Community Documentation

Understanding Drupal

Last updated October 16, 2011. Created by sepeck on March 31, 2001.
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Welcome to Drupal! Drupal is a powerful content management system which allows you to create and maintain many different types of websites without needing to know any coding languages.

If you're new to Drupal or new to having your own website, then this guide is for you.

The beginning is the most important part of the work - Plato

The following pages should introduce you to the Drupal project, some best practices the community has accumulated, the concepts and technologies that underpin Drupal, and basic installation and configuration.

The Drupal documentation is currently being restructured. Some content has been moved to the Administration Guide, Structure Guide and Site Building Guide.

If you need help installing Drupal, the Installation Guide has step by step instructions and troubleshooting tips.