By Terrymb on

Hi!

I'm a newbie and have been asked to be the administrator of our Drupal site. It used to be handled by another organization but we're taking on many of the tasks that these computer-savvy people once did.

I am able to upload information to the site but really need to learn more.

Is it possible to download it to my home computer and go through the tutorials there? I don't have a website and wasn't sure if that was a prerequisite.

Could you advise?

Thanks!

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jastraat’s picture

jastraat commented

This is possible. Assuming this is a single-site Drupal installation, you just need to copy the drupal directory from your web host and export a copy of the Drupal database. Then, install a client like WAMP on your local machine (For windows - it's a free download). I'm sure there are equivalents for Mac if that's what you have at home. Then, create a database on your local machine and import the export you made of the Drupal database and move the files you copied into your local web folder. You can find tutorials for a lot of this I'm sure on Drupal or on the WAMP website.

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Terrymb’s picture

Terrymb commented

Thanks so much for you help! I'll try it.