This is an article in a multipart series on setting up Drupal 7. If you’re just looking for how to manage Drupal 7′s structure, you’re in the right place. If you’re trying to learn about Drupal 7 in general, you’re best to start at the beginning of the tutorial.
By clicking on “Structure” at the top of the Drupal 7 administration menu (by logging in as an administrator, the menu on the top of the screen), you will find your way into the structure configuration of Drupal. This article will go through each item one by one and explain the details of the configurations you can make to them.
There are several items here that you can configure. Since they all require a bit of knowledge, its all just too big for one post. I have broken this section up into several posts to make it easier to read.
Blocks – Manage your Drupal blocks. Put them into the regions where you want them and even create custom blocks. Understand what blocks are in Drupal and be able to fully understand them.
Content Types – Modify your content settings. Learn how to change the default settings on your content types, create custom content types, and add fields to existing content types.
Menus – Change your menus or add new custom menus. Learn about how menus work in Drupal. Reorganize, rename and generally edit and configure your menus.
Taxonomy – Your site’s hierarchy. Create tags, breadcrumbs, and classifications in your Drupal site. Understand the relationship between parent and child tags and what a vocabulary is.
The structure area is also a place where modules will put their configuration. For example, if you have installed the views module, it’s configuration will be here in the structure area. Anything that affects the layout of the site is found in this area. Don’t be fooled by the existence of an “Appearance” menu. “Structure” is your place to make layout changes to your site. “Appearance” is more or less for picking a theme and setting theme specific options.
Look at the articles above. Each gives a detailed description of its area of the structure menu. After studying those articles, you should become an expert on Drupal Structure.
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