This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Drupal, an open-source content management system, using XAMPP on a Windows machine. It details downloading and setting up XAMPP and Drupal, creating a MySQL database, configuring Drupal settings, and completing the Drupal installation and configuration processes.

1. Installation of Drupal with XAMPP on Windows XP Rupesh Kumar A [email_address]

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17. Click phpMyAdmin

18. Database name: drupal MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode Click “Create” button

21. Password changed. Restart MySQL.

23. Extract drupal files to C:ampptdocs folder

24. Rename extracted folder to ‘drupal’ for simplicity

26. Copy default.settings.php and rename it to settings.php

27. Open settings.php and enter $db_url and $base_url Replace username by root , password by admin & databasename by drupal

28. $db_url = ‘mysql://root:admin@localhost/drupal’;

29. Now, scroll down and enter $base_url Replace http://www.example.com by http://localhost/drupal NOTE: Remove the # sign at the beginning of the line.

30. $base_url = ‘http://localhost/drupal’; Save and Close settings.php file.

34. Site Information

35. Administrator Account

36. Server Settings

38. New Drupal Site ( http:// localhost / drupal )

40. Site Information