drupal

You can choose from many types of nodes: story posts, stand-alone pages, interlinked book-like pages, and many more.

Your node options

Head here:

Administration menu » Content Management » Create content

You'll see a list of all the node types you can create (which may vary by site). Here's what the chief ones are:

Page node

What it is: A generic page, with no specific assumptions on how you might use it.

This is the meat of what it's all about: creating new content for your web site. Let's jump in.

Once logged in, things will look different: you'll see a menu at the top of your site with your user name at the right, and a full list of links that drop down to more links. This is the Administrator menu, with links to content creation and administration forms that let you control nearly every aspect of your site.

The Administrator menu

There are many separate forms for administrative settings. The quickest way to get there is via the Navigation menu.

If you're the administrator, you can log in with your ID and password and begin administering the site.

Where to log in

Depending on your site setup, your front page, or another page on the site, may show a login block like this:

I'll keep a list here of best practices that will make your job easier.

Use a good browser

Your site should display well on any modern browser. Unfortunately, some administrator functions may not work perfectly on all browsers. Here's a list of known issues:

A name for everything

Let's learn a few key words that Drupal uses that will make it easy for you to understand instructions from any source, and talk with other users and experts.

If any of the definitions here are incorrect or if more words need defining, please speak up!

 The list

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