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By pramudya81 on
Ok people,
I am new to Drupal and all those CMS stuffs like Joomla and Mambo.
I have chosen to learn more about Drupal. Yes, make it a good news for you and me of course.
I have to prepare website that has this features:
- new users to join this website
- registered users then may post a text and even pictures (could be a video for future)
- administrators could view the posts and may approve or reject it.
- forum to communicate throughout
Yap that simple.
But I am confused about how Drupal is structured. Where to put all those PHP pages?
And all those development stuffs.
I am planning to prepare this website on PHP and MySQL.
Regards
eRich
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Hi Drupal can definitely do
Hi
Drupal can definitely do all those things and much more!
It is PHP & Mysql based.
Assuming your host server supports PHP & MySQL u dont need to program anything for those functions.
I am sure http://drupal.org/handbooks will give you a detailed guide to all you need to do to install Drupal under "Getting started", etc.
Some hosts have FANTASTICO (or equivalent) software which help(s) automatically install many different scripts, including Drupal, except that you are most likely not to get the latest version, though you could update, later.
Alternatively:
You will need to create a database via your hostserver account cpanel...
Download Drupal from http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-5.6.tar.gz
Decompress it and upload it to the root directory, likely "public_html". Assuming it is in the "drupal" directory, go to www.yousiteaddress.com/drupal.
You will need to feed in some information like the database name/username/password u created above & DB hostname (in case it is not the default "localhost").
That is all. You will end up on the front page, where you will be required to create the first user, who will have full administrative rights. Log in and take some time to check out the "administer" page, where you can make different sitewide settings.
For video & picture upload function for users, you will need to download and install the video & image modules.
Go to admin/build/modules to enable the image, video & a host of other optional "core" modules like the "Forum" module.
This is quite rough, but as said the handbook helps you get started & gives you a basic understanding of how Drupal works after which you will be able customize ot to do what you want.
My 2 cents
Drupal is the way to go
Drupal is easy and fun, but can be a bit of a pain to get started. Refer the hanbook section for training material. Feel free to use my free videos on my site, that are also listed in handbooks section.
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