- Contrary to what Quick install for beginners claims, Drupal does not require a “new, empty database”. Your old database with data from other apps such as WordPress will do just fine. Drupal will even allow you to set a table prefix during installation, so it’s not the database hog it’s made out to be by that claim in the installation guide.
- Pay attention to your choice of language during installation! Technically you can change it via the interface later on, but the change will be incomplete: some strings are generated during installation time and can only be edited by hand.
- Apropos, also the changing of an article’s language after publishing requires a bit of weird trickery.
- Displaying full articles instead of teasers: Home » Administration » Structure » Content types » Basic page » Custom Display Settings: Switch from ‘Teaser’ to ‘Full content’. (Not in a million years would I have deduced this from “Use custom display settings for the following view modes”.) You’re still stuck with the “Read more” link, however.
- Cache clearing button is in Home » Administration » Configuration » Development » Performance.
Good Noodles.