Drupal

Installing Drupal 4.6.4

1. Download and unzip drupal-4.6.4.tar.gz.
   For example: C:\drupal-4.6.4
   
   Note:
   The size of the zipped file is 446 KB and unzipped it is 1,38 MB.
   
   
2. Create a directory, for example: C:\mobilefish_drupal
   
   
3. Copy the content of C:\drupal-4.6.4 into C:\mobilefish_drupal
   
   
4. Update the C:\Tools\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf file.
   
   Add the following lines below the httpd.conf file:
   
   <VirtualHost 192.168.1.100:80>
      ServerAdmin [email protected]
      DocumentRoot c:/mobilefish_drupal
      ServerName drupal.mobilefish.com
      ErrorLog logs/drupal.mobilefish.com-error_log
      #TransferLog logs/drupal.mobilefish.com-access_log
      CustomLog "|c:/weblogs/rotatelogs.exe
         c:/weblogs/drupal.mobilefish.com-access_%y%m%d.log 86400" combined
      <Directory "c:/mobilefish_drupal">
          Options +Includes
          AddType text/html shtm
          AddOutputFilter Includes shtm
          AllowOverride All
      </Directory>
   </VirtualHost>
   
   See an example of an httpd.conf file.
   
   Note: AllowOverride All needs to be set if you want to display clean URLs. Instead of the following URL http://drupal.mobilefish.com/?q=admin you will see: http://drupal.mobilefish.com/admin
   
   Admin | administer | settings: Enable Clean URLs
   
   
5. Update the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
   Add the following line:
   
   127.0.0.1    drupal.mobilefish.com
   
   
6. Start MySQL
   
   
7. Create the Drupal database:
   C:\Tools\mysql\bin>mysqladmin -uroot -pmysecret create drupal
   
   where:
   username = root
   password = mysecret
   database = drupal
   
   
   
   
   
8. Load the Drupal database schema:
   
   C:\Tools\mysql\bin>mysql -uroot -pmysecret drupal < C:\mobilefish_drupal\database\database.mysql
   
   where:
   username = root
   password = mysecret
   database = drupal
   
   
9. Update file C:\mobilefish_drupal\sites\default\settings.php
   and change the database connection:
   
   $db_url = 'mysql://root:mysecret@localhost/drupal'
   
   where:
   username = root
   password = mysecret
   host = localhost
   database = drupal
   
   
10. Set $base_url to match the address to your Drupal site:
    
    $base_url = 'http://drupal.mobilefish.com';
    
    Note: Never add a forward slash at the end.
    
    
11. Create subdirectory: C:\mobilefish_drupal\files
    
    This subdirectory stores files such as custom logos, user avatars, and other media associated with your new site. The sub-directory requires "read and write" permission.
    
    
12. (Re)start Apache.
    
    
13. You can now launch your browser and point it to your Drupal site.
    
    Type in browser: http://drupal.mobilefish.com
    
    
    
    
14. Create an account and login. The first account will automatically become the main administrator account with total control.
    
    
    
    
15. When an account is created you will see the following:
    
    
    
    
16. Login and change your user account.