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💧 Drupal

Drupal is a content management system (CMS) and modular framework, written in PHP, that allows you to create and organize content, customize the site appearance, automate administrative tasks, and define permissions and roles for users and collaborators.

🚀 Installation via Marketplace

  1. In the SaveinCloud platform panel, go to the MARKETPLACE;
  2. In the search bar, look for Drupal;
  3. Click Install.

Instalação Drupal via marketplace

🔐 Accessing Drupal

After the environment is created, the access credentials will be sent to the email registered on the platform. When accessing your environment, you will need to log in to start the configurations.

Acessando o painel de login do Drupal

Entrando na conta do Drupal

👨‍💻 Getting Started

When you access the platform, you will see the initial content page. To create your first project, click on the "Content" tab. This section will display your existing projects. To add a new one, select the "Add content" option and choose one of the two available project types:

Adicionando conteudo no Drupal 1

Adicionando conteudo no Drupal 2

Basic page - Usually has a simpler site structure, widely used for pages with static information and little interaction, such as: "Contact", "About Us", among others. It allows adding only a title and a body of text.

Article - Used for dynamic and more elaborate content, such as blog posts and news. It offers additional fields for featured image and tags, and comes with the comments section enabled by default.

After saving the entered information, you will be redirected to the home page, where you can see your new page already published.

🔧 Initial and Security Settings​

📄 Site Name and Slogan​

An essential setting is to define a name for your site. To do this, go to the administration menu, click "Configuration", then "System", and then "Basic site settings". On this page, you can set the site name and slogan, as well as enter an administration email.

Entrando na opção de troca de nome/slogam no Drupal

Alterando nome e slogam do Drupal

⌚ Time Zone​

In the same settings area, access "Regional and language" to configure the time zone, ensuring it matches your location or the target audience of the site.

Inserindo um fuso horário no Drupal

📊 Site Status Check​

It is extremely important to regularly check your site's status. To do this, go to "Reports" in the administration menu and click "Status report". This page is vital and will inform you about any configuration issues, necessary security updates, and other important information about your site's health.

⚙️ Specifications of the Generated Environment​

  • 🔥 Apache Server: Container with 16 Cloudlets

  • 🐬 MySQL Database: Container with 8 Cloudlets

Final Considerations​

Drupal is a powerful framework that offers a practical and simple tool for creating websites. It is an ideal solution for blogs or institutional sites, allowing them to be built much faster and more economically.