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You will learn to: Find your way round contributed modules for adding media to Drupal sites Store and display images in nearly any configuration a client may desire Scale and crop images before display on your site with ImageCache Add effects to your images such as drop shadows, light boxes, and more Examine how a developer may use Views, Embedded Media Field, and other tools to make embedding video even easier Add and manipulate video at a field level using the File Field module Create thumbnail overlays with jQuery Create custom audio fields

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M. Helmke Feb 11, 2009

This book is relatively short, coming in at about 240 pages. It is also focused on only one part of using Drupal, which means that you don't have to sift through a lot of information you are not going to use. This is definitely not a basic, "here's how to install and get started easily" sort of text, but more of a precise guide to using Drupal to serve various forms of media files in a way that can be styled easily to fit in with your overall site theme, and that does not require the use of non-Drupal software or modules. In other words, my initial thought was that this book would be exactly what I needed for this phase of my current project, a Drupal site that needs to serve embedded video and audio, and which may end up serving photos in a gallery as well.The book assumes the reader is capable of installing Drupal on a server and assumes you have a base installation up and running perfectly before beginning. It then starts with a quick introduction to the building blocks of Drupal: nodes, regions and blocks, themes, and modules. It discusses how to use CCK to create custom content types and fields, views to set up how they will be displayed, and breezes through the important parts of theming these additions to match the overall look and feel of your site. That is all in chapter one.The next several chapters are filled with easy to use plans for installing and configuring various modules to deal with images, galleries, thumbnails, slideshows, audio and video. The author quite clearly describes how to get each of these media to fit in and work with your site, exactly how you would like it to work.I am still in the planning stage of my current project. This was a good time to read through this book, because it gives me a chance to quickly and easily figure out what I can do for this client, without needing lots of extra time for research or requiring big modifications, and enables me to discuss the details intelligently and confidently with those making the decisions. If you have a similar project, the book is worth a look.

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K. Coombs Nov 18, 2008

This books provides an excellent overview of how to use Drupal for multimedia. It discusses how to incorporate images, video and sound into your Drupal site. In describes Drupal modules which can be used to manage each of these types of content. What is really nice about this book is that it clearly describes the differences between the modules and their strengths and weaknesses. Its comparison of Image and ImageField is particularly good. It also discusses the configuration options for the different modules. Another strength of this books is that is clearly outlines how to use CCK and Views to manage and display media.One way in which this book excels over other books is the fact that this book goes into detail of how to customize Drupal template files to better handle media. One key set of customizations that the book discusses is how to embed media. Images can be embedded in a more usable fashion using the Lightbox module. The author also outlines how to use images as part of slideshows and galleries. A gallery function comes with the Image module. But the book delves deeper into galleries and show how to create them using Views, Taxonomies and the customization of templates.Customizations can also be made to better display video files. Either those uploaded to the site or those from third party services such as Blip.tv, YouTube or JumpCut to name a few. Local videos can also be nicely displayed by using the jQuery Media module. This module takes a media link and wraps it in the appropriate media player. This works with both video and audio files.Like images, audio has it own module. This or the File Field module can be used to add audio to Drupal. Another cool customization for sound files that the book discusses is how to allow users to create their own playlists.This book is chock full of helpful tips on how to handle media within Drupal. It has terrific examples not only of administrative configuration but also relevant PHP needed to customize templates. Drupal is an extremely powerful platform but the accompanying documentation available is lacking, particularly for the most recent version (6.x). This book helps to fill in major gaps in the documentation available on the Drupal website. Additionally, it contains some of the most easy to read documentation I've been of customizing themes and templates.The only downside of this book is the fact that several of the modules it recommends were still being updated for Drupal 6 at the time of publication. This means some of the directions and screenshots don't match the current interface exactly. Additionally, the following modules mentioned in the book still haven't been updated from Drupal 6. * Acidfree Albums * Image watermark * jCarousel * Magnifier * Asset * Media Mover * XSPF Playlist ModuleThis aside though. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned SO much from it. I've been working with Drupal for about a year and learning as I go via books and hands on experience. This book gave me a much better sense of what Drupal is capable of in terms of media. I actually know where to start for a change. Additionally, I actually developed a useful understand themes and templates enough so I can make changes. If you want to incorporate media into your Drupal site I HIGHLY recommend this book.

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Richard Kassissieh Nov 30, 2008

Having worked with Drupal for two years, I have reached the point where I need expert advice in order to continue to grow. Drupal is a bit like a forest with many paths running through it. You could spend all year trying each one and learning from experience, or you could get an experienced hand to point you in the right direction, especially if you cannot devote all your time to learning Drupal.Aaron Winborn is experienced, knowledgeable, and helpful, if his writing at all reflects the man. The creator of the Embedded Media Field module, his has recognized expertise in configuring Drupal to handle multimedia content. In Drupal Multimedia, Winborn describes the state of Drupal multimedia support with one eye toward Drupal history and the other exploring the future. Context helps achieve deeper understanding.For most of the book explains how to include images, video, and audio in Drupal sites. In these chapters, I found answers to questions I had been asking for a while. What felt right about the Image module (e.g., image galleries), and what needed fine-tuning to work better (e.g., WYSIWYG integration)? Winborn takes the reader from Image to Image Assist, Image Attach, and finally the TinyMCE DrupalImage button, the last of which had escaped me in my previous forays into online documentation and support forum discussions. I was only disappointed not to find an answer to another longstanding want: easy bulk image upload for end-users.Winborn does not always take a single path through the forest. Often, he points out two or three different paths that might work well for your needs, while omitting mention of those that (I assume) he feels might not. After the comprehensive introduction to Image, Winborn changes approach. He describes how to use ImageField and ImageCache in conjunction with one's own custom content type. Comparing the two approaches not only helped me better understand how to structure my own approach but also provided an important insight into the Drupal ecosystem.Winborn takes care not to blow his own horn too loudly. His creation, Embedded Media Field, plays third string behind other image solutions. The explanation is critical to integration with third-party media hosts such as Flickr and YouTube.Winborn introduces the book as a "beginner to intermediate" Drupal resource while acknowleding the advanced nature of some examples. I thought this description was right on. A Drupal beginner would likely not be comfortable implementing some of the solutions provided, for example adding a preprocess hook to display the appropriate media player for an attached video. On the other hand, I found the emphasis on Node Reference essential for me to understand how to keep media items in their own nodes yet allow web pages to display them in the proper player.Later in the book, Winborn takes a couple of thoughtful turns. He treats video before audio, upsetting the conventional order between them yet explicitly acknowledging the dominance of video these days. He also presents the embedded video field before addressing how to upload "local" video files. That also makes good sense to me, as I have quickly discovered how even a low-volume site benefits from hosting video at a specialized provider, such as Blip.tv.Your perspective on the book may depend on your definition of "beginner" and "intermediate." I benefitted from both the high-level view and the relatively complex explanations. The book provided something to seek me teeth into and room for growth, which I imagine every Drupal developer needs. True beginners may quickly lose themselves in the details. Advanced users may not find the text sufficiently challenging.Drupal Multimedia will remain an essential resource for me, due to its vertical treatment of key techniques. Yet, I also find myself wanting more almost immediately. Will DrupalImage reach production site quality for Drupal 6? How should I provide bulk image upload capability to end users? What will support and maintenance of these techniques look like a year from now? While I am glad to have added this book to my knowledge base, I have quickly followed up the read with more tinkering on a test site and surfing the discussion forums.Richard Kassissieh is Director of Information Technology at Catlin Gabel School.He writes on Drupal and other topics at [...]

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ThomasT Jun 29, 2012

The entire collection of books on Drupal 7 offered by Packt Publishing has to be one of the best series of books you can buy if you are interested in really learning Drupal. Though there is no suggested "learning path", if you carefully review their titles, you can see where you should start based on your own experience level. Regardless, even their straightforward "Drupal 7" book offers something for experienced Drupal hands as well.The quality comes through via the authors and the content chosen. All the books are full of detailed and very informative hands-on examples. I have had experience with other Drupal books as well and have found even the supposedly "advanced" example less detailed and comprehensive than in the books from this publisher.

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Nicole Bluto Jan 30, 2009

Drupal is a powerful tool for building amazingly scalable websites quickly and simply. The use of multimedia in Drupal has posed challenges to many users and developers of all abilities. Drupal Multimedia addresses the main questions regarding how to implement video, image, and audio content in a way that is elegant for the developer, as well as the end user. The language of the book is straight to the point, and provides a framework to practice building an assortment of multimedia sites using a variety of modules in the context of test or example sites.I have used many of the modules that Aaron Winborn makes use of in the book and have had my own difficulties them. It is very helpful that he dissects each module and describes, in detail, what configurations work best and also provides code to make modules work differently or better. This information will save you time in trial and error and fills in the gaps sometimes present in the existing documentation of these modules.Changing the way items are displayed is not always a simple task in Drupal. Drupal Multimedia tackles display overrides over the course of an entire chapter. It is important to know where to go to change the CSS of your page, and what modules and tools are best implemented to determine which theme functions and CSS information to alter. This by far was the most understandable treatment of theme overrides that I have read. The language is clear, and takes one step at a time using Firebug for Firefox and the Developer Module for Drupal.Drupal Multimedia is an excellent book for anyone who needs to have more control over media in their Drupal websites. If you have any question about how to use or extend available contributed modules, this is your book. If you want to be able to tweak your theme output in your media site, get this book. Drupal Multimedia is a needed reference that is a powerful resource for the Drupal user.Nicole BlutoDrupal Developer and UserL.A. Drupal Member

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