Drupal Site Checklist

Drupal setup
* check out from cvs.drupal.org core, modules and themes.
* check in to svn.
* use admin role module, /admin/user/adminrole.
* check user registration settings at /admin/user/settings.
* create an admin user role.
* login as the admin user and add an openid to the user.
* decide how to structure data using custom content types and taxonomies.
* setup views as needed.
* configure the custom paths with the pathauto module.

Publicizing your site
* http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl
* submit a sitemap