Learn what Backdrop CMS is and how it fulfills the role of a content management system along
with how to install and configure it. This book teaches how to create and manage content
taxonomy users page layouts and menus to get the best site possible. You'll also see how to
install on shared hosting - which is a focus of the Backdrop CMS team - to make hosting your
website affordable. Backdrop CMS has a very strong community and Beginning Backdrop CMS shows
you how to leverage Backdrop CMS's repository of contributed modules and themes to expand the
functionality and look of your site along with how to contribute your own material to the
community. Beginning Backdrop CMS focuses on the user who is responsible for building
maintaining and managing an organization's website and who is interested in Backdrop CMS's
ability to meet their site's requirements. It covers why you should consider using a content
management system whenbuilding a new web site. By reading this book you will: Understand why
you should use Backdrop CMS and the power of the platform. Build confidence in your ability to
use Backdrop CMS. Gain the knowledge necessary to build deploy and manage web sites of
moderate complexity on Backdrop CMS. Understand the process for migrating a Drupal 6 or 7 site
to Backdrop CMS. What You Will Learn Install a basic Backdrop CMS web site from scratch Create
content in your new Backdrop CMS web site Work with and manage menus and users Build and use
layouts when creating pages on your site Create a Backdrop CMS theme Understand the basics of a
Backdrop CMS module Who This Book is For Technical users who need to use Backdrop CMS to create
websites using the platform and to manage content. Developers who are new to the Backdrop CMS
platform. The book is also targeted at organizations that currently use Drupal 6 or 7 and who
wish to remain on the base architecture of those platforms as they move forward on Backdrop
CMS.
