Archive for September, 2009
How Drupal Themes Work
Drupal displays and styles your content using themes. A theme consists of: Theme template files Theme functions Theme template files display your content through an html and css styled template file. So your site design and content are separate. This means that you can easily change the visual display of your site without affecting the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How Drupal works
Drupal is an open-source CMS. If you don’t know what drupal is then you can read my other article ‘What is Drupal?’. Drupal works as follows: All content; such as articles, information, user details, etc, are stored in a database. The database is accessed and managed via a database server. The design and layout of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )How to install and setup Drupal
Required Software: Development environment Xampp (Windows) , Lamp (Linux) Drupal installation file (compressed archive, e.g. .zip or .gz) Download at drupal.org Installation steps: Extract the drupal installation file htdocs folder. This is the folder where your website files for your development environment are found. Lets say you extracted the drupal installation archive it to a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What is Drupal?
Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS). Basically its an environment that allows you to develop powerful websites quickly and with relative ease. Some samples of websites developed with drupal: Why use drupal? It’s free It manages your website content Easily store and edit all your content and data Display your [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Where To Find Free Drupal Themes
To play around with different drupal themes and to see them on an active website before downloading, check out the the Drupal Theme Tester at themes.zaf.me. Tripwire Magazines list of 200 free Drupal Themes A very long list of free drupal themes. You’ll definitely find something you like here. 20 Great 3-Column Drupal Themes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Welcome to Drupal by Example
My aim with this blog is to explain, step by step, my experiences with drupal. Drupal is argueably the best open source content management system out there. Everyday I use drupal, I install new modules and themes, test them, experiment, until I get the desired result that I need. In this blog I will teach [...]
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