Drupal Tutorial

Manual Drupal Installation

If you want to install the Drupal CMS application, you should follow the instructions below:

Chapter 1: Choose the latest stable version to download the installation file from Drupal.org and then click the Download link next to the package.

Chapter 2: Then, upload it in public_html folder of your account. You can do that through an FTP client like FileZilla or via cPanel -> File Manager -> Upload file(s). After completing the installation, and once your write yourdomainname.com or something like that, the script will appear. You can also upload the file in a subfolder created there. The installation of Drupal will be available at: yourdomainname.com/subfolder.

Chapter 3: As soon as you are in the File Manager, navigate to the uploaded file and extract it by clicking on the link Extract. It will create a subfolder: drupal-x.x.x., where the current version will substitute x.x.x. Now, you can move the files one level up in the preffered directory. The other option is to extract the file in your computer and then to upload the content in the prefered folder via FTP.

Chapter 4: When the files are extracted in the prefered folder, you should create a MySQL database for Drupal. That can be done from cPanel -> MySQL Databases. There you should create a database and add a user to it - to learn click how to create MySQL database and user.

Chapter 5: Navigate to the URL of your Drupal site and run the install.php file (for example http://yourdomainname.com/install.php)

Chapter 6: You should pick the default language for the Drupal web site.

Chapter 7: Copy the file /public_html/drupal_installation_folder/sites/default/default.settings.php to /public_html/drupal_installation_folder/sites/default/settings.php. Do this through Panel -> File Manager. Through the same tool you can also grant write permissions to the settings.php file.

Chapter 8: Now, enter the database details for the database that you have created in Chapter 4. Click the button "Save configuration" to go on.

Chapter 9: You did a great deal! You have just finished the installation procedure. You will see the following screen: Img5 You should alter back the file permissions for the file settings.php and enter the site information along with the admin account's details. Click the button Save and Continue.