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 * About Drupal
 * Use and configure your Drupal site
 * Change the look and feel of your Drupal site
 * Write code for your Drupal site

ABOUT DRUPAL
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Drupal is an open source content management platform supporting a variety of
websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. For
more information, see the Drupal website at http://drupal.org/.

USE AND CONFIGURE YOUR DRUPAL SITE
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 * To install, upgrade, and maintain Drupal:
   See INSTALL.txt and UPGRADE.txt in the same directory as this document.
 * To create and improve your Drupal site:
   See http://drupal.org/getting-started
 * To join the Drupal community:
   See http://drupal.org/contribute

CHANGE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF YOUR DRUPAL SITE
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 * New Designs ("themes") for Drupal:
   http://drupal.org/project/themes
   http://drupal.org/getting-started/5/install-contrib/themes
 * To change Drupal's appearance and output ("theme"): 
   See http://drupal.org/theme-guide
 * To collaborate with other Drupal themers:
   See http://drupal.org/contribute/themes

WRITE CODE FOR YOUR DRUPAL SITE
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 * Don't modify core Drupal files ("hack core"):
   See http://drupal.org/node/144376
 * Place new modules and themes in sites/all/modules and
   sites/all/themes.
 * Extend Core Functionality (add "modules") to Drupal:
   See http://drupal.org/project/modules
   http://drupal.org/getting-started/5/install-contrib/modules
   http://drupal.org/developing/modules
 * Use Drupal's API and hooks:
   See http://api.drupal.org/
   http://drupal.org/node/326
   See http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/7
 * Hone your skills by helping build Drupal itself:
   See http://drupal.org/contribute/development