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+CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
+---------------------
+
+ * About Drupal
+ * Use and configure your Drupal site
+ * Change the look and feel of your Drupal site
+ * Write code for your Drupal site
+
+ABOUT DRUPAL
+------------
+
+Drupal is an open source content management platform supporting a variety of
+websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. For
+more information, see the Drupal website at http://drupal.org/, and join the
+Drupal community at http://drupal.org/contribute.
+
+ * Know your rights when using Drupal:
+   See LICENSE.txt in the same directory as this document.
+ * Learn about the Drupal trademark and logo policy:
+   http://drupal.com/trademark
+
+USE AND CONFIGURE YOUR DRUPAL SITE
+----------------------------------
+
+Drupal core (drupal-x.xx.tar.gz) includes what you need to get started with your
+website. Drupal includes several "modules" for common functionality such as
+managing content and user accounts. Additional features are added to Drupal by
+adding modules. Drupal ships with several modules to provide additional
+functionality such as image uploading, search, and content translation. More
+contributed modules (not included with Drupal core) are available from the
+drupal.org website to enable additional functionality.
+
+ * Install, upgrade, and maintain Drupal:
+   See INSTALL.txt and UPGRADE.txt in the same directory as this document. 
+ * Learn about Drupal to create and improve your site:
+   http://drupal.org/getting-started
+ * Enable additional modules included with core. 
+   http://drupal.org/handbook/modules
+ * Download contributed modules to extend Drupal's functionality:
+   http://drupal.org/project/modules
+ * Install additional modules in sites/all/modules:
+   http://drupal.org/getting-started/install-contrib/modules
+ * Move beyond the basics of Drupal:
+   http://drupal.org/handbook/customization
+
+CHANGE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF YOUR DRUPAL SITE
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Drupal contains a theme system to separate the look and feel of a website from
+its functionality and content. By default, Drupal uses the "Garland" theme for
+displaying content to users, and uses the "Seven" theme for the administrative
+interface. To customize Drupal's display further, see the following resources.
+
+ * Change the default themes with those provided in core:
+   http://drupal.org/node/637480
+ * Download contributed themes for Drupal:
+   http://drupal.org/project/themes
+ * Change Drupal's appearance and output ("theme") with HTML, CSS, and PHP:
+   http://drupal.org/theme-guide
+ * Collaborate with other Drupal themers:
+   http://drupal.org/contribute/themes
+ * Install additional themes in sites/all/themes:
+   http://drupal.org/getting-started/install-contrib/themes
+
+WRITE CODE FOR YOUR DRUPAL SITE
+-------------------------------
+
+Drupal contains an extensive API to allow the creation of new modules to extend
+Drupal's core functionality. Nearly any part of Drupal's functionality can be
+modified and overridden by additional modules by implementing Drupal "hooks".
+There are thousands of contributed modules available on the Drupal website.
+Before writing a new module, be sure to search the Drupal website for a module
+which meets your requirements.
+
+ * Don't modify core Drupal files ("hack core"):
+   http://drupal.org/node/144376
+ * Write modules for Drupal using PHP:
+   http://drupal.org/getting-started/install-contrib/modules
+   http://drupal.org/developing/modules
+ * Use Drupal's API and hooks:
+   http://api.drupal.org/
+   http://drupal.org/node/326
+   http://api.drupal.org/api/group/hooks/7
+ * Contribute to the community by helping build Drupal itself:
+   http://drupal.org/contribute/development
+