Before getting into the tutorial part of this post, let’s have a quick look at what Drupal can do for you. If this is the first time using this CMS, you might be asking yourself what exactly Drupal is suitable for. It turns out, Drupal can be used to create almost any kind of website:
- Personal or business websites
- Blogs and news websites
- Potfolio, art, music, and multimedia sites
- Forums
- E-commerce sites and online shops
- Social networking sites
This versatility has resulted in the fact that a number of prominent users rely on Drupal to power their websites, including:
- University of Colorado
- State of Colorado
- Oregon State University
- Singer Bruno Mars
- City of London
- and many more…
You can find additional examples in the Drupal showcase section.
To summarize, whatever website you are aiming to build, Drupal allows you to do so. And as a Drupal user, you will be in good company.
Let’s now have a look at how the CMS can help you.
1. Find Web Hosting for Your Drupal site
Before you can build a website, you need a place where it is located and reachable aka web hosting.
Already have hosting? Move on to step 2 of the Drupal tutorial.
In hosting, you need to consider four main factors:
- Uptime – Uptime percentage shows how much of the time your site will be up and running. We recommend that you choose something that meets or exceeds the industry standard of 99.9%.
- Page load speed – You should choose a host that loads faster than 850 ms, which is the current average.
- Customer support – You’ll have to sort out issues with support at some point. Consequently, it makes sense to choose a host that has high-quality and responsive customer support.
- Price – Hosting services vary widely in price. Choose the one that you can afford and also that has satisfactory ratings on the first three factors.
Most providers should have the right system requirements for Drupal (see the documentation). The best among them (e.g. Bluehost) also have “one-click-install” for CMS like Drupal and Joomla, so you don’t need to mess with the manual installation.
2. Run Through the Drupal Installation
There are two ways to install and set up a Drupal website: One is to use a web hosting company with a “quick install” option. The other is to download and install Drupal manually. We’ll explain both options in the following.
2a. Install Drupal Automatically on Bluehost.com (Quick Install)
Let’s start with a tutorial on how to install Drupal automatically. Once you’ve signed up and grabbed a domain at Bluehost, log into your account and click Advanced.
From there, use the search field in the upper left corner to search for Drupal and click on the result when you have found it. Then, hit Install Now.
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