Creating Website

Open the following link:- http://localhost/drupal-7.8  and log in with your username and password.
Drupal provides the administrator with a special administration toolbar.

This toolbar has the following links:-

• Home – It displays the home page of your website.
• Dashboard – It provide brief description of pages added in the site.

• Content
• Add Content

Two kind of pages are allowed basic page and article. Basic Page - Every page as a link in site is a basic page. We can give direct link from home page or pages within pages. Article - It is posted on home page as well as a linked full page is created. It is like posting a new article every now and then.
• Find Content - All pages already made are available to edit.

• Structure –

• Block – provides detail of different blocks on home page.

• Appearance – Many themes are available and are customisable. For more themes you can go to http://drupal.org/project/Themes  .

• Modules – The website is divided into several modules which can be enabled or disabled from here.

• Configuration – It helps in changing several important basic elements.

For more information log on to http://drupal.org/documentation

GETTING STARTED WITH DRUPAL

To begin with drupal we need to follow certain steps :-

1. Download a localhost server(I have used wamp server). To download wamp server : http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php
2. Install the server in your pc.
3. Download drupal - 7.8 files in your system from http://drupal.org/download
4. Move the folder containing drupal files to ”C:\wamp\www\”
5. Open the link http://localhost/drupal-7.8 .
6. Installation will start and it will ask database name.
7. Now, go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin and create a new database.
8. Give database name at http://localhost/drupal-7.8  as your database name, path as root, database server as localhost and no password.
9. Enjoy using drupal.