Last updated November 23, 2009. Created by cgapperi on February 19, 2007.
Edited by dman, dgorton, MGParisi, ultimateboy. Log in to edit this page.
This cookbook assumes you have successfully installed Drupal and are looking at a "Welcome to Drupal" screen. If you're not already to that point, the Installation Guide is for you!

Drupal's Welcome Screen (Drupal 6)
This guide will talk you through adding content to your site, setting up your homepage, working with menus, extending your site with common modules, configuring permissions, setting up blocks and making your site look different via themes.
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Hi, pls notice, after browsing all your thorough pages on how to install etc., which are very descriptive, I discovered a screenshot on this page. A real image next to some text ;)
Sorry for my sarcasm but after endless pages which could have been so much easier and faster to understand with some pictures attached, I was indeed very overwhelmed.
Get rid of Welcome to your new Drupal website!
By the way, if you would like to get rid of 'Welcome to your new Drupal website!' message without promoting any content to the front page, there is a simple solution for this very old problem:
http://drupal.org/project/unwelcome
Disable Welcome to your new Drupal website!
If you want to disable Drupal's welcome message 'Welcome to your new Drupal website!' without promoting content to the front page, i.e. you want to use views instead, there is a simple solution:
http://drupal.org/project/unwelcome