Once you've logged in, you're ready to start posting content.

At the top of your personal menu, you'll find a link called "create content." Click this and you'll see a list of the types of content you can create. This list reflects the privileges assigned to your user account or to the group ("role") your account is part of.

Content types in user menuContent types in user menu

You will likely have other features that can assist with more complex content creation within this framework, such as a rich-text toolbar, image embedding, and file attachment uploading.

Submit Page

We will assume that you have selected create content and chosen "page" as a content type.

You should be looking at a form with the title "Submit page." From here, it is just a matter of filling in the form and posting it.

Submit a page form

Title

The title is straightforward enough. Try to be descriptive and catchy.

Topic (may not be visible if you do not have categories defined)

Next comes the "Topic" menu. This is the section or category your article will go in. This list presents all the sections available on the website, with their structure. So, choose the appropriate section or sections for your story and continue down the form to supply the body of your text.

Body

The "body" field is where you put the main content of the page. If you've typed this into a word processor or HTML editor, just copy and paste it into this field. Alternately you can just type straight in. For the most basic page, just type and leave a blank line (i.e., hit "enter" twice) at the and of each paragraph.

Teasers

Some sites will also include a teaser (the part of the main text used in links to the article) on certain content types. Decide where you want the "teaser" to end. If you do nothing, Drupal will choose a breaking point for you—but it's better to decide yourself, to make sure the breaking point is appropriate. You do this by typing in a <!--break--> where the teaser is to end.

And you're set! You can preview the page you've prepared by hitting "Preview" (recommended, and sometimes required) or you can bravely or recklessly just go ahead and publish it by hitting "Submit".