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What do you need to know about Drupal 7?
The default Drupal 7/ Drupal 8 or any version has user profile section. The user profile section has only few fields like username, password, email address, profile picture and time zone. You may have as many fields to the user profile as you require.
Who is the ” computer user ” in Drupal.org?
Computer User: The person installing Drupal must have access to the computer where the installation lives. If you are installing Drupal locally on your own computer, then the “computer user” is you. It is also important to note that you are most likely the “administrator” user role, too.
What are the permissions and roles for Drupal?
User/2 and all other users: User/2 and all other registered users on your Drupal site should each be associated with an individual person. Registered users can be assigned to roles, which are given fine-grained permissions to allow different users different access to administer the site and add content.
How do you create a role in Drupal?
To do this, you first need to create a role by navigating to people –> permissions –> role. A common role is “Content editor” or “Member”. Next, you will assign permissions to that role, to tell Drupal what that role can and can’t do on the site.
Are there any trusted host patterns in Drupal 8?
As of January 2015, Drupal 8 supports “trusted host patterns”, where you can (and should) specify a set of regular expressions that the domains on incoming requests must match. Example configuration in settings. php would read:
How does Drupal have full control over the database?
A Drupal installation needs to have full control over the database, so when you set up a new Drupal site, you (or your web hosting company) create a database user with full privileges and then give the user name and password to the Drupal installation so that Drupal will have full control over the database.