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Drupal 7 notes for beginners

Not sure if this is really a question, but maybe I can give you some useful hints anyway. First, you mentioned that you are familiar with MVC frameworks in the other question. So, here is the first point. Drupal is *not* a MVC framework. It is a CMS (some also use the term CMF for Content Management Framework) and it [roughly follows the PAC design principle.][1] This means that there can be rather big differences for doing X in a MVC framework and doing it in Drupal. Second, Drupal is a *large* and rather complex project. It can do a lot for you out of the box, but to get to do *exactly* what you want, you will have to learn quite a lot. The [documentation][2] is usually very good (not for no reason, there is a dedicated documentation team that is working hard to improve it constantly) but you will have to read more than a single page in most cases to understand a single hook or function. Start with the linked components on the front page. For hooks, they are in general a rather simp

Happy new year 2@l5

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Wish you happy new year, live a healthy and enjoy the life as last day.