[documentation] Adding an introductory overview to the Handbook, under Installation and configuration (repost)

[Kieran Lal]

Ben, I have updated the pag, http://drupal.org/node/21951

Please review.

Kieran
On Jan 30, 2006, at 5:26 AM, Benjamin Slade wrote:

> Drupal is a web-based content management system.   Text and  
> pointers to other kinds of content are stored in a database,  
> dynamically retrieved and composed, and presented to a user in  
> response to a request sent via a web-browser.
>
> Content in Drupal is created in individual "nodes".    For nodes of  
> type "story", users can add comments to the node (comments  
> themselves are not considered nodes).   Depending on site  
> settings,  adding new nodes and/or posting comments might or might  
> not be allowed.   Also, nodes or comments might require approval  
> from the moderators before the node or comment is displayed.   Blog  
> entries are another type of Drupal node.
>
> The default Drupal layout ("Theme"), consists of three columns.    
> The center column is referred to as the "Content Column".   It  
> typically displays summaries of the most recently posted nodes in  
> date order.   If you click on a node summary, the full content of  
> the node is displayed in the center column.
>
> The left and right side columns are referred to as the sidebars.     
> The side bars can display "blocks" of related information.  Blocks  
> often contain links for navigating to other nodes.   For example,  
> there can be blocks displaying the most recently posted stories, or  
> the most popular stories.  For new installations, the login block  
> displays, along with a navigation block containing a menu of  
> available actions.   Different menu items can display in the  
> navigation block depending on what you're doing and what privileges  
> ("roles") you have.
>
> Blocks may or may not display depending on what you're doing and  
> what privileges ("roles") you have.  For example, the login block  
> will not display if you're already logged in,  or the "most recent  
> stories" block may not display if there are no story nodes  
> available.   The administrator can enable/disable different blocks  
> under the Admin->Blocks menu item.
>
> Nodes can be organized into categories, also called taxonomies.     
> Forums are an example of content nodes organized by category.   
> Categories can be hierarchical, where one parent category contains  
> multiple child categories.
>
> New features in Drupal are often implemented as "modules".    Once  
> an administrator adds a module file to the "modules" subdirectory,  
> the option to use the module appears in the Admin->Modules  
> section.   If the administrator enables that module in Admin- 
> >Modules, the features associated with that module become active.    
> A module may define new node types, new menu items may appear in  
> the navigation block, and new types of blocks may become available  
> for display in the sidebars.

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