By PeterLucas on

I uploaded the Drupal files to folder called 'drpl' on the server.

I inserted the tables in the database.

I inserted the database access details in the 'settings.php' file. It looks something like this:

 * Database URL format:
 * $db_url = 'mysql://mydatabase:mypassword@localhost/mydatabase';
 
/**
 * Base URL:
 *
 * The URL of your website's main page. It is not allowed to have
 * a trailing slash; Drupal will add it for you.
 */
$base_url = 'http://www.mywebsite.com/drpl';

Now what?

I get stuck at this instruction:

You can now launch your browser and point it to your Drupal site.

Where the hell is my Drupal site? What should I point my browser to?

I have several Nucleas blogs on Mywebsite.com. They all have index.php files somewhere. Drupal's index.php file is a CSS file. That makes no f***ing sense!

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pfmj2005’s picture

pfmj2005 commented

This sounds confusing(what you are explaining)... Drupal has a index.php file and it is not css... it is in the root drupal directory...
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PeterLucas’s picture

PeterLucas commented

Thanks for the answers!

I'm not sure what went wrong. Index.php was definately some CSS file on my server. I uploaded the correct version. Now I get this:

Unsupported database type

The database on my server is "MySQL 4.1.13-Debian_0.dotdeb.0-log" (?)

I can't find anywhere on the Drupal site what the installation requirements are. What versions of MySQL and PHP? Or do I have to fix something else?

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cel4145 commented

Here are the current system requirements.

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cel4145 commented

Use the base url you entered: http://www.mywebsite.com/drpl/. Assuming that you did everything, your site will be live. Next, create your first user account, that will be the super user for the site.

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jimberry commented

First of all, as a new user, should I have opened a new topic or is it OK to piggy back on what seems to be a reasonably similar topic?

I finally managed to connect to my Drupal URL, but when I try to create the first account, I get "The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server."
I can see via my FTP client that the index.php is present in the drupal directory. What can be wrong?

PeterLucas’s picture

PeterLucas commented

I would just create a new topic. Less confusion, more attention to your particular problem.

I have no solution for your problem unfortunately. I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with my problems.

Are you sure your $base_url is correct?

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jimberry commented

Yes, my $base_url is correct. (If it wasn't, I don't think I would have got to the first page that invites me to "create the first account").
I'll take your advice and repost this as a new topic, thanks.

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sepeck commented

Make sure there is no trailing /
http://www.siten.com

NOT

http://www.siten.com/

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BobT-1 commented

Also be sure that the URL you load in your browser includes the folder you put drupal in.

If you want drupal to load when your www.something.com is loaded, then it should not be in its own folder. The contents should be extracted to the "webroot" of your server.
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