[support] How/where should I start with Drupal

[Waprothero@gmail.com]

Firebug is great! I started by buying "Drupal for dummies" and then Drupal pro development. Works for me, but I'm not a php or CSS expert.
Good luck,
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

On May 3, 2012, at 6:24 AM, Al Sessions <fultonchain at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Katy Mozafar <katy_mozafar at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I'm a newbee with Drupal.
>> I need to make some changes to web sites written in Drupal. I do have
>> access to FTP server and to the database. I can't figure out the file
>> structure, I don't know how to start at all. What do I need to install? How
>> do I find the files? Where to start?
> 
> I would start with <http://drupal.org/documentation/understand>.
> Taking the time to understand how the core modules interact with the
> theme layer is going to pay off in a big way.
> 
> If you are totally new to Drupal the best way to figure it out is
> going to be installing a local version and breaking it a few times. It
> will be much easier to get a grip on the "Drupal way" after doing a
> bit of your own configuration and learning your way around the
> administration items.
> 
> Browse through the theme repository and install a theme or two and
> look over the themeing docs for your version (it would help to know
> what version of Drupal you are using). Then you can rip apart the
> theme and figure out what does what.
> 
> If you are not using it already, download and install Firebug
> <http://getfirebug.com/>. It is going to be your best friend, Drupal
> likes CSS files :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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