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By worlddomination on
Hi!
I'm looking for somebody that can help me build a website for a magazine I'm about to make. I just heard about Drupal and thought it sounded perfect for my magazine.
I was thinking about a simple website, but I have never been near a complicated thing like this before, and on top of that I have no idea how to code and such. Is somebody willing to help? I would really appreciate it!
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While this community is generally helpful and supportive, you're not likely to get anyone to volunteer to help you build a website. If you are looking to hire someone, there is a forum for that. Otherwise, best thing is to just dig into the docs and see what you can do and then ask _specific_ questions when you get stuck on something. Good luck!
Thankyou for your advice! I
Thankyou for your advice! I will try my best :)
If you don't know how to code
If you don't know how to code, i think it's best to start with an off-the-shelf theme, here's a list: https://themeforest.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=drupal+8&as=0&referre...
These are usually distributions which means they come with everything you need (core Drupal installation and modules) and ready so you can start adding content.
If you need to alter the look and feel, then that would require some coding. How much coding will depends on how much customisation you want.
All you need to do is learn how to install a Drupal distribution and basic drupal adminstration to get it going. The documentaton here for Drupal 8 is pretty poor (kind of all over the place), so you might find more info googling...
However, i'm not exactly sure if you are asking for free help or paid? if paid, then you are posting in the wrong forum, it should be in here: https://www.drupal.org/paid-services
Good luck,
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I suggest avoiding a install profile if you are 'new' to all of the concepts and instead focusing on what core itself provides. Further, to learn to theme or to tweak a theme to your liking, you will need to work with CSS which isn't drupal specific.
In your quest to dominate, DO NOT run before you learn to crawl. You WILL break things and it will be via that breakage that you'll learn some of your most important lessons. Lastly, do not ignore development best practices (GIYF).
I agree and disagree.
I agree and disagree.
I think you need to find a balance on how much time you have to start from stratch and maintaining a business. Some times, you just haven't got the time to learn and let's be honest Drupal isn't the easiest thing to get into. So taking the shortcut of using an off-the-shelf solution (ie, profile installation) can save a lot of time and money. So long as you keep to what the off-the-shelf solution provides and not try and bend it too much to something else, then it should be sufficient. Just be sure the company offering off-the-shelf products offers great support and documentation, that's important!
Even though it's a good quick way to get started, one thing that do concern me with off-the-shelf products is security. Lots of them use contrib modules available on this site and some times with a couple of custom modules they built themselves to add features to their product. These custom modules are not monitored by drupal community so how secure they are is anyone's guess? So use at your own risk.
Otherwise, if time is not an issue, then starting from stratch is the best way to go. Find a local drupal meetup to get a good headstart...
For a magazine site, im guessing you will probably get 85% of what you need with contrib modules and theme without any coding. But there's just a lot of learning and experimenting on what to use and how the different modules work together so plenty of site building.
Oh! @worlddomination - Welcome to Drupal and be sure to take advantage of this forum as well :)
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IMO new users can't find that balance. They have no idea where to start. My experience over the past 10 years indicates that for many users install profiles throw far too much at them when they have no idea how to use drupal to begin with. So, instead of core they are also trying to learn a system with many modules included all which will eventually need to be updated and at some point the entire site upgraded. Drupal core is itself a challenge to master, let alone 50+ extra modules in the mix.
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+1 to all that's been said.
In addition I've found my clients get a lot out of reading & working through the examples in the book Using Drupal. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920010890.do
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