By lmarques on
I am starting in this CMS World..
I read that drupal requires o web server, but i am not understanding this part..
It means that i will have to purchase a domain in a web server to install there the drupal and work there?
I've senn the video that shows how to install, but i did not understand this part..
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Basically - YES
You might need to do some reading on learning about the internet in general before you start building a CMS yourself. It's not exactly difficult, but you do need to start somewhere.
What is a web server?
You can run Drupal on a local development machine (see the instructions) but at some point you will need to get an account with a web host provider and move things up there if you want the world to see it.
There are some Web hosts that will offer 'one-click-installs' also, so that may be worth asking for.
.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards
No.. What i mean is how to
No.. What i mean is how to develop my site on my machine?
I know that later i will have to get an account on a web server.
I've found documentation about run Drupal on a local machine, but what would you recomend? My OS is Vista.
I would recommend another OS
:-B
No, seriously, I strongly recommend the Acquia Stack Installer - it's 100% Drupal tuned and 100% just works, installing all the required Drupal,Apache,MySQL,PHP needed in one go.
.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards
tks!
I'm gonna try that one.
Thank you!
dman, after installing Acquia
dman, after installing Acquia Drupal, how do I install the Drupal 6.14 that i downloaded from Drupal.org ?
Acquia comes with everything
Acquia comes with everything there. I'm pretty sure the bundled Drupal will be the latest available.
If you really want, you can replace it I guess. I've run parallel version installs under the Acquia stack just by messing with Apache virtualhosts in the normal way. But that was just to see if I could.
But basically it comes with everything, so the drupal.org download is redundant. Why would you want to overcomplicate it?
Big
greenBlue button.Press it.
You have Drupal on your desktop.
Look into the folders and it's just the same under the hood.
.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards
Oh.. I thought that Acquia
Oh.. I thought that Acquia had Apache, PHP and MySQL but not the Drupal.org.
So, is just install Drupal and start working and developinig the site? Nice :)
thanks again
no working
Not working :S
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Any help?
where did you look to find the answer?
You really should see if there is something in the Acquia knowledge base about that, but the message on the screen there says that the server is not started because permission is denied.
So I imagine it's something to do with your OS security model.
Firewalls and things will (rightly) panic if they detect an unprivileged user is trying to start a service that will publish information to the outside world - like a web server. You probably need to up your privileges.
I don't personally know how your OS does it, but yep The answer is here
.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards
I was a little in a hurry
I was a little in a hurry when i installed and try to run. Later i've just right cliked and run as administrator and worked :)
I use wamp on xp
It's real easy. two clicks to install the server and unpack Drupal in the www folder and it's off to the races...
get wamp here http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/
It's very easy to have many Drupal installs with one wamp install
last questions
- Where does Acquia stores the site? I mean, when i finish the site, where are all the files that i need to send to the web server?
- If i uninstall Acquia, the site and the work done, disappear?
thanks a lot