Drupal User Guide

Preface

Overview of introductory topics that help to leverage this guide in an efficient manner.

• i.1. Copyright
• i.2. Audience and Goal
• i.3. Organization
• i.4. Reporting Problems
• i.5. Conventions of the Guide
• i.6. Guiding Scenario

Chapter 1. Understanding Drupal

Overview of Drupal concepts such as modules, themes, distributions, and types of data.

• 1.1. Concept: Drupal as a Content Management System
• 1.2. Concept: Modules
• 1.3. Concept: Themes
• 1.4. Concept: Distributions
• 1.5. Concept: Types of Data
• 1.6. Concept: The Drupal Project
• 1.7. Concept: Drupal Licensing

Chapter 2. Planning Your Site

Overview of site planning concepts and details of common site layout tasks. Content entity and structure concepts are covered.

• 2.1. Concept: Regions in a Theme
• 2.2. Planning Your Site Layout
• 2.3. Concept: Content Entities and Fields
• 2.4. Concept: Modular Content
• 2.5. Planning your Content Structure
• 2.6. Concept: Editorial Workflow
• 2.7. Concept: User Interface, Configuration, and Content translation

Chapter 3. Installation

Overview of server requirements and details of common installation tasks.

• 3.1. Concept: Server Requirements
• 3.2. Concept: Additional Tools
• 3.3. Concept: Methods for Downloading and Installing the Core Software
• 3.4. Preparing to Install
• 3.5. Using Composer to Download and Update Files
• 3.6. Running the Interactive Installer

Chapter 4. Basic Site Configuration

Overview of basic site configuration concepts. Tasks on module installation, user account settings, and themes are covered.

• 4.1. Concept: Administrative Overview
• 4.2. Editing Basic Site Information
• 4.3. Installing a Module
• 4.4. Uninstalling Unused Modules
• 4.5. Configuring User Account Settings
• 4.6. Configuring the Theme

Chapter 5. Basic Page Management

Overview of page management concepts. Tasks on content items, in-place editing, and menus are covered.

• 5.1. Concept: Paths, Aliases, and URLs
• 5.2. Creating a Content Item
• 5.3. Editing a Content Item
• 5.4. Designating a Front Page for your Site
• 5.5. Concept: Menu
• 5.6. Adding a Page to the Navigation
• 5.7. Changing the Order of Navigation

Chapter 6. Setting Up Content Structure

Overview of content structure concepts. Tasks on content types, taxonomies, and reference fields are covered.

• 6.1. Adding a Content Type
• 6.2. Deleting a Content Type
• 6.3. Adding Basic Fields to a Content Type
• 6.4. Concept: Reference Fields
• 6.5. Concept: Taxonomy
• 6.6. Setting Up a Taxonomy
• 6.7. Adding a Reference Field
• 6.8. Concept: Forms and Widgets
• 6.9. Changing Content Entry Forms
• 6.10. Concept: View Modes and Formatters
• 6.11. Changing Content Display
• 6.12. Concept: Image Styles
• 6.13. Setting Up an Image Style
• 6.14. Concept: Responsive Image Styles
• 6.15. Concept: Text Formats and Editors
• 6.16. Configuring Text Formats and Editors

Chapter 7. Managing User Accounts

Overview of user account concepts and details of common user account tasks.

• 7.1. Concept: Users, Roles, and Permissions
• 7.2. Concept: The User 1 Account
• 7.3. Creating a Role
• 7.4. Creating a User Account
• 7.5. Assigning Permissions to a Role
• 7.6. Changing a User’s Roles
• 7.7. Assigning Authors to Content

Chapter 8. Blocks

Overview of block concepts and details of common block tasks.

• 8.1. Concept: Blocks
• 8.2. Creating A Custom Block
• 8.3. Placing a Block in a Region

Chapter 9. Creating Listings with Views

Overview of view concepts and details of common view tasks.

• 9.1. Concept: Uses of Views
• 9.2. Concept: The Parts of a View
• 9.3. Creating a Content List View
• 9.4. Duplicating a View
• 9.5. Adding a Block Display to a View

Chapter 10. Making Your Site Multilingual

Details of tasks needed to make a site multilingual.

• 10.1. Adding a Language
• 10.2. Configuring Content Translation
• 10.3. Translating Content
• 10.4. Translating Configuration

Chapter 11. Extending and Customizing Your Site

Overview of site customization and development. Tasks on downloading modules and themes are covered.

• 11.1. Finding Modules
• 11.2. Enabling and Disabling Maintenance Mode
• 11.3. Downloading and Installing a Module from Drupal.org
• 11.4. Finding Themes
• 11.5. Downloading and Installing a Theme from Drupal.org
• 11.6. Manually Installing Module or Theme Files
• 11.7. Concept: Development Sites
• 11.8. Making a Development Site
• 11.9. Deploying New Site Features
• 11.10. Synchronizing Configuration Versions
• 11.11. Managing File and Configuration Revisions with Git

Chapter 12. Preventing and Fixing Problems

Overview of cache, data backup, and log concepts. Task on clearing the cache is covered.

• 12.1. Concept: Cache
• 12.2. Clearing the Cache
• 12.3. Concept: Data Backups
• 12.4. Concept: Log
• 12.5. Concept: Status Report

Chapter 13. Security and Maintenance

Overview of security and maintenance concepts. Tasks on updating the core software, modules, and themes are covered.

• 13.1. Concept: Cron
• 13.2. Configuring Cron Maintenance Tasks
• 13.3. Concept: Security and Regular Updates
• 13.4. Keeping Track of Updates
• 13.5. Updating the Core Software
• 13.6. Updating a Module
• 13.7. Updating a Theme

Chapter 14. Final Thoughts

Overview of the Drupal community and how to connect with other users.

• 14.1. Connecting with the Community
• 14.2. Getting Support
• 14.3. Learning More

Glossary

Index

Appendix A. Appendix

Overview of contributors to this guide.

• A.1. Guide-Wide Attributions