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- CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
- ---------------------
- * About Drupal
- * Configuration and features
- * Installation profiles
- * Appearance
- * Developing for Drupal
- ABOUT DRUPAL
- ------------
- 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
- --------------------------
- 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
- ---------------------
- 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
- ----------
- 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
- ---------------------
- 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
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