Drupal is a very powerful content management system but it's pretty clear that beginners have a though time using it, and the Drupal specific terms aren't at all helpful. Yes, the taxonomy system is how content is categorized but why the hell don't they just say categories?

What are nodes, pages, stories, blocks and all those other terms that Drupal is using?

Now that you have clean Drupal install it's time to start customizing. The best way for this is to look for the modules that will give your site the functionality you want it to have and then grab a theme that looks nice and fits your needs.

For this install I assume that you have a server that has Apache, PHP and MySQL installed (it doesn't matter if it's on Windows or Linux). Also, most modern hosting companies offer Cpanel and PhpMyAdmin so I'll use them in my tutorials.

Here's how to install Drupal: