By GTP on
Hello, I'm a newbie to this.
The owner of my webhotel/server helped me install Drupal
But how do I make a website with it? For me when I'm logged in it feels like I'm only configuring my own login account at my Drupal. I've clicked every thing possible in the nav menu, but still I can't get it right.
What I want is to create a website with photogalleries (it's a modeling agency)
Is there anyone who can help me?
Thanks in advance!
//GTP
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Organizing images on your site
The simple answer is you add content from the 'create content' menu. By default you are probably seeing only pages and stories. For image galleries you will need to add one or more additional modules.
Modules that could be useful
photo album isn;t being
photo album isn;t being updated to 4.7 as it uses the depreciated verison of the folksonomy module.
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Too big an ask :(
Sorry, but ouch.
You are asking for the short answer to "how do I build a house?"
And any answers you get will be useless until someone has sat you down and explained the concept of "hammer" to you.
OK. Where you probably need to start today is "Create Content" and choose "Page" to, um, create a page or three.
By default they will start appearing all on the home page, and you probably don't want that so you'll want some structure, which involves you designing (or at least defining) your navigation.
... and it goes from there.
You may be advised to get a professional to set you up with the framework of an actual site. The basic drupal install is pretty much a blank canvas, sounds like you need a template site.
.dan.
.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards
Ok, thanks!
Ok, thanks!
I already have the content of the site ( http://luamodels.studio.nu ) but I guess I'll read through your replies a few times and try again :)
Good luck
Content is one thing (at least you have something to start from) but structure and navigation can be tricky.
Gawd. That site is one of the worst uses of frames and Iframes I've seen. It sure needs replacing.
The good news is that some time soon the Model pages will fit nicely as structured data, and they can be categorised by taxonomy terms quite well. The Image module is all you need to begin with to illustrate the biography, don't worry about the galleries until you have fixed the front page navigation.
That will be a bit tricky, but break down what you want to do into small steps
"remove the login box"
change the background color"
"change the logo"
"add an item to the menu"
... and you'll find answers by searching the forums.
.dan.
.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards
Drupal is not for newbies
Drupal is really aimed at hardcore PHP coders and web developers. It's architecturally advanced and "forward looking", but almost nothing works out of the box. I'm not a total newbie in PHP/MySQL CMS, but for me the learning curve so far has been steep.
For your requirements you may be better off with older, more mature system like Nucleus or an even more basic out of the box commercial system that has better documentation and a helpdesk aimed at non-coding end users.
check your facts
I'm not confident about the date of Nucleus's first release, but I suspect that Drupal's first release (January 2001) may have been earlier.
As for the maturity thing, well that's a matter of opinion.
easier photo gallery
why not start with gallery2 and build from that? it's a lot easier and quicker aimed at beginners. It will allow you to just make albums and upload photos to it without trying to learn drupal. not trying to be negative, but I would have to agree that it's not easy using drupal.
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