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I'm writing this page mainly as a way to not have to type it all in any more.  I do/have-done a fair number of free websites for various groups and causes.  I've done some paid sites as well.  Often I find myself walking someone thru what a theme is and how I can bust them out a simple site quick if they choose to use a free theme.  The rest of this page is that discussion. 

This page discusses a Drupal website, specifically the visual design (or template) of the site.  This is known as the "theme" in Drupal speak.

Drupal is a "Content Management System" -- a system that allows people to modify the website by using the website.  Generally, a user will log in and then add and update pages, and update the operation of the site.  Drupal makes this fairly easy.  Drupal has a modular design which is used by many community contributions that have been created for the Drupal system.  These contributions provide with enormous power to make a high-functioning website.

A Drupal website be broken down into three things: 

One thing I've often wished for is the ability to insert user-written CSS into a page or set of pages on a Drupal site.

It would: 

Found this site with cool, free site templates offered
http://www.ramblingsoul.com/
 
Another:
http://themebot.com/website-templates/drupal-themes

Some links to themes I like:
http://drupal.org/project/affaires
http://themegarden.org/drupal50/?q=node&theme=thirteen
used for http://friendsofgoetheschool.org/
http://drupal.org/node/204929
used for http://chicagobiketrailers.org