By Urson on

Hi There,

I'm new to Drupal and would like to get into it.
Where should I start?

Basically I know PHP HTML and that is it.

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Urson commented

And forgot to add I know a bit of CSS

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ravis commented

what exactly you want to do with Drupal.
For just building a website using Drupal, you do not need any knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP

But if you want to edit / develop custom themes and modules you need to know these language.

A good place to know about Drupal and get started is:
http://drupal.org/start

I work at Drupar.com

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chales commented

I agree with @ravi_9793 on the /start page. If you want to get into any Drupal code customizations the Pro Drupal (7) Development book is a great starting point. FOr Genreal Drupal configuration there's a wealth of knowledge available in the form of Videos. http://drupalize.me has a number of Free professional Drupal training videos available for example.

DrupalVoodoo
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andrea_soto commented

The first thing is to install Drupal 7 and get it up and running.
After that, it is a matter of trying things out such as "create a new content type"( Structure->Content type), Add user roles and permissions ( People->Permissions).

There are a few tutorial to help you setup your first drupal site.
Setting up Drupal 7

Once you get the basics down, you can Explore custom development and custom theming ;)

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Urson commented

Thank you for this. I'll start right away.
Keep fingers crossed.

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osman00 commented

Just to add - my approach was familiarize self with basics - what a node is, what a module is, what blocks are, content types, views, how to change basic themes etc and get a basic idea.
After that its useful to try and do a real-world task like build a site for a friend so you have objectives which you can meet. Post in the forums everytime you get stuck and someone usually helps out.