1. Seattle Drupal Clinic Introduction to Drupal Part 2: User/role management, Drupal directory structure, Choosing/installing contributed modules

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3. Users, Roles, and Permissions Drupal has a flexible and powerful Permissions system, composed of the following elements: User: Anyone who visits your site. Permission: The ability to see or do something on the site (e.g., see the page at a particular URL, add a comment, etc.). Role: A named set of permissions on your site. Users can be assigned to multiple roles, and they have all the permissions of each role they’re part of. Anonymous user: Special role for all non-logged-in visitors to your site. Authenticated user: Special role for all logged-in visitors to your site.

4. Drupal’s Directory Structure Drupal’s core areas (DO NOT MODIFY!): (files such as index.php,.htaccess, install.php, update.php) includes misc modules profiles scripts Themes Contributed and custom modules, themes, and libraries to be shared by all sites hosted here: sites/all  modules  themes  libraries Subdirectories defining the individual web sites hosted here: sites/(other subdirectories)  settings.php (file)  modules (directory)  themes (directory)

5. Choosing Contributed Modules Find modules  http://drupal.org/project/modules - filter by topic http://drupal.org/project/modules  http://drupal.org/handbook - Structure Guide and Administration Guide pages sometimes suggest modules http://drupal.org/handbook  Drupal User Group meetings, Drupal camps, DrupalCon – Suggestions from other Drupal users Evaluate modules  Issue queue: Are there many open issues? Are they being addressed?  Updates: When was the last commit (is it in active development)? When was the first commit (how long has it been around)? When was the last version released? Does it have a “stable” version, or only alpha/beta/development?  Usage statistics: How many sites are using this module?  Documentation: Does it have any (may need to download and check for a README.txt file)? Does it make sense?  Ask around (Drupal User Group)