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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE--------------------- * About Drupal * Configuration and features * Installation profiles * Appearance * Developing for DrupalABOUT DRUPAL------------Drupal is an open source content management platform supporting a variety ofwebsites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. Formore information, see the Drupal website at and join theDrupal community at information about Drupal: * Know your rights when using Drupal: See LICENSE.txt in the same directory as this document. * Learn about the Drupal trademark and logo policy: AND FEATURES--------------------------Drupal core (what you get when you download and extract a drupal-x.y.tar.gz ordrupal-x.y.zip file from has what you need toget started with your website. It includes several modules (extensions that addfunctionality) for common website features, such as managing content, useraccounts, image uploading, and search. Core comes with many options that allowsite-specific configuration. In addition to the core modules, there arethousands of contributed modules (for functionality not included with Drupalcore) available for download.More about configuration: * Install, upgrade, and maintain Drupal: See INSTALL.txt and UPGRADE.txt in the same directory as this document. * Learn about how to use Drupal to create your site: * Download contributed modules to sites/all/modules to extend Drupal's functionality: * See also: "Developing for Drupal" for writing your own modules, below.INSTALLATION PROFILES---------------------Installation profiles define additional steps (such as enabling modules,defining content types, etc.) that run after the base installation providedby core when Drupal is first installed. There are two basic installationprofiles provided with Drupal core.Installation profiles from the Drupal community modify the installation processto provide a

Website for a specific use case, such as a CMS for mediapublishers, a web-based project tracking tool, or a full-fledged CRM fornon-profit organizations raising money and accepting donations. They can bedistributed as bare installation profiles or as "distributions". Distributionsinclude Drupal core, the installation profile, and all other requiredextensions, such as contributed and custom modules, themes, and third-partylibraries. Bare installation profiles require you to download Drupal Core andthe required extensions separately; place the downloaded profile in the/profiles directory before you start the installation process. Note that thecontents of this directory may be overwritten during updates of Drupal core;it is advised to keep code backups or use a version control system.Additionally, modules and themes may be placed inside subdirectories in aspecific installation profile such as profiles/your_site_profile/modules andprofiles/your_site_profile/themes respectively to restrict their usage to onlysites that were installed with that specific profile.More about installation profiles and distributions: * Read about the difference between installation profiles and distributions: * Download contributed installation profiles and distributions: * Develop your own installation profile or distribution: Drupal, the appearance of your site is set by the theme (themes areextensions that set fonts, colors, and layout). Drupal core comes with severalthemes. More themes are available for download, and you can also create your owncustom theme.More about themes: * Download contributed themes to sites/all/themes to modify Drupal's appearance: * Develop your own theme: FOR DRUPAL---------------------Drupal contains an extensive API that allows you to add to and modify thefunctionality of your site. The API consists of "hooks", which allow modules

Drupal 6 compresses all the CSS and JavaScript files into single include file.Installing new Drupal themesAfter you have done all the changes in your Drupal theme now you need to upload it to Drupal. Thus, you have at least page.tpl.php, node.tpl.php, and block.tpl.php files in your theme folder. And of course don’t forget about the required .info file that defines your theme. As we have already noted above you should never modify any core Drupal files, because all the changes will be lost the next time you update Drupal.Go to your Drupal 6 installation folder and open the sites folder. The sites folder is where you are allowed to add your own modules and themes. Here you can add more than one site domain.Here are the steps to prepare your Drupal installation for custom modules and themes:1. First, always set your site Administration theme to a core theme such as Garland. Thus you prevent theme accidents while trying out new themes. Under the Drupal Administration screen, select “Administration theme” and click Garland, then “Save configuration”. Now you can add any new themes.2. Add two new folders named modules and themes inside the sites/all folder.You also can add two more folders inside sites/all/modules called custom and contrib. It separates modules your team creates versus modules you download from the community (contrib, short for contributed). Themes do not need this folder separation because most sites as a rule have more modules installed than themes.3. Copy or upload your custom theme folder into the sites/all/themes folder and Drupal should recognize it under your Themes administration page.The other important thing is that you should never add new themes and modules to the core folders (drupal/modules, drupal/themes). Add new only to your drupal/sites/all folder.Visit the Drupal administration theme as soon as your theme is added to sites/all/themes.Here is the sample of standard Drupal Themes administration area where you should find your custom theme listed with core themes.If you don’t see your theme, then check whether it is in the right folder (drupal/sites/all/themes) or include a proper .info file in your theme folder.Enable new theme and check content on your sites pages. In case something is missing, double-check whether all files are named properly and all templates are in your theme folder.The site Theme cache should be flushed every time you update a theme folder. Visit or refresh the Theme administration screen to flush the site