By cestel on
I have searched on this but have not found an entry. Problem - I am not having any contrib modules show up in my Drupal 5 test site. I played around with 4.7 previously and just dropped these into the modules folder with no problems. I am using XAMPP 1.5.5 on a windows machine. I have installed core without a hitch. I have tried placing the modules in both the sites/all/modules folder and the core modules folder. I have tried several modules (some written for 4.7 and some for 5.0) and none of them show up in the admin module section. I have even gone as far as to remove the drupal test site and XAMPP and re-install everything from scratch. Anyone got any any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
Thanx!
Cliff
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5.0 module problem
For starters forget about installing 4.7 modules. They do not have a .info file and Drupal 5.0 won't see them at all. You can add a .info file and they will be recognized by Drupal but of course their is no guarantee that you will get satisfactory results.
I see that you are installing in the sites subdirectory. I really don't know how that is supposed to work but I think you should be installing the modules in the modules subdirectory. In fact I put mine in modules/contrib just so I can keep track of them and Drupal 5.0 finds them just fine in that subdirectory.
Try it. I think it will fix your problem.
Modules can be installed
Modules can be installed perfectly fine in the sites folder however the path must be: sites/all/modules
the modules folder in this path is a user generated (isnt created by drupal).
Done in this manner, If ever a multi site installation is needed: you can do it with ease.
Secondly during upgrade or update, only the sites and files (if used) folder become necessities.
I took me awhile to understand how the new adminsiter -> modules page worked.
There has been quite a bit of organization added. make sure you are scrolling the entire administer -> modules page. and expand all module listings including but not limited to "other"