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Is Drupal project supposed to be empty?

I was given a Drupal project and asked to figure out how its code base structured and how the project is structured overall.

I successfully installed it using xampp.

Now I see nothing custom in the project:

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For blocks I have only Bartik and Rubik. For content type only Basic page. For file types Audio, Document, Image and Video. For menus Main Menu, Management, Navigation and User menu.

So, does it mean that I was given a blank empty project? What else may I check that may have been customly changed in an empty project? What may I have missed while installing the project that may cause it to become empty, without any customisations? Maybe it is possible to check for something in the files of the project?

I am asking a few questions here, since I am not sure which one of them will convey the matter which concerns me. But basically all of them mean the same: I just want to see what someone else did in the project. And the more customisations I will find, the better it will be.

Thank you.

Solution

  • This does look like a virgin install typically does. If you were expecting to see more, perhaps you need to import a database...

    1. Confirm you've imported the project database and that your settings file is pointing to it. It looks like you're using Drupal 8, so the file should be in sites/default/settings.php
    2. Check under Content to see if any nodes have been created. If you have some sort of botched import, you can also try accessing a few nodes randomly at example.com/node/1, example.com/node/2 to check directly in case something is wrong with the index
    3. Other than Nodes, Drupal content can be also in the form of Views. These are available at example.com/admin/structure/views. This is usually for heavily customised content. There are roughly 15 default Views that come with Drupal 8.
    4. A default install will have no Modules installed in /modules. If you're seeing any directories there, it could be that the site was relying on these to display the content you're being asked to admin.

    Trust this puts you on the right path. :)