Drupal handbooks
The Drupal handbooks offer a reference for those interested in Drupal whether novice or experienced, users or developers. Source code documentation can be found on api.drupal.org. All content is supplied by volunteers, please contribute where you see a need through the convenient 'add a child page' link on each page (e.g. missing module documentation). If you are interested in editing existing content then sign up to help.
Getting Started
New to Drupal? Start here to learn about the project, features, requirements, best practices and and how to get Drupal core installed. To jump right to an overview, click here
Getting Involved
Drupal is much more than the software, it is a community from around the world. The community not only improves the Drupal software, but also provides support, documentation, translations and much more. One of the best ways to learn Drupal is to get involved with other people who use it and strive to make it better. There are many ways to get involved so don't feel like you need to be a ninja coder to jump in. This book covers everything from getting an account on Drupal.org to using CVS.
Beyond the Basics
Need more help? Check out community contributed videos, slides, tutorials and how to articles. Even more detailed installation help and other contributed articles on how people solved a need. Other PHP, theme and SQL snippets and tricks on how to leverage the power of your Drupal site can be found here as well. Some contributed modules are documented here as well.
Theming Guides
Drupal comes with some very powerful theming capabilities. This is good as some people want to put their own unique stamp on their sites. While you can do a lot without knowing PHP, you will get more out if it if you are willing to learn a little. Check out our theme guides.
About Drupal and Drupal.org
Drupal.org is a large and vibrant community. Find out more about Drupal case studies, services, the community and resources on drupal.org.
Developing for Drupal
The guide pages found here are collaborative and cover how to update modules, themes and manage projects on drupal.org. As code documentation on Drupal can become out of date most version specific or code documentation is kept in CVS and can be found on api.drupal.org.
Get started developing for Drupal here.
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