I'm the kind of geek that skims through the documentation and tries to set things up using the common theme that if it's a good system, it'll at least be intuitive enough that I should be able to figure it out given my 20+ years of systems admin experience.

I was at first pleased with the documentation that it went from unashamed and self-administered horn blowing to install.txt that describes how to configure some of the files needed to run Drupal. I mean, sure it's cool to blow your own horn, but couldn't we have a little segway between sheer marketing (yes, you can market an open-architecture system like this) and technical intracacy? None the less, I configured everything and according the install.txt file, I should be up and running...

Now what? should I browse a specific file? Is there something I need to do. Does Drupal automatically reach out and take over my website, so all I need to do is browse my domain? I mean great, so I'm configured, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO START THE SYSTEM UP.

I'm sure I'm missing something simple, so please advise. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jase

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michelle
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If you have everything set up right, you should browse to your domain and it should be there. If it's not, then something is wrong, and I suggest posting in the forums since the documentation queue isn't the place for support questions.

You're right, though, that there is a gap in the docs and we are working on filling it, so your feedback is appreciated.

Michelle

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webchick
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From INSTALL.txt (section 4):

You can now launch your browser and point it to your Drupal site.

Create an account and login. The first account will automatically
become the main administrator account with total control.

Further down:

Use your administration panel to enable and configure services. For
example, set some general settings for your site with "Administer >
Settings". Enable modules via "Administer > Modules". User permissions
can be set with "Administer > Users > Confgure > Permissions".

On the initial screen you see when you get to Drupal there are also additional "getting started" instructions.

If you have suggestions on how this could be more clearly worded, please attempt a re-write and post it here.

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pnm commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

I don't think there's anything actionable here.