1. Download the latest stable release of Drupal-6.15 at http://drupal.org/project/drupal
   Note:
   • Drupal Version 7.0 is also available in Alpha2 release. You may wait for its stable version if you want to deploy it for production use.
2. Drupal files and its associated modules are compressed in .tar.gz format. For Unix/Linux users proceed to step 3 and for Windows users, proceed to step 5.
3. For Unix/Linux users, you can extract Drupal using the following command:
   # tar -xzvpf drupal-x.x.tar.gz

This command will create a new directory drupal-x.x/ which contains all Drupal files and directories while preserving its file and directory permissions. If you used the former path, you can access your drupal site at http://localhost/

4. Move this directory into your web server's document root or your public HTML directory.
   # mv drupal-x.x/* drupal-x.x/.htaccess /path/to/your/www/html
5. For Windows users, you can extract .tar.gz files using WinRAR archiving application or 7-Zip compression program.
   

   Extract the package and copy all files to drive:\your\wamp\www folder or to drive:\your\wamp\www\drupal-x.x folder.



6. Go to drive:\your\wamp\www\sites\default directory and create a copy of the file default.settings.php and rename it to ‘settings.php’.
7. You also need to create first a database first where your entire site's data or information will be stored. You can choose whether to create it using phpmyadmin - a MySQL Web based database administration tool or thru MySQL console.
8. Open the windows console and go to drive:\your\wamp\mysql\bin directory then execute mysql.exe.
   drive:\your\wamp\mysql\bin> mysql -u root

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE mydrupalsite;
   mysql> CREATE USER 'admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydrupalsite.* TO 'admin'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
   mysql> quit

9. To enable the Clean URL feature of Drupal, you have to enable first Apache’s rewrite_module or mod_rewrite. Click the Wamp Icon in the process tray at the bottom right corner of the screen.
10. Navigate through Apache modules menu and click rewrite_module.



11. As presented in our slides, the minimum memory requirement for Drupal 6 is 16MB. Now to check or adjust this setting, click the Wamp Icon again in the process tray and go to Config files -> php.ini. Then save the file after setting the memory_limit equal to 16M.
12. Restart Apache Web Server by clicking the Wamp Icon again and under the Services -> Apache menu, click Restart Service.
13. Now open http://localhost/ in a web browser to load the Drupal Installation page then click Install Drupal in English link.
14. You then need to supply the database name, the username and password that you created in step 8. Then click the button, Save and continue.
15. To configure your website you need to provide the following information:
    • Site name – My Drupal Site
    • Site email address – mydrupalsite@yourdomain.com
    • Site Administrator’s Username – admin
    • Site Administrator’s Email Address – admin@yourdomain.com
    • Site Administrator’s Password – password (you need to type the password twice and notice that Drupal will evaluate your password strength)
    • Set the default timezone of your web server
    • Enable Clean URLs for google to easily search your site
    • Enable Update notification in order to automatically receive any updates from Drupal
16. Click the Save and continue button to complete the Drupal installation. If your installing Drupal in Windows Client OS (ex. Windows XP) you can just ignore the warning message “Failed to connect to mailserver”. Now, to finally view your new web site, click the your new site link.

A Seminar-Workshop in Web Site Development using Drupal at Misamis University:

1. Slides
2. Installation Guide for Drupal 6.15
3. Creating the About Me Page
4. Posting Blogs
5. Rearranging and Changing the Look and Feel of your site
6. Creating Drupal Module