Drupal 7 -notes as I get started
Install Profiles
When you first install Drupal 7, you will have a choice of install profiles(minimal or standard). All this does is enable some of the core modules at install time so you don't have the enable them manually.
The choice depends on what type of site you will be building. Possibly in the future the install profiles will make sense.. But it's a bran new feature that really doesn't do much..YET.
Before you get lots of questions which to use.. You can enable all the modules included with core after install at any time. BOTH install profiles have all the core modules available for future use.
The Minimal profile Includes:
Drupal core
block
dblog
The Standard Profile Includes:
Drupal core
block --allows the creation of custom blocks
color --for setting color in the theme
comment --allows for comments on the site
contextual --Provides contextual links to perform actions related to elements on a page.
dashboard --the site control new dashboard
help --Manages the display of online help
image --the new built-in image module
menu --allows custom menus to be created and customize the site navigation menu.
path --allows setting the path of pages and/or nodes
taxonomy --allows vocabularies for assigning and classifying content
dblog --a database log of system events
search --allows for searching the site
shortcut --Allows users to manage customizable lists of shortcut links.
toolbar --Provides a toolbar with administration menu items.. The admin_menu module is better and faster..
overlay --Displays the Drupal administration interface in an overlay.
field_ui --User Interface for the Field API.
file --Defines a file field type.
rdf --Enriches your content with metadata to let other applications (e.g. search engines, aggregators) better understand its relationships and attributes.
Navigating Drupal 7
One thing you will quickly find out going from Drupal6 to Drupal7, You will be lost because all the configuration paths and names have been changed. --This was done to make things easier.. Ok, so we have to re-learn where everything is and what the paths are...
I will try to list all the new names for everything to help people find their way around without going nuts.
Some of the differences:
Users are found in the "people" section, but they are still under "users" and they still have "usernames"
Themes are found under "appearance", but they are still named "Themes"
Structure is actually, blocks, content types, menus and taxonomy
Using the Dashboard
Should you choose to use the Dashboard in Drupal 7, this post will be the instructions. It may be a very long envolved set of instructions.. but it needs to be here.
I will be adding the info as I get into it.
