So for start i would setup Acquia from acquia.com and see their set of modules and their setup. Its a project based on Drupal (led by Drupal initial creator). It uses many of the modules and tries to make the system a bit more user friendly and feature rich.

Then after you get familiar with some of the concepts get the newest drupal release and install modules listed below.

• Administration Menu - nice fast menu at the top of the page
• Google Analytics - flexible way to track activity of your visitors
• Pathauto - generates SEO friendly urls for your pages
• Printer-friendly pages - makes printer friendly versions of your pages as well as easy pdf generation

I really love Postgres and i was always happy with its flexibility, performance and features. So starting work on a new Drupal setup i thought ok, lets take advantage of that great 'database abstraction layer'. I really tried, i fixed bugs in some modules and had high hopes. I hope it will get better in the future but for now i would not recommend it. See more details in the full post.

A few hints how to get started with Drupal and not get stressed out too much.

I was looking for a good cms system for a long time. And i really could not find one. I was playing with ez publish and joomla and basically i was depressed. I have never seen more confusing and user-unfriendly systems in my life! Especially joomla is a huge surprise. How in the world did it become so popular?

Any way if you are considering a new cms you might find some tips here.