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- Patch #569042 by nenne, jhodgdon: INSTALL.txt should explain about where to...

- Patch #569042 by nenne, jhodgdon: INSTALL.txt should explain about where to put new modules/themes.
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customized similar to the above example, to add your site-specific cron key customized similar to the above example, to add your site-specific cron key
and domain name.) and domain name.)
DRUPAL ADMINISTRATION
--------------------- BUILDING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR SITE
----------------------------------
A new installation of Drupal defaults to a very basic configuration with only a A new installation of Drupal defaults to a very basic configuration with only a
few active modules and minimal user access rights. few active modules and minimal user access rights. When extending your site,
you use "modules" and "themes". A module is a plugin that adds functionallity to
Drupal, while a theme changes the front-end look and behavior of your site.
It is important to install these correctly and not mix them in with the core
Drupal module and theme set (directories modules and themes at the top level).
So normally you place them under the following paths:
Use your administration panel to enable and configure services. For example: Modules:
sites/all/modules/example_module
General Settings Administer > Site configuration > Site information Themes:
Enable Modules Administer > Structure > Modules sites/all/themes/example_theme
Configure Themes Administer > Structure > Themes
Set User Permissions Administer > User management > Permissions
For more information on configuration options, read the instructions which If you run a multisite installation you will want to do this a bit differently.
accompany the different configuration settings and consult the various help You can read more about that on the multisite part of this file.
pages available in the administration panel.
Community-contributed modules and themes are available at http://drupal.org/. Contributed modules can be found at:
http://drupal.org/project/Modules
CUSTOMIZING YOUR THEME(S) Contributed themes can be found at:
------------------------- http://drupal.org/project/Themes
Now that your installation is running, you will want to customize the look of Later on you might want to write your own code, but remember to NEVER modify the
your site. Several sample themes are included and more can be downloaded from core modules and themes in Drupal directories modules and themes. Instead use
drupal.org. the hooks available in the Drupal API. You can read more about the Drupal API
and how to develop modules at
http://drupal.org/developing/modules
Simple customization of your theme can be done using only CSS. Further changes
require understanding the phptemplate engine that is part of Drupal. See
http://drupal.org/handbook/customization to find out more.
MULTISITE CONFIGURATION MULTISITE CONFIGURATION
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