Drupal

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Drupal

• an open source content management platform
• -- http//drupal.org --

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What is Drupal

• History
• In 2000 Started in Antwerp as a message sharing
  app on a closed intranet among a group of college
  friends. Dries Buytaert, the developer, put the
  site on the Internet in late 2001 after he
  graduated and soon after released the code to
  open source under the name 'Drupal'.

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Mission

• By building on relevant standards and open source
  technologies, Drupal supports and enhances the
  potential of the Internet as a medium where
  diverse and geographically-separated individuals
  and groups can collectively produce, discuss, and
  share information and ideas. With a central
  interest in and focus on communities and
  collaboration, Drupal's flexibility allows the
  collaborative production of online information
  systems and communities.

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Requirements

• A Web Server that can execute PHP scripts Apache
  1.3.x, 2.0.x, IIS
• PHP
• As of Drupal 4.6, the CMS requires PHP version
  4.3.3 (PHP 5 is supported for the 4.6 release).
• PHP XML extension
• php memory of 8MB (or more) for a Drupal core
  install.

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Requirements (cont)

• PHP needs the following configuration directives
  for drupal to work
• session.save_handler user
• In addition, we recommend the following settings
• session.cache_limiter none

• (we only mention directives that differ from the
  default php.ini-dist / php.ini-recommended
  starting with PHP 4.0.6)
• These settings are contained in the default
  .htaccess that ships with drupal, so you
  shouldn't need to set them explicitely.

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A PHP-supported Database Server

• Recommended MySQL, v3.23.17 or newer (for our
  use of INNER JOIN's with join_condition's). MySQL
  4 is fine.
• Optional Any PEAR supported Database. Currently,
  only PostgreSQL is actively maintained and
  supported, though. Experiences with other
  Databases are greatly welcome.

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Installingdetailed at http//drupal.org/node/260

• DOWNLOAD DRUPAL
• wget http//drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-4.6.3
  .tar.gz
• tar -zxvf drupal-4.6.3.tar.gz
• mv drupal-4.6.3/ drupal-4.6.3/.htaccess
  /var/www/html
• CREATE THE DRUPAL DATABASE
• mysqladmin -u root -p create drupal
• mysql -u dba_user -p
• GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal. TO
  nobody_at_localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password'
• flush privileges

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Installing (cont)

• LOAD THE DRUPAL DATABASE SCHEMA
• mysql -u nobody -p drupal lt database/database.mysq
  l
• CONNECTING DRUPAL
• Edit site/default/settings.php
• db_url "mysql//usernamepassword_at_localhost/dat
  abase
• base_url "http//www.example.com"
• You should consider creating a "files"
  subdirectory in your Drupal installation
  directory.
• Create an account and login. The first account
  will automatically become the main administrator
  account with total control.

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Admin Section

• Go to site

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A few example sites

• http//evolt.org/
• http//www.spreadfirefox.com/
• http//www.theonion.com/content/index
• http//www.linuxjournal.com/
• http//gallery.menalto.com/
• http//spiritandsong.com/
• Many more listed at
• http//drupal.org/forum/25
• Conversion Success Stories
• http//drupal.org/node/15237
• Also very cool Drupal stuff going on at
• http//civicspacelabs.org/home/