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I am a complete newbie to Drupal and I am very excited to get involved, I know the Drupal.org is a wealth of information and it has been very helpful but can any one guide me in the right direction to find more useful beginner tutorials?
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Perhaps start here:
Perhaps start here:
http://drupal.org/node/877140 and http://drupal.org/getting-started
Be aware that sites can be tricky to move, so it's easier to design your site online at the domain you will be using over the web than storing it on your PC or laptop, but to start with download and install Xampp (it's like a web server for your computer and has databases and PHP) from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html and the latest 6x version of Drupal (currently 6.19) from here http://drupal.org/drupal-6.19 - and get to know your way around. If you are using Windows there is a tutorial here on the process: http://drupal.org/node/749846
Search for things you want to be able to do (you can narrow by 'Book page' which is a kind of tutorial or 'forum topic' which is a discussion or support request). Look through the modules and themes http://drupal.org/project and try some of them out!
If you get stuck with the installation then post here: http://drupal.org/forum/1
Good luck!
I feel the same way as OP, and have questions about this reply
Can you please say more about "tricky." I am new to Drupal (last time I used Joomla) and I am developing a new site: http://hum.homedns.org/drupal_hum/ and my plan is this:
1) Develop and test locally on a mac using MAMP Pro.
2) When ready, move to a Ubuntu server installed in client's office.
3) Admin that Ubuntu server from my mac(s).
Is this a reasonable plan in your opinion?
Well, as the OP said, this is very exciting as yesterday I never knew what Drupal was and in a matter of hours I've gotten this far: http://hum.homedns.org/drupal_hum/
I have questions about what I have done so far, but I think I will just open up another post to go thru those, whatcha think?
Thanks so much for helping the noobs out!!!
jigs
Phoenix.Consultants.Nepal (www.phoenixstudiosnepal.com)
Hi Jigs Testing on a local
Hi Jigs
Testing on a local machine is a great way to start, but as you can see from this post: http://drupal.org/node/944020 - moving an entire site is not as easy as just copying the files over to the server. This is particularly an issue for images at the moment and is caused by the site 'looking for' the file or content somewhere that isn't the same on the new site as it was on the old file system.
What you can do is develop a theme on your local machine and test out ideas - and there are ways to successfully move a site - see - http://drupal.org/node/120627 - but there is usually no reason why you can't develop your site on the server if you know the domain name you'll be using - it saves needing to move the site at all.
If you want, you can create a holding page simply by setting up a default theme with a holding front page saying the site is under construction (A holding front page can be created just by adding a page-front.tpl.php file in the theme folder), change the theme in your profile to the one you're going to use on your site and you're away.
Resources for Drupal newbies
To humbly plug a page of my own: On "Drupal for Beginners and Newbies", I've tried to collect a lot of the useful ideas and resources that I've found helpful as a beginner. That includes links to the most helpful resources here on Drupal.org; there's lots of great stuff here, but it can be a little hard for a newcomer to find!
http://www.drupalace.com/drupal-for-beginners
My site's Links page might also be of help, with many links to tutorials.
http://www.drupalace.com/links
Good luck!
Depending on what you want to
Depending on what you want to learn and the amount of time you'd like to invest in learning...(and a bit of money) lullabot video tutorials are great with introducing you to drupal and getting your hands dirty in no time.
they also have a podcast that i like listening to like everyday.
head over to lullabot.com and check everything out.
all the best.
drupal is an amazing cms man!
Thanks for the help
Thank you very much for all the good advice, I can't wait to get started, hopefully soon I will be a Drupal enthusiast :D