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By spacemonkey on
I've gotten Drupal 4.6 installed, but I'm completely lost. Drupal is very different from other CMSs I've tried. I managed to get my site's basic settings configured by reading the Drupal Handbook, but I'm lost as to what modules I would need to install or what I would need to configure for the type of website I have. I'm making a multimedia type website, sorta like dumpalink.com. I thought about the AcidFree module, but that's really got me confused on how it works, not to mention how to put menu items up. Maybe somebody that has setup a similar site, or a Drupal expert can help me in the right direction. I'm not going to have any type of user registration, so that block, I'm guessing, can be disabled?
Can anybody provide a little insight?
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INADE (I am Not A Drupal Expert)
But the best way to do things is to test modules and 'feel' how they work.
Basically after you installed the modules you need do ...
Admin>Modules and activate the modules.
Admin>Accesscontrol and make sure all the access for the module is in place.
Admin>Settings>"your module settings" and configure the new module.
Admin>Blocks and activate the blocks for your new module.
Admin>Menus configure the menu to you're liking.
Then add content to the modules and see what it looks like.
Acidfree is fairly straight forward once you have it in and working. Where do you get stuck with Acidfree?
how are people going to
how are people going to submit media if they can't register?
play around with it, your probably used to having an bloated administrator backend control panel.
login as the first account created, then click on the administer link, then click on menus link and you can configure you menus for the Navigation block. you can also add primary links that everyone will see. first thing you should do with 4.6 is install http://drupal.org/projects/phptemplate engine. and start working on your template. when i switched to drupal a few months ago I was in the same boat you are in now.
I realized that with drupal, the key to making drupal do what you want it to do is in the template.
with phptemplate.engine you can put your own php code right there in the template files, this eliminates the need to modify drupal's core modules. this will make updating/upgrading much smoother. if your like me you don't know much php, don't let this discourage you, the people here are very good about helping out and the handbook contains all kinds of good stuff (php snippets and theme snippets).
when I entered the world of drupal I knew very little about php, html, and css. it all started as a hobby and i quickly learned that i needed to have a better understanding of those 3 languages if I was going to get anything accomplished. http://www.w3schools.com/ is very helpful for learning the basics.
In my opinion, the best way to start getting to know drupal is to set up a test site with phptemplate engine, and start working on a theme.
you might consider trying 4.7rc3 its very stable and phptemplate is integrated right out of the box. In 4.7 I like to take the bluemarine theme as a base and modify it to fit my the needs of the site. if you'd like to see what can be done with the phptemplate version of bluemarine check out my current testing site at http://ross.crickster.com
(i'm not a drupal expert either)
I am confused as well
How do I create, or connect the pages?
space monkey
are you out their?