Getting Started

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• PHP 8.3 or higher with required extensions (gd, xml, mbstring, curl, zip)
• Composer 2.x — the PHP dependency manager
• Lando or DDEV — for local development environments
• Node.js 20+ — for theme asset compilation
• Git — for version control

Choose a template and create your project with Composer:

# For agency/business sites
composer create-project drupalready/starter-business my-site

# For government/education sites composer create-project drupalready/starter-government my-site

# For nonprofit/healthcare sites composer create-project drupalready/starter-nonprofit my-site `

This downloads Drupal 11, all required modules, the custom theme, and configuration.

Navigate to your project and start the local environment:

cd my-site
lando start

This spins up PHP, MariaDB, and all required services. Your site will be available at the URL shown in the terminal output.

Install Drupal with the exported configuration:

lando drush site:install --existing-config -y

This creates the database, applies all configuration, and sets up the admin account.

Apply the base recipe to configure content types, views, and permissions:

lando drush recipe recipes/base

You can also apply optional recipes for specific features like blog, portfolio, or commerce.

Your site is now running! Log in at /user/login with the credentials shown in the terminal. From here you can:

• Customize the theme in `web/themes/custom/`
• Modify content types and fields via the Drupal admin UI
• Read the Customization Guide for deeper changes
• Read the Deployment Guide when you're ready to go live