By nickyt2008 on
I'm new to using a CMS to help build a website and could do with some big pointers:
How do I configure Drupal with my hosting website in basic terms? Using tutorials havn't seemed to work as intended.
I have tried uploading using a free web host that uses their own custom made (simplified) FTP server, may this prevent me from using Drupal?
Do I build the web content from this website when I've cracked the above?
+ Any tips ?
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I don't know how far you
I don't know how far you have come by now ...
It is easy to create a Drupal based website, if your host server meets the basic conditions.
What exactly have you failed to do?
Which tutorials have not been helpful? Have you tried http://drupal.org/handbooks where there's lots of information?
Did you upload the Drupal files to your host PHP & MySQL database enabled server, which hopefully has Drupal-critical php features like LOCK TABLES, etc enabled, tried to start the installation by going to www.yoursite.com/yourDrupalfolder & it all did not work (in case the Drupal files are not inserted directly in the root folder)?
Many FREE web hosts have all sorts of limitations - like no PHP, or no MySQL databases, or if PHP is present, they block some features like LOCK TABLES I mention above which Drupal needs to be installed & function.
So lots of potential causes for your problems ...
If however the above conditions are met and you have at least PHP 4 & MYSQL 4, though lots of hosts have upgraded to versions 5, you can certainly make a Drupal-based site.