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By BajeDrift on
Hi fellas,
I'm new to web developing and obviously to drupal. I'm taking things one step at a time.
I can code a simple set of HTML pages to for a "site" and I can have that site look good, design wise.
I've decided to get started in drupal rather than continue to learn the old way of web developing, it seems CMS's are the way to go. I've created a custom theme which is ok, I can create another one later, but what I'd really like to know is how I can have a normal looking site.
Right now, my site looks like a blog and even though I'd like to have a blog incorporated into the site, I'd much rather have a normal (I guess commercial) looking site with links to pages that are easily remembered e.g. www,example.com/section/page.
I've done some reading, and I've seen that the taxonomy module in drupal makes it possible to have these urls, but it has slightly confused me. I seems only to add references to a particular piece/type of content rather than create a separate page with that link (able to house unique content).
Ultimate goal:
to build bajedrift.com on my own(for the most part) and have links such as
bajedrift.com/clothing
bajedrift.com/media
etc etc
I think I've supplied enough background information to make my problem clear.
thanks in advance for any help rendered.
BajeDrift
PS: I'm using WAMP to "host" the site, I don't have an internet host as yet. I want to completely build then publish.
Comments
Lists vs. nodes
Actually, the path (and/or pathauto) module makes it possible to have humane URLs.
Taxonomy lets you sort multiple nodes, and automatically gives you a listing of all the nodes matching a term.
So, in your case, you might have 14 nodes about "clothing" and three about "media." A listing page would automatically be provided for each case, and if you add another node that is tagged "media" it would appear there without you having to update the listing.
If what you want instead is a single page at /media or /clothing that contains a chunk of content that you create, rather than a listing that's automatically maintained, then you should simply create a node (the "page" content type is appropriate for this) and enter your information. Set the path, and optionally add it to the menu system.
Thank you very much, I think
Thank you very much, I think I understand what you're saying.
I saw a post earlier about a frontpage for drupal, I think I'll check that out to see if anyone has helped him/her. I'm also interested in the answer.
Just set the front page to a static node?
I think from what you are describing that you just need to see point 2 here to learn how to set your front page to be a single content page - not a 'blog' list of articles.
It's easy. Once you know that that's possible.
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Sure . . .
As yelvington says, Path and Pathauto make it relatively easy to have nice URLs (in combination with the Token module).
It's a bit more work to have it "look like a normal site" but very doable. If you've created your own theme, you're half-way there. I assume you know how to create new regions into which you can put blocks of content (eg lists, text, pics, etc)? For some ideas, check out some of the more commercial-looking themes with lots of regions/columns, such as Acquia Marina, Newswire and Morning After. The Panels module is a another (very powerful) way of controlling where on the page content is displayed.
Just as importantly, the Views module is essential (in my opinion and many others') for controlling how content is listed and displayed. Nodequeue is also worth checking out and, like many other Drupallers, I couldn't live without CCK.
Have a good look through the many other contributed modules too. There are many that can give your site the professional touch, but don't go overboard -- as a general rule, it's better to keep contributed modules to a minimum. Good luck!