2 Ways to Setup an Drupal Web Site

Installing a Drupal instance could be a simple task, you will get an Drupal site setup less than 5 minutes. In this article,we will tell you how.

Install Drupal via Fantastico De Luxe

Fantastico De Luxe is the leading auto-installer for cPanel servers. It integrates with your cPanel and gives you the ability to install multiple instances of latest version of these scripts.

If your web hosting vendor provide you with Fantastico, then you can setup a Drupal site by some simple clicks. Go to Fantastico and click Drupal, after it, you will required to input the directory you plan to install the code to, and decide your administrator user name, password (these 2 will be used to maintain your web site after installation) and admin email. Finally, click the "Install Drupal" button, Fantastico will get everything setup for you.

Install Drupal Manually

If you want to setup a Drupal site in your local PC, or in a web hosting environment without Fantastico, you will need to install it by yourself. Drupal has made whole process pretty simple, and we strongly recommend you to install it manually even you have Fantastico since the version provided by your web hosting vendor might not be the latest one.

Below are the steps to setup a Drupal site manually:

• Download Latest Drupal code (zip file) from Drupal office web site
• Extract the compress file, and upload them to web folder (could be the sub-folder)
• Copy sites/default/default.settings.php to sites/default/settings.php
• Create the database for Drupal, let's take MySQL as an example, you will need to create a MySQL database, and a MySQL users, and then grant "SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER" privilege from the Drupal database to the Drupal user. These 2 data will be required in Step 4).
• Run drupal installer, and then follow the on-screen instruction to finish the installation process. Drupal has an automated installation script that automatically populates database tables and sets the correct settings in settings.php file. And Drupal installer will be automatically launched when you first time visit your drupal directory via url.
• Done! You have owned a Drupal site.

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