WAMP is another option.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">johnchuash</b> <<a href="mailto:drupal-docs@drupal.org">drupal-docs@drupal.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<br> Status: active<br><br>Dear All,<br><br><br>I've tried to install Drupal in my Windows XP pc environment to serve<br>as localhost before i really put them up on the web.<br>After weeks of trying, Finally, i manage to set up the drupal sites
<br>using only 2 program (ApacheFriends XAMPP<br> and Drupal 4-6-9). No more PHP or mysql headache. As shown below is<br>the step-by-step procedure i've taken.<br><br><br>1. Download the Apache Xampp program and extract the content into C: or
<br>D:. The extractor should auto create teh folder. Assume we select the D:<br>drive. The folder created should turn out to be something like<br>"d:\xampp"<br><br><br>2. Open the "d:\xampp" folder and double click on the
<br>"setup_xampp.bat". This shall activate the Apache and MySQL service.<br>Next under the same folder, click on the "apache_start" and<br>"mysql_start". To ensure that the SQL service is running, please goto
<br>the ":\xampp\mysql" folder and click on "mysql_installservice".<br><br><br>3. Open the internet browser, enter the url address "<a href="http://localhost">http://localhost</a>".<br>If the sites auto direct to
<a href="http://localhost/xampp">http://localhost/xampp</a> and the screen<br>showing the "AMPP for Windows" message. YES, we have finish setting the<br>ApacheFriends XAMPP server.<br><br><br>4. Next, open the d:\xampp\htdocs folder and create a subfolder call
<br>"drupal" (d:\xampp\htdocs\drupal). Extract the drupal program into this<br>folder. Remember to change contenty of the "setting.php" located in<br>"d:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default" folder using wordpad as the
<br>following:<br><br><br> ....................<br> $db_url = 'mysql://root:@localhost/drupal';<br> ....................<br> $base_url = '<a href="http://localhost/drupal">http://localhost/drupal</a>';<br>
....................<br><br><br>5. At the internet browser pointing to the <a href="http://localhost/xampp">http://localhost/xampp</a>,<br>locate the "phpMyAdmin" tools and create a new database call "drupal".
<br>The screen shall guide us to the new database created. Select the<br>"import" bar on top of the page. At the file to import prompt, select<br>the browse button and select the file "database.mysql" located in
<br>d:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\database" folder. Select the go button. Once the<br>file successfully imported. Now, using the internet browser, goto the<br>"<a href="http://localhost/drupal">http://localhost/drupal</a>
".<br><br><br>6. If you see the header with html code on top and "create tyour first<br>account" link and some other link, YES, YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.<br>Select the "Create your first account" link and create your username, as
<br>well as enter your email. The system will prompt to login. Once you<br>login, PLEASE CHANGE THE PASSWORD to something which is easier to<br>remember, as the default password by the system will be kind of hard to<br>remember. Once your save your confuguration and the system prompt you
<br>that your account bveen created and your are the member of the sites,<br>and showing the times (mintues of connection to the sites).<br><br><br>7. Now, enter the URL address as "<a href="http://localhost/drupal">
http://localhost/drupal</a>" again to go<br>back to the screen as in step 6. Select the link on "Themes", choose the<br>theme of "Chameleon" (selecting both the enable and configure caption).<br>Save your configuration. By this times, your should see your drupal
<br>sites is running in localhost with the graphic interface.<br><br><br>Hope the above info help the beginners like me in setting drupal in<br>localhost.<br><br><br><br><br>johnchuash<br><br>--<br>Pending work: <a href="http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/">
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