Drupal User Guide Drupal User Guide Preface Overview of introductory topics that help to leverage this guide in an efficient manner. copyright Audience and Goal Organization Reporting Problems Conventions of the Guide Guiding Scenario Understanding Drupal Overview of Drupal concepts such as modules, themes, distributions, and types of data. Concept: Drupal as a Content Management System Concept: Modules Concept: Themes Concept: Distributions Concept: Types of Data Concept: The Drupal Project Concept: Drupal Licensing Planning Your Site Overview of site planning concepts and details of common site layout tasks. Content entity and structure concepts are covered. Concept: Regions in a Theme Planning Your Site Layout Concept: Content Entities and Fields Concept: Modular Content Planning your Content Structure Concept: Editorial Workflow Concept: User Interface, Configuration, and Content translation Installation Overview of server requirements and details of common installation tasks. Preparing to Install Concept: Server Requirements Concept: Additional Tools Concept: Methods for Downloading and Installing the Core Software Setting Up an Environment with DDEV Using Composer to Download and Update Files Running the Interactive Installer Basic Site Configuration Overview of basic site configuration concepts. Tasks on module installation, user account settings, and themes are covered. Concept: Administrative Overview Editing Basic Site Information Installing a Module Uninstalling Unused Modules Configuring User Account Settings Configuring the Theme Basic Page Management Overview of page management concepts. Tasks on content items, in-place editing, and menus are covered. Concept: Paths, Aliases, and URLs Creating a Content Item Editing a Content Item Designating a Front Page for your Site Concept: Menu Adding a Page to the Navigation Changing the Order of Navigation Setting Up Content Structure Overview of content structure concepts. Tasks on content types, taxonomies, and reference fields are covered. Adding a Content Type Deleting a Content Type Adding Basic Fields to a Content Type Concept: Reference Fields Concept: Taxonomy Setting Up a Taxonomy Adding a Reference Field Concept: Forms and Widgets Changing Content Entry Forms Concept: View Modes and Formatters Changing Content Display Concept: Image Styles Setting Up an Image Style Concept: Responsive Image Styles Concept: Text Formats and Editors Configuring Text Formats and Editors Managing User Accounts Overview of user account concepts and details of common user account tasks. Concept: Users, Roles, and Permissions Concept: The User 1 Account Creating a Role Creating a User Account Assigning Permissions to a Role Changing a User's Roles Assigning Authors to Content Blocks Overview of block concepts and details of common block tasks. Concept: Blocks Creating A Custom Block Placing a Block in a Region Creating Listings with Views Overview of view concepts and details of common view tasks. Concept: Uses of Views Concept: The Parts of a View Creating a Content List View Duplicating a View Adding a Block Display to a View Making Your Site Multilingual Details of tasks needed to make a site multilingual. Adding a Language Configuring Content Translation Translating Content Translating Configuration Extending and Customizing Your Site Overview of site customization and development. Tasks on downloading modules and themes are covered. Finding Modules Enabling and Disabling Maintenance Mode Downloading and Installing a Module from Drupal.org Finding Themes Downloading and Installing a Theme from Drupal.org Manually Installing Module or Theme Files Concept: Development Sites Making a Development Site Deploying New Site Features Synchronizing Configuration Versions Managing File and Configuration Revisions with Git Preventing and Fixing Problems Overview of cache, data backup, and log concepts. Task on clearing the cache is covered. Concept: Cache Clearing the Cache Concept: Data Backups Concept: Log Concept: Status Report Security and Maintenance Overview of security and maintenance concepts. Tasks on updating the core software, modules, and themes are covered. Concept: Cron Configuring Cron Maintenance Tasks Concept: Security and Regular Updates Keeping Track of Updates Updating the Core Software Updating a Module Updating a Theme Final Thoughts Overview of the Drupal community and how to connect with other users. Connecting with the Community Getting Support Learning More Glossary