Nodes can be shown on the top of lists regardless of other sorting if they are labeled as sticky. Sticky nodes are often shown with different formatting by some themes.
Is a node shown on the default front page for Drupal.
Nodes that are published can be seen by any user. A node that is not published can only be seen by users with permission to administer nodes.
A Content Management System (CMS) and web application framework that provides a powerful platform for managing web based content and creating applications for the Internet. You can find out more about
Drupal on the
Drupal.org website.
A person using a Drupal site. Users can be registered or anonymous. Users are assigned roles in order to allow specific users to participate with a site in different ways.
A designation given to a user that has a set permission attached to like the permission to create content or change menus.
The presentation elements of your website. The theme includes the graphics, styles for text, and navigation for the website.
Modules are components in Drupal that are used to accomplish specific tasks. There are Drupal modules for ecommerce, modules for forms, modules for connecting your site to Google Analytics and many others.
The modules that ship with Drupal as part of what you download when you first start using Drupal. Drupal core includes modules for nodes, search, comments, themes and others. Drupal Core is also responsible for the overall function of Drupal.
Fields are added to content types to provide users of the site the ability to enter specific content for each type of content.
In Drupal 6.0 The CCK module is used for fields. In Drupal 7 this is part of Drupal core.
