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DRUPAL Beginner ’ s GuideBy ht tp:/ / www.outsourcingtemps.com



Introduction

Drupal is a content management, web application f ramework andblogging engine. It is used by many high-t raff ic websit es, including theThe Onion, Spread Firefox, Ourmedia, Kernel Trap and the New YorkObserver. It is part icularly popular for building online communit ies, andhas the tag line "Community plumbing". Drupal is written in PHP.

Drupal has a basic layer, or core, which supports pluggable modulesenable additional behaviors. The modules available for Drupal provide awide assortment of features, including e-commerce such as the AmazonItems module, work-flow, photo galleries, maiing list management andCVS integration.



HOW TO EDIT YOUR NAVIGATIONS

Go to Administer >>> Sit e Building >>> Menus.Here you can “ edi t" to change the title, description, parent or weight ofa menu it em.

Use the "add menu" tab to submit a tit le for a new custom menu.

"add menu it em" tab to create new l inks in eit her the navigation or acustom menu (such as a primary/ secondary links menu).

Note: Select the parent it em to place the new link within an exist ing

menu structure.

When you added new menu (secondary link), you need to select whichregion of the webpage to appear, for example in the sidebar.

HOW TO CONFIGURE WHAT BLOCK CONTENT APPEARS IN YOUR SITESsidebar, header or footer?

Go to Administer >>> Site Building >>> Blocks. Here you can positionblocks by specifying which area of the page they should appear in (e.g., asidebar). You can specify where within a region a block will appear byadjust ing its weight . Only enabled blocks are shown.

HOW CAN I COSTUMIZE THE URL OF MY DRUPAL SITE?

You need to enable the Path module that allows admin to rename theURL. To enable URL aliases go to Administer >>> Sit e Building

>>>Modules then check the Path module and save configuration.

Note: There is no need to put slash (/ ) in the beginning of the URL



HOW TO ADD MODULES TO YOUR DRUPAL SITE?

* You can download Drupal modules atht tp:/ / drupal.org/ proj ect / Modules

* Unzip t he fi le and upload it to your ftp panel in t he module folder

* Then go to your site and enable the module

Administer>>> Sit e Building >>>Modules>>> Check t he modules you aregoing to enable

Note: Some modules require other Drupal plug-ins before you can enableit .

* You can conf igure the permission for the specif ic module at the

Administer then select “ by module” presentat ion

For more information about Drupal module installation click hereht tp:/ / drupal.org/ node/ 70151

HOW INSTALL NEW THEMES?

Download a new theme package. Note that themes must be compat ible toyour drupal version. Meaning, versionl 5.1 theme is only compatible toDrupal 5.1.

For more information about installing new theme click here.



HOW TO ADD CONTENT OR CREATE A PAGE?

* Go to Administer >>> Content Management >>>Create ContentTIP: You can use t his URL ht tp:/ / www.yoursite.com/ node/ add to directlyaccess to add content page. (Just add node/ add to the URL of your drupalsite)

* Select the type of content

* Before submit t ing the page don’t forget to choose PHP code in inputformat and check promoted to the front page if you want to post thecontent to the homepage.

Here is a step-by-step example on how to add content to your site:ht tp:/ / drupal.org/ node/ 6271

HOW TO CONTROL THE TEASER LOCATION?You can end the teaser at the point of your choice by adding to your content. Everything above this tag will appear in the teaser.

HOW TO CATEGORIZE THE POST?There is a ‘category’ module that allows you to st ructure your sit e into atree-like hierarchy of pages, and to classify your dynamic content, allwithin one seamless interface. It is built upon the foundations of the corebook and taxonomy modules, and it provides all of the functionality ofthese two modules, and much more, to help you in customizing thenavigat ional experience of your Drupal site. You can download themodule here: ht tp:/ / drupal.org/ proj ect / category

To add categories go to ADMINISTER >>> Content Management >>>Categories then create container where you will put all your categoriesand published it. (Remember: No need to publish in front if you don’ twant to post it in front of the page).



HOW TO ADD AFFILIATE BANNERS?

Here is the sample code when you want to add a banner that is aligned inthe right side of the page:

<div align="right" style="float :right; padding: 0px 14px 0px 8px;">

(BANNER CODE)

</ div>

HOW TO CHANGE/EDIT SITE’ S INFORMATION

Go to ADMINISTER >> under sit e configuration there is site informat ionwhere you can change basic site information, such as the site name,slogan, e-mail address, mission, footer and more.

HOW TO SET YOUR SITES 403 AND 404 ERROR PAGES

Drupal error messages are direct to the point, BUT you can customizeyour page error messages to make it more user-friendly.

Create node for each kind of the page error (1 node for 403 and 1for 404). Wri te your customized error page message.

Determine the node number you wish to have Drupal redirect usersto. The node number is the number after t he last slash of t he pageURL.

Go to Administer >>>Site Configuration >>> Error Report ing >>>Enter t he nodes number to the appropriate boxes. If the nodenumber is 45 you would t ype “ node/ 45”



WHAT IF I WANT TO DISABLE THE “ USER LOG-IN” IN THE HOMEPAGE?

Go to Administer >>>Sit e Building >>> Blocks and then change the regionof t he user log-in to ‘<none>’ .

How I am going to log-on to my drupal site?You can log-in using this URL htt p:/ / www.yoursit e.com/ ?q=user

How can I log-out?You can log-out using this URL ht tp:/ / www.yoursit e.com/ logout

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