Basic drupal setup
Setup for a basic drupal setup that includes editor and contact form. This is teh basis of most of my drupal setups
INSTALL
Download > extract > upload whole folder >
in ftp: show hidden files > move all files to root > ensure ".htaccess" is in the root directory
add "files" directory to root > set permissions to 777
download webform> extract > upload to "modules" directory
download and compile sections of tinymce > upload to "modules" directory
create database > install > set up master account
SET UP
run cron when error appears
# Site building
• Menus > add "menu" > name it all caps
• Blocks > disable "User login" > enable new menu block > save > edit new menu block > block title: "<none>"
• Modules > enable: "Path", "Upload", "Webform" and "TinyMCE" > disable "Comments"
# Content management
• content types > delete "story"
• content types > edit "webform" > Default options: untick "Promoted to front page" >
# Site configuration
• Clean URLs > Run the clean URL test > Enabled
• Input formats > choose "Full HTML" > set default format
• Input formats > confugure "Full HTML" > untick "Line break converter"
• Site information > name > email
# Static homepage
• Create content > page > title > body > URL path settings > "home"
• Site information > Default front page: "home"
# Configure Editor
• TinyMCE > assign > under authenticated user, tick all fields under "tinymce module"
• TinyMCE > create a new profile
- Basic setup > profile name: "editor" > Roles allowed to use this profile: tick "authenticated user" > Default state: "enabled" > Safari browser warning: "true"
- Visibility > Pages: add "admin/build/block/configure/*"
- Buttons and plugins > tick buttons required
- Editor appearance > Toolbar location: "top" > Toolbar alignment: "left"
- Cleanup and output > Remove linebreaks: "false"
- save
# Create contact form
• Create content > webform > add "title, "descrition" and "Confirmation message or redirect URL:"
- add "text field" > Field Key: "name" > Label: "Name"
- add " email" > mandatory > weight="2"
- add "text area" > Field Key: "message" > Label: "Message" > Height: 8 > weight="3"
- add "hidden" > Field Key: "title" > Label: "Title" > Default value: "title of email" eg katanningcollege.com.au email message
- E-mail to address: "testing email" may be be changed later
- E-mail from name: "Name"
- E-mail from address: "Email"
- E-mail subject: "Title"
- Menu settings > Title: "Contact" > Title: "Description > Parent item: "new menu"
- URL path settings > "contact"
- save
- test form