[documentation] Where is the page stating minimum requirementsneeded for running Drupal?

[Steven Peck]

It's the second item in Installation and Configuration where it's been
for a while..   I added a link to the downloads page.  What do you mean
'user'?  A Drupal 'user' is in fact a site admin or someone who sets up
Drupal.  Not an 'end-user' so generally a consultant fits this
criterea... 
 
As to 'a check list' etc.  The About Sectionis about Drupal not
technical stuff for the most part.  It's also supposed to have marketing
and conulting resources.  I remember this discussion last year where
various people said they were going to work on marketing and condultant
resoruces and contribute them back.  So far, I remember Keiren
contributing various somethings.  Still waiting for the other stuff.
Well, not anymore.
 
I do not ever forsee us keeping a list of hosts that could host Drupal
beyond those contributing to the community.  Such a list would be
insanely difficult to maintain and manage with existing or even imagined
resources/ :D
 
-sp

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	Subject: [documentation] Where is the page stating minimum
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	Hi all,  

	I am working on some recommendations for a client and I noticed
something : Nowhere on the front page of Drupal is there a link to the
minimum requirements needed for running it.

	Neither of the following pages state it either :

	http://drupal.org/about
	http://drupal.org/handbook/is-drupal-right-for-you
	http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info

	I have to go 8 pages deep to find in this page a link : 

	http://drupal.org/node/43438

	The page does not address users but "professional consultants".


	So from there I get to here:

	http://drupal.org/node/270

	I may be missing something but could not find in the top half of
the front page any links to this information. Nor is there any link
available in the downloads page for the Drupal Project.

	http://drupal.org/project/Drupal+project

	As you noticed, I did not go to the handbook directly. It's the
last place for me to check. My instinct is to look in "About Drupal" or
the Downloads page. Not the handbooks. I search for information on web
page like most people : Not by reading but scanning for information. And
reading a handbook is the last thing I want to do when looking for quick
answers. No wonder my client was flumoxed when scanning for information
around the Drupal site. They said they couldn't find anything they were
looking for : a quick checklist of requirements with maybe a list of
hosts that could potentially run the system. 

	Comments?
	
	l i z a sabater
	
	Liza Sabater, Publisher

	www.culturekitchen.com


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