Sounds like you are doing too much fiddling beforehand. Just follow the profiles install instructions.
I have strongly objected to profiles putting modules in a strange place as then when you install some other (non-profile contrib module it winds up in the normal place and using the web based update a module puts it in the normal place with the result of having two copies of the module and not knowing for sure which one is actually used - bad deal). So you really have to rely on the distribution provider to keep up with security patches to modules they use.
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Alison penguin@alisoncc.com wrote:
Hi Guys,
whenever I think I am getting on top of Drupal it comes back and bites me.
Have built numerous sites from scratch - Install Drupal and then add modules and themes as required, and have also built a couple of sites using Distributions. A friend wants a Blog site so decided to use Drupress - which seems to use "Profiles".
Extracted the download to the public html type area. Then did the usual - settings.php in sites/default and added files directory, chown, chgrp and chmod. Set up an empty database with a user. Then ran install.php from a browser and nothing happens. What would normally be in sites/all/themes and sites/all/modules is now in a profile/drupress directory. Everything seems to be there but how do I get to it. So looking for a "Dummies intro to installing from "Profiles". Thanks.
Alison
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