By jwriter on
This is regarding using "Create content > Page" page. I assume this is the easiest way to get something on my site, just as a test.
1) The user interface is very austere and does not indicate what kind of content can be entered. Plain text? HTML? PHP? Images?
2) If I enter HTML code, should I refer to CSS pages?
3) I understand everything in Drupal is stored in the database. I assume the content is intended to be used in future pages. But can I enter a complete page and assign it a URL in the traditional way, so I can see what I have created?
Thank you.
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1) page content type can be viewed as a content type that allows you to use CODE to create it, be it HTML or PHP
2) Not sure what you mean css pages? you can style with css if you so choose
3) all content is stored in the database. you can "assign urls" using the path.module (part of core) to create url aliases or automate this task with the pathauto.module in the downloads area.
http://drupal.org/node/937 may help you wrap your head around drupal terminology.
This is helpful, thanks. Are
This is helpful, thanks. Are there instructions somewhere that describe how to do the following in the Drupal way? This simple task is something I have done a zillion times by hand coding and FTP. It is to post a page that has...
- some text
- a jpg image
- an external CSS page for style
I would really appreciate an a,b,c description of how to do this in Drupal.
I am also new to drupal and
I am also new to drupal and have bin messing around with it for a couple of months getting no were, until I finally got frustrated and bought a book: Using Drupal Oreilly, it is a huge help
heres a link to a sample of the book.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/15490778/Using-Drupal-by-OReilly-Media
I think this is a must for anyone just starting to use drupal because it works so much differently than any cms I have seen. Which makes it so flexible
have fun!
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Thanks, will follow up on the book. But still, I am defining a very simple project here and would like to see an a,b,c description of how to do it.
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depends completely on what method you employ.
With drupal you can handcode and FTP or you can create a content type and add an imagefield as well as other fields and have things done in a more automated way.
a,b,c 's in this case can be found by watching videocasts and using the tutorials found here on drupal.org and on google. searches also help a great deal as you likely aren't the first person to ask any single question.
we're here to help with specific questions, Questions that are essentially asking for a step by step by step tutorial tend to go unanswered as you're asking for someone to "donate" an inordinate amount of time typing up specifics and regurgitating a great deal of the information already out in the interweb.
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Understand. I thought it might be ten lines or so. If anybody can summarize the process in ten lines or so (create a content type, etc) that would be great. I have already gone over a lot of the support pages and any kind of procedural overviews are sadly missing. This is not only for me, it is also for future newbies who would like a ten second snapshot of what is involved. I do appreciate the support and friendly nature of this forum and hope that I am making a contribution.
Handcode?
"With drupal you can handcode and FTP..."
VeryMisunderstood, could you expand the meaning of "handcode" a Drupal page? Are you referring to handcoding a theme file like page.tpl.php? Or just handcoding HTML etc. for insertion into a node's text fields (on its edit page)?
Passing by and curious -
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You can manually add HTML in either the theme files or directly into a content type.
Got it. Thanks!
Got it. Thanks!