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Installing Drupal 4.7

by ted
May 1, 2006
This tutorial makes installing Drupal 4.7 easy. It outlines the basic requirements and then goes through each of the steps needed to properly setup Drupal. It also covers common mistakes and the proper actions needed to remedy these problems. Additionally, it covers configuring Drupal once it is has been installed. Links for more detailed installation instructions along with places to find additional help are given as well. (7:47 min - 12.4MB H.264)

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Installing Drupal 4.712.27 MB

Comments

Fantastic videos guys...

On May 17th, 2006 Caleb (not verified) said:

One suggestion though - a slightly smaller sized file. Not because it's too big of a download, but because my little mac cannot keep up with the frame rate. Am actually opening it in iMovie so that I can re-export as a smaller/downsampled file.

Other than that it's just fantastic.

THANK YOU!

On July 5th, 2006 Alex (not verified) said:

This video really helped me out, thank you!

thanks

On July 26th, 2006 karun (not verified) said:

it helped me a lot.. thanks !!

handy

On July 27th, 2006 trey Martindale (not verified) said:

very handy and clear, thanks.

Just finished installing drupal

On August 10th, 2006 Lee (not verified) said:

I was able to install drupal so easily, all thanks to this video.
It was awesome!!!

Nicely done video

On August 16th, 2006 vbdietz (not verified) said:

Even though I've installed 4.7 twice now -- just watching it answered a couple of questions for me.

This definitely deserves a link from drupal.org.

Thanks.

Worked like a CHARM for me!

On September 8th, 2006 David S. (not verified) said:

Thanks, that was great. It took me no time to get my new domain registered, with Drupal up and running, thanks to this video.

Of course now I have to add content, modify the theme -- the heavy lifting.

One suggestion? Recommend to people that they NOT user 'drupal' for the database name, user ID, and password. I'm sure most people would know to use something different, but it wouldn't hurt to remind them to use something unique.

Thank you

On October 26th, 2006 Heather (not verified) said:

Thank you for posting this wonderful tutorial! It made installing Drupal extremely easy. I look forward to using Drupal often now.

Thank you!

On November 4th, 2006 Michael Nystrom (not verified) said:

Thank you for the video - I was stuck, and this really saved me!!!

Michael

Awesome!

On November 6th, 2006 mattCampy (not verified) said:

I really can't underscore the compliments enough - this is very helpful for people new to the CMS / PHP side of web design.

The install is so easy but without this video I would have gotten frustrated and given up long ago!

Thank you sooooo much! This

On November 16th, 2006 carolyn (not verified) said:

Thank you sooooo much! This video was incredibly helpful. I'm the 'accidental' techie type and this made installing drupal very easy.

im setting up drupal on

On November 17th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) said:

im setting up drupal on wamp5 so play around with it, when i creat the first account and use my e-mail an error shows up saying it cannot be sent to the e-mail. has anyone had luck using it on wamp5 if so how can i then find the password out.

Great job - thank you

On November 25th, 2006 Don (not verified) said:

Thank you Ted - this was an excellent videocast. I learned a lot. What did you use to make this recording?
-Don

Awesome video.

On March 2nd, 2007 San Diego SEO (not verified) said:

I'm not a programmer so this video was extremely helpful. Thanks a million.

Thanks!

On March 2nd, 2007 Lee (not verified) said:

Excellent - thank you so much. It was so helpful - shaved HOURS of my install!!!

Lee

Fantastic, Thank you very

On August 13th, 2007 Anonymous (not verified) said:

Fantastic,
Thank you very much

Installing drupal

On January 17th, 2008 Adi (not verified) said:

This video is great! But I am stuck after the 1st step. Can u pls help!!!

I downloaded drupal 5.6 and copied the contents to IIS 7

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Drupal

but when i try to run it on the browser http://localhost:80/drupal/index.php I am getting the following error.

Server Error in Application "Default Web Site"

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HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found
Description: The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) map policy that is configured on the Web server. The page you requested has a file name extension that is not recognized, and is not allowed.

Error Code: 0x80070032

Notification: ExecuteRequestHandler

Module: StaticFileModule

Requested URL: http://localhost:80/drupal/index.php

Physical Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\drupal\index.php

Logon User: Anonymous

Logon Method: Anonymous

Handler: StaticFile

Most likely causes:

It is possible that a handler mapping is missing. By default, the static file handler processes all content.
The feature you are trying to use may not be installed.
The appropriate MIME map is not enabled for the Web site or application. (Warning: Do not create a MIME map for content that users should not download, such as .ASPX pages or .config files.)

Please, I need to install it ASAP and finish my assignment. Please help!

what is 8888 in

On March 5th, 2008 Neil (not verified) said:

what is 8888 in "localhost:8888"? i can't get it... please help me...

Thumbs up

On April 13th, 2008 San Diego DJ (not verified) said:

This was a very informative tutorial. I am fairly new to programming, I specialize in Design more then the programming element. Tutorials are always the most efficient way to learn because you have to do it yourself. Thanks for the tips and I'm looking forward to your future posts. This file is big for a tutorial at 12 megs but other than that this is very good.