There are a number of things you can do to get ready to build your site.
- Read this entire FAQ section About Drupal.
 - Consider the purpose of your site (see: MIT Web Reference).
 - Determine what pages you will need and the page hierarchy.
 - Design the interface and page layout. Consider design do’s and don’ts (see: MIT Communications Toolkit)
 - Gather or develop your content.
 - List the colleagues who will need to be assigned specific roles.
 
