By DarthMaul on
I have installed Drupal by running install.php as described in the installation manual, and I have a site up. On my home page, I see this of course:
"Once logged in, visit the administration section, where you can customize and configure all aspects of your website."
When I click on "administration section," I am brought back simply to http://localhost/drupal/?q=admin, which is the list of hyperlinks to navigate the directory structure of the Drupal installation. Not to be terribly high maintenance, but I was expecting an admin console of some sort. Even so, I have no idea what to do with the directory structure. I haven't found a reference indicating what to do next.
Any insight into what I may be doing wrong is very much appreciated.
Thanks.
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Have you looked at the
Have you looked at the Structure Guide. Providing some idea of what you want to do would help.
What are you trying to do?
What are you trying to do? You need a theme (a few come preinstalled), you need modules. Then you need to configure the site through the admin section. Go through everything there is, I think it will help you learn Drupal. Then you can create content itself. You can research each topic (creating a theme, working with modules, configuration, content creation) here on drupal.org.
P.S. You can try Drupal 7 too, you might find that many things have been simplified there. Beta version will be ready before you are.
Maybe I wasn't clear, but I
Maybe I wasn't clear, but I am just trying to play with themes and modules to learn Drupal. You mention the admin section, but I am not seeing one. As I mentioned before, when I click the link that is supposed to take me to the admin section, I just come back to http://localhost/drupal/?q=admin, which is nothing more than a page of hyperlinks representing the installation directory structure. In fact, every link takes back to that same page.
Let me try to be clearer. Why do I only see the "Index of /drupal" directory page no matter which link I click? I tried reinstalling again, and the same result occurred.
As I continue to play with
As I continue to play with this, I think I am missing something in my Apache configuration that is causing the PHP script not to load when I click the link to the admin section. Instead, the server simply serves the folder structure on the server.
So I guess this probably isn't a Drupal question. I am trying to figure things out after years of Java on Tomcat, and it isn't quite as easy as I expected.
Thanks.
Oh I see, sorry I can't help
Oh I see, sorry I can't help you with that. It should work with default settings. Btw if I had to take a wild guess, maybe it's something about the fact that there's no filename in URL. Try doing index.php?q=...
htaccess
From your first post, it sounds like you are running this on your local machine. Make sure the Drupal directory has the file called ".htaccess" in there.
A list of some of the Drupal sites I have designed and/or developed can be viewed at motioncity.com
I think the issue lies in the
I think the issue lies in the installation process that you might have used.
If your ISP offers Fantastico Scripts or the QuickInstall option, use it to install Drupal. That might fix some of the problems that you are having.
localhost
The OP is running Drupal locally, so they are the ISP.
A list of some of the Drupal sites I have designed and/or developed can be viewed at motioncity.com