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<DIV>Larry is quite right in this. But I'd like to point out that for many sites, half of that "other 20%" is also not difficult - it's getting the CSS right. I have many amazed customers who "only want a little code written" who get what they want from just tweaking the CSS. I am frequently asked "Do I need to know PHP?" and "Do I need to know HTML?" Well, I know consultants who don't know PHP at all (and a few who deny it). If you really want to learn those things, I suggest, in this order: 1) CSS, 2) PhpMyAdmin, 3) HTML, 4) cPanel, 5) PHP. And the last one really depends on how "dirty" you want your hands to get.<BR> </DIV>
<P><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" color=#ff007f size=4><EM><STRONG>Nancy</STRONG></EM></FONT> </P>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Larry Garfield<BR></FONT><BR>Download a couple of modules, built some node types with CCK, configure a <BR>couple of views, throw a downloaded free theme on top of them... click-click-<BR>click-click...<BR><BR>Mind you, the ability to "click together" 80% of what you need is what makes <BR>Drupal such a great platform. You can even get some really amazing <BR>functionality that way without writing any code, just making clever use of <BR>existing modules. That last 20%, however, is what separates a "looks like <BR>Drupal" site from a finely tuned, custom-themed, customized solution. It's <BR>also where most of the time, effort, and money goes in a project.<BR><BR>Now, many many sites don't need that last 20%, or they may think they do but <BR>really don't. Part of a consultant's job is to help a client figure out which <BR>of that 20% they really need, and which they can
afford.<BR><BR>A consultant's job is to make the client happy in the end, not to give the <BR>client what they say they want. That's a very subtle but important <BR>distinction. :-)<BR></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>