Swecha Wiki

1. Setting up LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP)
2. Install Drupal
3. Menus
   1. Adding content
4. Slideshow
5. Blocks
   1. Creating blocks
      1. Normal blocks
      2. Blocks with Images
6. Contact form
7. Search

• If you have Debian OS installed in your system, type su and press enter it will prompt for password, enter your root password

• If you have Ubuntu OS installed in your system, type sudo su and press enter it will prompt for password, enter your root password

• Update package sources

apt-get update

(This is safer than apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade, because it safely upgrades your server and resolves dependencies)

• Install Apache2 and PHP5

apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-gd
chmod -R 777 /var/www/html

Check if apache is working

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
nano /var/www/html/info.php

Copy & paste the folowing php code in the nano editor

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Go and check http://localhost/info.php in your browser to see configuration of installed php version.

• Install Mysql and PHPmyadmin

apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
apt-get install phpmyadmin

When prompted for a password enter hello (You can also set your own password).

• Creating a MySQL DB & user for your Drupal installation

mysqladmin -u root -p create d8

Enter hello (mysql password) when you are prompted for password. If you get a “Database exists” error, please issue “mysqladmin -u root -p drop d8” to delete the existing database and then issue the create command.

• Configuring Apache for Clean URLs

a2enmod rewrite

nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

• Restart the apache server

    service apache2 restart

• The Drupal is available at http://172.27.2.2 .
• Note: Do this only if the previous step fails.Download the latest stable version of drupal from http://drupal.org/project/drupal
• Prepare server for drupal setup
  • Copy the drupal-8.x.tar.gz file to /var/www/html and uncompress the files so that you get /var/www/drupal-8.x finally
  • Rename the drupal folder to d8
  • Goto d8/sites/default, create a folder called files so that you have d8/sites/default/files
  • Copy default.settings.php as settings.php so that you have d8/sites/default/settings.php
  • Give 777 permissions to file(apply permissions to enclosed files) & settings.php
• Install drupal
  • Goto http://localhost/d8
  • Choose Standard installation profile and save and continue
  • Leave English as is and save and continue
  • Give Database Name as d8, Database username as root & Database password as hello for LAMP or leave blank for XAMPP and Save and continue
  • configure Site information
    • Site Name your full name
    • Site e-mail address your email id
  • configure Site maintenance account
    • username as admin
    • password & Confirm password as hello
  • configure Server settings
    • Choose India under Default country
    • Choose Asia/Kolkata and Save and continue
  • Now click on Visit your new site

• Click on add content in top black menu
• Then click on Basic page
• Give Title as Workshop
• Write a summary about workshop in the body
• Check the box Provide a menu link under Menu Settings below Text format group
• Give Workshop in Menu link title
• Ensure <Main menu> under Parent item
• Choose 1 as Weight and click save

Similarly create pages about Prepare your computer, Software carpentry & CMS but ensure Workshop under Parent item for the new pages