Thursday, April 21, 2011

Drupal 7.0 Setup in WAMP Server 2.1e (Apache 2.2.17, MySQL 5.5.8, PHP 5.3.5, etc.,)

Requirements: drupal.org

1) WAMP Server 2.1e: space.dl.sourceforge.net/

2) Drupal 7.0: ftp.drupal.org/

3) Installation guide: drupal.org/node/307956

4) Download the latest version of WAMP and install it on your C:\wamp21e.

5) Start WAMP Server.

6) Download Drupal 7.0, unzip it, rename the folder name as drupal; and copy it into the folder C:\wamp21e\www.  So you can access your local Drupal install at http://localhost/drupal.

7) In a web browser, go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin.  Click on the Privileges tab to create a new database user for Drupal.  Choose the name "drupal", select "localhost" for host, and enter your password "drupal" (twice).  Choose the option to create a new database with the same name and grant all privileges.

8) Copy & paste the file "default.settings.php" in "c:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default", and name it "settings.php".  You should now have two identical files in your "c:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default" folder -- one called "settings.php" and one called "default.settings.php".

9) Browse to http://localhost/drupal/install.php and follow the instructions it gives.  For the database information, use what you set up in step 7.