By thehardings on

Hi all,
total newbie to drupal, though comfortable with all web topics (database, coding etc). I was about to download drupal 4.7, but i read on the modules page in drupal that:

"Only use matching versions of modules with Drupal. Modules released for Drupal 4.6 will not work for Drupal 4.7."

Does this mean I should download an older version of drupal (i got 4.5 from download.com) if I want to integrate some of the modules?

Also, am i correct in thinking that modules "installation" on server is simply copying new files to server, not actually running a "traditional install (.exe)" on the server.

kind regards
Dan

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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florian commented

Go for drupal 4.7 and use only the modules designed for 4.7. To be sure of that take a look at the file name which must be something like "module-4.7.0.tar.gz". Everything must run smoothly :)

Florian
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sepeck commented

stable release. At this time it means 4.7.2 (http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info)
Sign up for the drupal.org/security list.
Read the best practices link in my sig.
Look through the INstall and config section of the handbook.

Also, am i correct in thinking that modules "installation" on server is simply copying new files to server, not actually running a "traditional install (.exe)" on the server.

For most of the 4.7.x contrib modules yes, some still may require manually loading MySQL tables if they haven't been updated to use the built in SQL installer.

Have fun.

-Steven Peck
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-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide

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thehardings commented

fantastic replies.
thank you. mysql installs will be fine.
cheers