Summary

In this chapter, we began by exploring our core Drupal installation. After taking a look around, we began to build our site.

The process of building our site included examining some steps that we will be revisiting frequently as we build our site. These steps include installing contributed modules and themes, adding user roles, adding and configuring content types, and adding views. Although these tasks have varying levels of complexity, the different aspects of site development have some steps that will be repeated as we design the site.

Now, with the foundation in place, we are ready to begin building our a flexible platform to support teaching and learning. The first three chapters of this book covered the details of making a site live, how the site is organized, and also introduced some general Drupal concepts and terminology.

In the coming chapters, we will continue working with the Drupal core and selected contributed modules, as we build a student and teacher blog. Brew some coffee and turn off the phone; it's time to get into it!