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Drupal Web Services
Integrate social and multimedia web services and
applications with your Drupal website
Trevor James
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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Drupal Web Services
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Credits
Author Editorial Team Leader
Trevor James Aanchal Kumar
Reviewers Project Team Leader
John K Murphy Lata Basantani
Michael L. Ruoss
Project Coordinator
Zainab Bagasrawala
Acquisition Editor
Steven Wilding
Proofreaders
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Development Editors
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Graphics
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Technical Editors
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Production Coordinator
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Copy Editor
Cover Work
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About the author
Trevor James is a Drupal consultant and web developer based in Middletown,
MD, USA. Trevor has been designing websites for 14 years using a combination of
HTML, XHTML, CSS, and ColdFusion, and has been using Drupal intensively for
over 3 years. Trevor’s focus is on building web portals for higher education, public
education (K-12), non-profit, medical systems, and small business environments.
He is interested in best methods of integrating web services with Drupal sites, Drupal
site performance, and using CCK, Views, and Panels to develop frontend interfaces to
support data intensive websites. He loves teaching people about Drupal and and also
about how to use this excellent open source content management framework.
Trevor has designed and developed websites for non-profit, education, medical-based
systems, and small business organizations. He is currently working on a number of
Drupal-related projects.
Trevor co-authored the Packt title Drupal 6 Performance Tips, published in February,
2010. For more on this title visit:
https://www.packtpub.com/drupal-6-performance-tips-to-maximize-and-
optimize-your-framework/book
Trevor created an 11+ hour video tutorial series titled Introduction to Drupal 6 for VTC
(Virtual Training Company) in 2009. The video is available via the VTC website at:
http://www.vtc.com/products/Introduction-To-Drupal-6-Tutorials.htm
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Acknowledgements
Without the love and support of my wife Veronica and our twin daughters Clare and
Francesca, this book would not have seen the light of day. I cannot express enough
love and grace to the three of you for your encouragement and enthusiasm for my
writing career.
Thanks (again!) to my father-in-law Tony Gornik for offering his residence in
Hershey, PA as writing space on weekends.
Many thanks to the entire Packt editorial, project, marketing, and production teams
for inviting me to work on this project and for continuing to publish exceptional
titles on Drupal and open source applications. Many thanks to Steven Wilding,
Packt Acquisition Editor, for serving as the lead editor on this title. Steven’s
encouragement and wisdom kept me on task with this book.
Thanks to Zainab Bagasrawala, Project Coordinator; Poorvi Nair, Project
Coordinator; Akash Johari, Development Editor; Meeta Rajani, Development Editor;
Lata Basantani, Projects Team Leader; Mohd Sahil, Technical Editor; and Patricia
Weir, for keeping the project on track and for guiding the construction of this title.
A special thanks to Radha Iyer, Marketing Research Executive at Packt. I’ve worked
closely with Radha on all aspects of marketing my first book, as well as having
the opportunity to write multiple book reviews for Packt under Radha’s guidance
and vision. I am always impressed with Radha’s ability to locate new marketing
opportunities and applications to help increase knowledge about Drupal and
open source.
Thank you to Jim Mason and Eric Condren for their help and knowledge using
Drupal and CiviCRM at Frederick County Public Schools on multiple projects.
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Susan Morrison and Ryan Wexler of Medical Business Systems were instrumental
in testing and implementing many of the social application service integrations
documented in this book. While writing the book, I worked closely with them on a
redesign of the MBS website and integrated Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn with
their new site. They taught me a great deal about these integrations from the end
user and website manager perspectives.
Last but certainly not least, thanks to my friend and colleague Will McGrouther. Will
is an expert on social web applications and the many discussions we had over the
course of this book’s roadmap inspired the text in many ways.
I look forward to working with you all in the near future. Drupal on!
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About the reviewers
John K Murphy is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years experience
as a programmer and database administrator. A graduate of the University of West
Virginia, he began writing computer games in the 1980s before pursuing a career as a
computer consultant. Over the years, John has enjoyed developing software in most
major programming languages while striving to keep current with new technologies.
In his spare time, John enjoys scuba diving, skydiving, and piloting small planes. He
lives with his wife and two children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Michael Ruoss is founder of and senior developer at UFirst Group. He holds a
Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
in Zurich. After his studies, he worked for Optaros for two years as a developer/
consultant. In 2010, he founded UFirst Group, a company doing system integrations
based on open source frameworks.
During the past years, working for Optaros and UFirst Group, Michael Ruoss gained
much experience in the integration of Drupal, Magento, Alfresco, and other CMS and
eCommerce solutions. Michael also maintains two Drupal community modules, the
SEO Compliance Checker, and the Overlay Gallery.
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The book is dedicated to my wife Veronica and our daughters Clare and Francesca.
