Drupal veterans working with CiviCRM for the first time. This book builds on Beginning Drupal and works well with Pro Drupal 7, but addresses the unique challenges faced by non-profits.
