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Drupal 8

Understanding Drupal

This guide gives you a big picture overview of Drupal concepts, helping you to understand the framework behind Drupal.

Understanding Drupal version numbers

Understand Drupal’s version numbering scheme for Drupal core, and for contributed modules and themes, so that you know which version to use.

System requirements

This guide covers detailed system requirements for a Drupal 8 installation.

Installing Drupal 8

This guide covers preparing, running the installation script, and the steps that should be done after the installation script has completed.

Extending Drupal 8

'Extend' Drupal 8 functionality with contributed modules, and the site's appearance using contributed themes.

Cron automated tasks

'Cron' refers to the automated tasks that your site runs every 3-hours, like checking for available 'Core', 'Module', & 'Theme' updates.

Configuration management

This guide explains how to import and export your site's configuration and manage it with version control.

Administering Drupal 8 site

Administering Drupal 8 site

Migrating to Drupal

Migrating to Drupal

Multisite Drupal

Multisite Drupal

Contributed modules

Documentation for contributed modules for Drupal 8.

Accessibility

Accessibility in Drupal 8

'Clean URLs' in Drupal 8

Clean URLS are enabled by default, for improved search engine indexing, & cleaner 'user friendly' URLs.

Creating custom modules

This guide includes tutorials and other information that you need to create modules for Drupal 8.

Drupal 8 APIs

Drupal 8 APIs

Managing site performance and scalability

Managing site performance and scalability in Drupal 8.

Mobile guide

Mobile guide for Drupal 8

Multilingual guide

Multilingual guide for Drupal 8.

PHPUnit in Drupal 8

Drupal's implementation of PHPUnit

Security in Drupal 8

Securing your Drupal 8 site.

Theming Drupal 8

Theming guide for Drupal 8.

Updating Drupal 8 site

Updating Drupal 8 site

Upgrade to Drupal 8

Upgrade to Drupal 8 from Drupal 7, or Drupal 6.