Create First User In Your Drupal Website

After we selected > your new site

Remember: at this point, your website has NO CONTENT and NO USER. We need to create the first user (who is supreme by default) and only after this can we create content and or 'create'(allow or disallow) more users. Let's call this first supreme user 'adam'.

Select > create the first account

Select > [Username,enter] adam > [E-mail address] adam_email (note: must be valid email address) > Create new account

Note:We are now logged 'in' to our website.

Suggest we change our password.

Select > [Password] your_own_pwd > [Confirm password] your_own_pwd > Submit

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Default - Main Control Panel Look

Select > Administer.

This is how the main control panel looks like. The groupings and path is shown very clearly:-

Note: ignore the red problem message about 'check status report' for now. We'll come to it later.

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Default Theme Is Garland. Enable All Other Themes

Select > Administer > Site building > Themes > Enable [for all themes i.e bluemarine,chameleon,marvin] > Save configuration

Note: the default theme is 'garland'.

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Bind Bluemarine Theme To Superuser 'Adam'

Select > Administer > User management > Users > [adam] edit > [Theme configuration] bluemarine > Submit

Note: The first user (in our case his name is 'adam') by default is like GOD/SUPREME. He can go anywhere and do whatever he wants. This technique is to 'bind' the first user 'adam' to the most stable theme in Drupal which is bluemarine. In future should there be any problems like the website 'breaks', we can always fall back and login as 'adam' into our own site. This is a contingency backup.

As 'adam' we shall create a new role say 'superuser' and confer all access to this role. Then 'adam' creates a second user 'eve' and we shall grant eve 'superuser' role. Henceforth we shall login as 'eve' to administer our Drupal website.

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Add Role 'superuser'

Select > Administer > User management > Roles > [type] 'superuser' > Add role > Access control > ['superuser' column] check all boxes > Save permissions

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Create Second User 'eve' And Grant 'superuser' Access To Her

Select > Administer > User Management > Users > Add user > [Username,create] eve > [email] eve@my_domain.com > [Password] eve_pwd_xxx > [Confirm password] eve_pwd_xxx > [Roles checkbox] superuser > Create new account

Select > log out

At this point it may be good to take a look at some Basic Concepts In A Nutshell