directory question and theme installation question.... how do i?
Kas Report - October 7, 2009 - 04:54
Hello
I need help, i have installed Drupal for blogging however i'm not very tech/developer savvy i have several questions
- i have this note "The directory sites/default/files does not exist." informing me that my installation was not complete because of that however i don't know how to reset or put a directory please help me with instructions of how to do that. My server/host is HostMonster
- I have downloaded a theme from Drupal "Pixture reloaded 2" it downloaded to my desktop how do I get it to my Drupal blog site?
thank you,
Kind regards,
Kas Report
You will need to check for settings.php
I am not sure if you are trying to install drupal localy or on your hosting if you are trying to install localy on your host?
if you are installing drupal on your local host make sure you do the following:
did you install a server like WAMP or XAMPP?
look for a file name "default.settings.php" and you have to copy to "settings.php"
you will find the file in the following:
\www\Drupal\sites\default
When you unzip "you will need something like 7-zip file manager" the theme you downloaded move the the theme directory to the following:
\www\Drupal\sites\all\themes
then you can activate the theme through admin\sitebuilding\theme
Good Luck
Moataz Warshanna
Hi Moataz, thanks so much for
Hi Moataz,
thanks so much for responding... i installed Drupal onto my hosting which is HostMonster would you have any idea how i can access the files you mention above if using Hostmonster?
For the downloaded theme, i have managed via FTP to get it to my hostmonster ftp now i just need to know how to get it into they drupal files on my hostmonster.
I eagerly await your response. Thanks so much for your help! you rock.
:)
Kas Report
your host
must provide a "directory" for you. In this folder you will the drupal folders like "includes", "misc" "modules" and others.... with your ftp client go to this folder double click an enter, the upoload your files
erick cacao
www.cdmschool.com
you rock... did that all
you rock... did that all worked...
I've now downloaded several (almost 30 of them) modules and via FTP got them to my Drupal Directory at my host.... I tried to enable them and in the process of doing that i got this fatal error
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 30720 bytes) in /-/-/public_html/includes/install.inc on line 400
how do i correct this or rather add memory size? I've deleted my site info for security since its open forum here however left the end of the error ...
what would you recommend i do? i've deleted all the files i don't need on my FTP etc... and still get the same result...
Please help
Do you have access to the control panel
Hi,
Let's start by first going through the following:
1- Did you install drupal on your host hostmonster.com? As from your post I understand you did that but please confirm that.
2- Did you setup your ftp file transfer correct to access your host, filezila etc....?
3- Did you connect your database to your drupal installation files?
4- In each hosting company they let you have access to a control panel sometimes they call it cpanel do you have access and do you know your user ID and password?
5- In your cpanel you will have access to file manager where you can browse your root directory which have your drupal directory and sub directory; then you will see what I mentioned in my first post.
When you download and unzip your modules, make sure that your directories are created with lower case letters (very important).
Since you are already just starting, try to start with one or two modules at a time until you are comfortable with the process.
Cheers,
Moataz
Use Simple Scripts
Hi Kas, the error you reported, "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted..." can be resolved by increasing your memory limit. See this thread: http://drupal.org/node/207036
worked! thank you both..
worked! thank you both.. really appreciate it.