Simple small website is for example a company web containing about 5 pages with some information and contact. This is the easiest job in Drupal. No additional modules or skills needed. Everything you need is just your mouse. So let's go for it.
- Do the Drupal installation and create the first user (administrator)
- Allow module "Path" in Administer->Build->Modules
- In navigation Create content->page ... this allows you to create a new page
- Fill the form (with module "Path" you can enter an URL) and click on submit
Your first node was created and exists on entered address or in URL www.example.com/?q=node/1 - Repeat steps 3 and 4 according to how many pages you need.
- Now go to Administer->Build->Menu and edit Primary links. Primary links are the main menu of your website. Add items for pages you want to have a link from the menu. One item contains a title and URL of linked page.
- In navigation visit Administer->Settings->Site information and edit informations about your website. You can change pagetitle, description, footer etc.
Now, we have completed the simple small website. Look forward to next articles, which will help you improve your Drupal website. We will use additional modules and after a while we will start doing own template.