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By bullockalex on
Hi, I am running apache http server with mysql all setup as described in the handbooks, and unzipped drupal to c:/progs/drupal.
Basically, I am starting up a website for a community music site and really like the possibilities of adding new modules and drupal. But I am completely new to this and I have become increasingly frustrated and stuck!!
I am running on windows XP, and basically want to install a test copy of drupal so I can just start to work with drupal and see what a site would begin to look like and what functionality it could achieve.
I have followed the installation guidelines and read the handbooks to try to install drupal with apache server but to no avail, when i access the browser and the site I specified in the http.conf and windows hosts file it justs comes back with a page error. Is this because I need to create a site before going offline??
I am simply wondering if it is possible to test out the drupal software before paying for drupal hosting online. And if so, can someone point me to a post or specific reference of such an installation, as my experience has come to no avail!.
Please do not flame, I understand I am a newbie, and obvioussly may be making simple mistakes, read something incorrectly, e.t.c
Thanks
Alex
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1. Have you also installed
1. Have you also installed and configured PHP?
2. You should put Drupal in your apache\htdocs directory
3. Before playing around with Windows' hosts file, try to see if it works with the http://localcost URL. It is easier to solve one problem at a time.
Alex, I'd very much
Alex, I'd very much recommend that you use XAAMP, an open source LAMP emulator that runs on windows XP. Download:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xampp/xampp-win32-1.5.1-installer.exe...
Once you have xaamp setup, use Civicspace, and its installer. http://civicspacelabs.org/releases/civicspace/civicspace-0.8.2.zip
Use my contact form if you have any more problems and I'd be happy to walk you through it. Gotta run for now
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Some basics things
Hi,
I read you have unzipped drupal into C:/Prog/drupal. is this folder your web sever root folder ???
You must unzip drupal into the folder of your website.
Try this link
http://www.blkmtn.org/book/Drupal
I've only just thrown it together today while i was doing something else so it is somewhat incomplete.
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
Reached Problem
Hey, been following your instructions closely, and I have got to the 'setting up drupal' page at http://www.blkmtn.org/node/311
I have followed everything to the book, all installed fine, all ports free, have the drupal database up, created the testuser account and changed both lines in settings.php exactly as written, but when I click the link http://localhost/drupal-cvs but it takes me to object not found page ( requested URL was not found on this server )
Any ideas?
Hope you can help.
Alex
thanks
I'm just reading through now, am at present uninstalling everything and going for a fresh install with XAMMP.
I'll let you know as soon as I come into any problems which I undoubtably will :p
Thanks for the quick responces!
Much appreciated.
Alex
All fixed
Thanks very much for support, all is now sorted :D
Just been tinkering around with settings inside drupal now.
Thanks again!
Alex
I suggest this section as
I suggest this section as your next spot
http://drupal.org/node/363
Just start there and click next till you got it.
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide