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Media Module Overview for Drupal 7

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We're keeping this page up as a courtesy to folks who may need to refer to old instructions. We don't plan to update this page.

Sprout Video

The history of working with media in Drupal is long and bumpy. The main goal of the Media module is to create a refined, centralized way of handling media on a Drupal site, and Media, version 1, is the main tool we'll be using to create our site. In this lesson we'll get an overview of the Media module and specifically take a look at:

Note: This series is covering Media Module version 1.x. To learn about Media Module 2.x, check out our Using Drupal Chapter 4: Media Management series.

Additional resources

Using Drupal, 2nd Edition book