Books on Drupal

There are a few books on Drupal and they range from everything for the beginner to everything for the advanced. I have a page devoted to Drupal books that are available for purchase along with a review on each of them.

New to Drupal?

Are you new to Drupal? What is Drupal and why do you want to use this? In this video I build a Drupal website in 10 minutes. See why Drupal rocks!

My New Install Routine for Drupal

Somebody asked me a while back about the procedure I go through on a new install of Drupal. We all have our routines and this is no different. So what do I do on a fresh install of Drupal?

Basically I go to the Site Administration Menu and start clicking:

  1. I enable clean URLS.
  2. I Set the Date and Time formats.
  3. I set the file system folder for uploaded files.
  4. I go to Site Information and name the site and enter an email address.

Now I go to the modules:

  1. I turn color off as I don't use the theme using that module.
  2. I turn on the Contact Module.
  3. I turn on the Path Module.
  4. I turn on the Ping Module.
  5. I turn on the Search Module.

Now that all the core modules are on that I want on, Need to set them up. I set up the contact form by entering an address and enabling it in the menus (usually I put it in the Primary Links).

That's pretty much it on a basic installation of Drupal.

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Install Profiles

You should check out Install Profiles and Install Profile Generator module.