Installing Drupal has gotten easier and easier throughout the years. It can be broken down into these steps.

1. Downloading and preparing the Drupal installation files

2. Setting up the mySQL database

3. Running the drupal install program

After installing a new Drupal site you may be wondering what to do next. I would advise reading tons of drupal tutorials, blog posts, and forum posts. However, I know this can be a little overwhelming at first. So here is a list of the top 10 things I think you should do after installing drupal.

You will find many sites online that tell you how to install a module on your Drupal site. The problem is most of them tell you wrong. This simple Drupal tutorial walks you step by step through installing a module the correct way. There are many different ways to install a downloaded Drupal module, but unless you do it this way you will find it much harder to keep track of installed modules and much harder to update as new versions of your module come out. Following this tutorial also makes it easier to upgrade to future versions of Drupal. more...