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By zargoon on
Hello all.
I'm building a website and I bought a hosting package from host gator. Host gator does not support drupal 7.2, so I decided to do a manual install of 7.2, figuring it would be a good idea to have the move up to date version.
Now that I've done that, I'm trying to determine if that was the right solution. Will I run into problems by doing things this way? I just installed drupal under public_html and then ran install.php. Then I set drupal up with a database. I only need one database for drupal right? Or will I need to make multiple if I have a lot of content generation?
If someone could confirm my choice, or tell me if I'm doing it wrong that would be great.
Comments
Is your site up and running?
Is your site up and running? Sounds like you've done it all correctly. What are your concerns? Are you seeing any errors? FYI I do all my Drupal installs manually. I find that script installers don't always do things the way I want them. I don't see how this could be a bad solution if the site is running and you're not getting errors. That's your criteria for a successful installation.
And yes, you only need one database for a default drupal install. If you're running into any specific issues that are making you question if the install is correct then feel free to mention them so you can get more specific advice.