Drupal Install

Instructions on drupal.org/node/628292

Setting up FileZilla

Install files for Drupal (CPanel)

Download latest version from drupal.org - link at top right of page (save to hard drive) . This downloads a file that is a .tar.gz file . We cannot use filezilla to un-compress files, so we will use the CPanel for this.

(This is basically a double-compressed file, so for use on your PC, you will need to use 7-Zip and extract this file, then extract the resulting .tar file. On the server you can do this in one step)

Go to cpanel, sign in as webclass with password wwu!362z

1. go to File Manager then navigate to home/public_html
2. Upload drupal package to server /public_html
3. Extract downloaded .tar.gz package to /public_html
4. Rename folder to the url you want :
   1. webclass.wwu.openaccess.org/drupal for group use
   2. webclass.wwu.openaccess.org/project for project use
5. Go to sites/default
   1. Copy default.settings.php to settings.php by checking the default.settings.php file and selecting Copy, then entering ./sites/default/settings.php as the destination file (replacing "." with public_html/project or whatever site it is)

Create Database for Drupal (CPanel)

1. Go to cpanel and select MySQL databases from Databases section
2. Create New Database. Type sitename as new database to create and press Create Database (this can be anything, but for clarity we'll have the db name include the folder name for the site. Note that the full name of the database will be webclass_sitename as the hosting service always puts the user in the first half of the name)
• suggest drupal and project as names for our 2 databases
3. Add New User:
   1. type student as new user; use sql!362z as password, press Create User. Note the new user will actually be webclass_student .
4. Add user to database, give user All Privileges
5. Select Home from upper left to go back to cpanel after verifying that you can see this indicating you've created a database and associated a user with it. This is how Drupal will access the database. The screenshot below will have as its Database webclass_project rather than what's shown.

Install Drupal

From here on ./ refers to the root directory of the drupal site which is /public_html/drupal/ or /public_html/project

Set Permissions

1. Set-up permissions using FileZilla:
   1. Create a new folder ./sites/default/files
      1. Navigate in FZ to ./sites/default .
      2. Right-click on the default folder and select Create Directory
      3. Add a directory named files: ./sites/default/files
   2. Create two new folders in ./site/all/
      1. ./sites/all/themes
      2. ./sites/all/modules
   3. Change permissions to give Drupal access during the install process
      1. Right click on the Permissions column of the files directory, select File Permissions... and change the value to 777 to allow write access by Drupal.
      2. For ./sites/default/settings.php, change permissions to 666 and select OK. This allows the system to modify this file during installation. Once installation is complete we'll change it back.

Start the Drupal Install

1. Go to the new drupal site: http://webclass.wwu.openaccess.org/project
   If you get a permission error See 1.2 above to change permisions
   
2. Database configuration:
   1. choose mysqli
   2. database name: webclass_project
   3. username: webclass_student
   4. password: sql!362z
3. Configure site:
   1. Site Name: weblass.wwu.openaccess.org/project
   2. Site email: webclass@webclass.wwu.openaccess.org
   3. Administrator account: (also called the "user-1" account - has all privileges automatically)
      1. username: Admin
      2. email: same as above or for project site use your own
      3. password: Admin!362z make sure to use capital for first letter
   4. Make sure time zone matches
   5. Enable Clean URLs

Next - See Setup Drupal