// $Id $ CONTENTS OF THIS FILE --------------------- * Information for new Drupal administrators * Information for new Drupal developers * Information for new Drupal themers INFORMATION FOR NEW DRUPAL ADMINISTRATORS ----------------------------------------- If you are looking for information about installing, managing, and configuring Drupal, please see the following resources: * See INSTALL.txt and UPGRADE.txt for installing, upgrading, and maintaining Drupal. * See http://drupal.org/getting-started for a comprehensive guide for getting up and running with Drupal. * Drupal's power comes from the set of contributed modules and themes available to integrate into your website. See http://drupal.org/project to find new modules and themes contributed by other Drupal users. * Drupal is both a software product and a community. See http://drupal.org/contribute to learn you how can become involved with documentation, development, theming, or anything else! INFORMATION FOR NEW DRUPAL DEVELOPERS ------------------------------------- If you are looking for information about developing for Drupal, please see the following resources: * Don't hack Drupal core! See for information about why you shouldn't hack core. * Drupal's API is documented online at http://api.drupal.org/. When in doubt, use Drupal's API's over PHP functions or your own custom code. * Drupal has a hook system. See http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/7 for information about using hooks to integrate your code into Drupal. * See http://drupal.org/contribute/development to learn about helping with Drupal development. INFORMATION FOR NEW DRUPAL THEMERS ---------------------------------- If you are looking for information about theming and designing for Drupal, please see the following resources: * Drupal has a theme system to allow you to change any part of Drupal's HTML, CSS, or JavaScript output. See http://api.drupal.org/api/group/themeable/7 to learn about the theme system. * See http://drupal.org/contribute/themes to learn about helping with Drupal theming and design.