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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE | |
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* About Drupal | |
* Configuration and features | |
* Installation profiles | |
* Appearance | |
* Developing for Drupal | |
ABOUT DRUPAL | |
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Drupal is an open source content management platform supporting a variety of | |
websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. For | |
more information, see the Drupal website at http://drupal.org/, and join the | |
Drupal community at http://drupal.org/community. | |
Legal information about Drupal: | |
* Know your rights when using Drupal: | |
See LICENSE.txt in the same directory as this document. | |
* Learn about the Drupal trademark and logo policy: | |
http://drupal.com/trademark | |
CONFIGURATION AND FEATURES | |
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Drupal core (what you get when you download and extract a drupal-x.y.tar.gz or | |
drupal-x.y.zip file from http://drupal.org/project/drupal) has what you need to | |
get started with your website. It includes several modules (extensions that add | |
functionality) for common website features, such as managing content, user | |
accounts, image uploading, and search. Core comes with many options that allow | |
site-specific configuration. In addition to the core modules, there are | |
thousands of contributed modules (for functionality not included with Drupal | |
core) available for download. | |
More about configuration: | |
* Install, upgrade, and maintain Drupal: | |
See INSTALL.txt and UPGRADE.txt in the same directory as this document. | |
* Learn about how to use Drupal to create your site: | |
http://drupal.org/documentation | |
* Download contributed modules to sites/all/modules to extend Drupal's | |
functionality: | |
http://drupal.org/project/modules | |
* See also: "Developing for Drupal" for writing your own modules, below. | |
INSTALLATION PROFILES | |
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Installation profiles define additional steps (such as enabling modules, | |
defining content types, etc.) that run after the base installation provided | |
by core when Drupal is first installed. There are two basic installation | |
profiles provided with Drupal core. | |
Installation profiles from the Drupal community modify the installation process | |
to provide a website for a specific use case, such as a CMS for media | |
publishers, a web-based project tracking tool, or a full-fledged CRM for | |
non-profit organizations raising money and accepting donations. They can be | |
distributed as bare installation profiles or as "distributions". Distributions | |
include Drupal core, the installation profile, and all other required | |
extensions, such as contributed and custom modules, themes, and third-party | |
libraries. Bare installation profiles require you to download Drupal Core and | |
the required extensions separately; place the downloaded profile in the | |
/profiles directory before you start the installation process. Note that the | |
contents of this directory may be overwritten during updates of Drupal core; | |
it is advised to keep code backups or use a version control system. | |
Additionally, modules and themes may be placed inside subdirectories in a | |
specific installation profile such as profiles/your_site_profile/modules and | |
profiles/your_site_profile/themes respectively to restrict their usage to only | |
sites that were installed with that specific profile. | |
More about installation profiles and distributions: | |
* Read about the difference between installation profiles and distributions: | |
http://drupal.org/node/1089736 | |
* Download contributed installation profiles and distributions: | |
http://drupal.org/project/distributions | |
* Develop your own installation profile or distribution: | |
http://drupal.org/developing/distributions | |
APPEARANCE | |
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In Drupal, the appearance of your site is set by the theme (themes are | |
extensions that set fonts, colors, and layout). Drupal core comes with several | |
themes. More themes are available for download, and you can also create your own | |
custom theme. | |
More about themes: | |
* Download contributed themes to sites/all/themes to modify Drupal's | |
appearance: | |
http://drupal.org/project/themes | |
* Develop your own theme: | |
http://drupal.org/documentation/theme | |
DEVELOPING FOR DRUPAL | |
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Drupal contains an extensive API that allows you to add to and modify the | |
functionality of your site. The API consists of "hooks", which allow modules to | |
react to system events and customize Drupal's behavior, and functions that | |
standardize common operations such as database queries and form generation. The | |
flexible hook architecture means that you should never need to directly modify | |
the files that come with Drupal core to achieve the functionality you want; | |
instead, functionality modifications take the form of modules. | |
When you need new functionality for your Drupal site, search for existing | |
contributed modules. If you find a module that matches except for a bug or an | |
additional needed feature, change the module and contribute your improvements | |
back to the project in the form of a "patch". Create new custom modules only | |
when nothing existing comes close to what you need. | |
More about developing: | |
* Search for existing contributed modules: | |
http://drupal.org/project/modules | |
* Contribute a patch: | |
http://drupal.org/patch/submit | |
* Develop your own module: | |
http://drupal.org/developing/modules | |
* Follow best practices: | |
http://drupal.org/best-practices | |
* Refer to the API documentation: | |
http://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/7 |