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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 921f99c64..f4c2f643a 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CONTENTS OF THIS FILE * About Drupal * Configuration and features + * Installation profiles * Appearance * Developing for Drupal @@ -43,6 +44,40 @@ More about configuration: http://drupal.org/project/modules * See also: "Developing for Drupal" for writing your own modules, below. +INSTALLATION PROFILES +--------------------- + +Installation profiles define additional steps (such as enabling modules, +defining content types, etc.) that run after the base installation provided +by core when Drupal is first installed. There are two basic installation +profiles provided with Drupal core. + +Installation profiles from the Drupal community modify the installation process +to provide a website for a specific use case, such as a CMS for media +publishers, a web-based project tracking tool, or a full-fledged CRM for +non-profit organizations raising money and accepting donations. They can be +distributed as bare installation profiles or as "distributions". Distributions +include Drupal core, the installation profile, and all other required +extensions, such as contributed and custom modules, themes, and third-party +libraries. Bare installation profiles require you to download Drupal Core and +the required extensions separately; place the downloaded profile in the +/profiles directory before you start the installation process. Note that the +contents of this directory may be overwritten during updates of Drupal core; +it is advised to keep code backups or use a version control system. + +Additionally, modules and themes may be placed inside subdirectories in a +specific installation profile such as profiles/your_site_profile/modules and +profiles/your_site_profile/themes respectively to restrict their usage to only +sites that were installed with that specific profile. + +More about installation profiles and distributions: +* Read about the difference between installation profiles and distributions: + http://drupal.org/node/1089736 +* Download contributed installation profiles and distributions: + http://drupal.org/project/distributions +* Develop your own installation profile or distribution: + http://drupal.org/developing/distributions + APPEARANCE ---------- |