Chapter 2. Drupal Jumpstart
This chapter, intended for readers who are new to Drupal, provides a tour of its capabilities, as well as definitions for its sometimes obscure terminology. Weâll demonstrate how Drupal can be used âout of the boxâ to build a simple website. Readers who are familiar with Drupal already may still want to skim this chapter, as later chapters will assume knowledge of all content covered here. By the end, youâll understand how to perform administrative tasks in Drupal, such as configuring modules, working with content types, and setting up site navigation.
This chapter assumes that you already have Drupal up and running. For assistance, check out Appendix A, as well as the helpful online Getting Started guide at http://drupal.org/getting-started.
This chapter introduces the following modules:
- Node (core)
Allows you to post content and create your own content types
- Comment (core)
Allows users to create replies to node content
- User (core)
Allows users to log in, and provides Drupalâs robust roles and permissions systems
- Block (core)
Adds dynamic sidebars and other supplementary content
- Menu (core)
Handles management of a Drupal websiteâs navigation
- Path (core)
Allows entry of friendly URLs such as http://www.example.com/about rather than http://www.example.com/node/1
- Module Filter (http://drupal.org/project/module_filter)
Allows administrators to quickly filter the list of modules by keyword
- Contact (core)
A simple form that site visitors may use to send inquiries ...
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