Drupal Installation & Configuration
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This document provides instructions for installing and configuring Drupal on a Windows system. It outlines the necessary software requirements including a web server, database, and PHP version. It then describes downloading and extracting the Drupal files, creating a database and user, and configuring Drupal by filling in site information and enabling modules. Finally, it recommends starting to add content and provides examples of existing Drupal websites.
Drupal Installation & Configuration
- 1. Drupal Installation & Configuration Anil Mishra LIO, NCHRC, NIHFW New Delhi
- 2. Software Requirements WebServer: Apache – 1.3 or 2.x (Linux/Wimdows) OR IIS – IIS5 or IIS6 (windows only) Database MySQL – 4.1 or higher OR PostgreSQL – 7.4 or higher PHP: PHP 5.2 or higher (recomended) Easy way to Install Apache2Triad (Bundled package of Apache2.2 + PHP5 + MySQL5+ PERL, etc.) OR XAMPP (Bundled package of Apache2.2.9 + PHP5 + MySQL5 + PERL, etc. )
- 4. Drupal Installation on Windows Download the latest Drupal installation Binary from http://www.drupal.org Go to a Web root folder in the Web server its “htdocs” in Apache servers In XAMPP, generally in C:\xampp\htdocs Extract the installation binary Copy the extracted folder in to the htdocs folder Rename the folder accordingly Go to the folder Sites default Copy the file default.settings.php and paste in the same folder. Rename the copied default.settings.php to settings.php
- 6. Creating the Database Create the database in mysql using Phpmyadmin It will be generally http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ Create a New Database by name “drupal”
- 7. Adding a new user to the Database Create a user to give access to this database Click the Privileges option in the Phpmyadmin Click Add a new user give user name and password and select the database Check all in Global Privileges Ok
- 8. Adding a new user to the Database A user will be created with global privileges.
- 9. Installing Drupal Goto the webbrowser type http://localhost/drupal Select the English language Installation
- 10. Database Configuration Fill in the details like Name of the database Username to access the database Enter the password of the database Ok
- 12. Configure Site Configure your Drupal Give Site Name Email Admin Username Admin Email Admin Password Submit
- 15. Configuration Configure your website -Once logged in, visit the administration section, where you can customize and configure all aspects of your website. Enable additional functionality - Next, visit the module list and enable features which suit your specific needs. You can find additional modules in the Drupal modules download section. Customize your website design - To change the “look and feel” of your website, visit the themes section. You may choose from one of the included themes or download additional themes from the Drupal themes download section. Start posting content - Finally, you can create content for your website. This message will disappear once you have promoted a post to the front page. For more information , please refer to the help section, or the online Drupal handbooks. You may also post at the Drupal forum, or view the wide range of other support options available . Examples of drupal sites– http://www.childhealthindiainfo.com http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.com
- 16. NCHRC Repository on Child Health – developed on Drupal
- 17. For further Information Visit http://drupal.org