The summary field is displayed as the shortened (teaser form) of your article. This will show up, for example, on a listing page of articles. It should capture the essence of your article and ideally be two to three sentences.
It's been a long process, but finally the revamped drutopia.org site is ready. It's a standard Drutopia build highlighting what you could do with a Drutopia site for your organization.
A key reason for using a content management system such as Drupal is to spread out the work of adding content to your site. Roles and user accounts make that possible.
The Drutopia distribution is built in a modular way, so that you can turn on and use only the particular “features” or pieces of functionality that you want on your site. Learn about the content type features you can choose from.
