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Getting Started With Drupal
Using GoDaddy to register a domain name
and stand up a Drupal site
Time Required: 45 Minutes

Step by Step Directions
• Yeaton Partners (www.yeatinpartners.com) and
Xululabs (www.xululabs.com) have teamed up to
create a set of “Getting Started With Drupal”
guides
• If you have questions about this guide, please
feel free to email aforbes@yeatonpartners.com
– we want your feedback!
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Go to the GoDaddy website
• www.godaddy.com
• If you do not have a
GoDaddy account,
click on Create
Account
• If you have a
GoDaddy account,
log onto it and skip
the next page
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Create a GoDaddy account
• Fill out the form
• Write down the
account information!
• Click on the button at
the bottom of the
form to create the
account
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Check to see if your domain is available
• Enter the domain
you want
• Click on the orange
GO button
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Wade through GoDaddy upselling
• If the domain you
wanted is not
available, try
variations until you
find one that is
available
• Click on the orange
Add and Proceed to
Checkout button
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No, you do not want this stuff
• GoDaddy offers an
easy to use website,
great telephone
support, and low
prices, but they do a
whole bunch of
upselling and cross-
selling
• Click the grey No
Thanks button
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Upgrades you do want
• Set Registration
Length to 1 year
• Select the Deluxe
hosting plan
• Select the Deluxe
email plan (unless
you need more than
five email addresses,
in which case you
should go with the
Unlimited plan)
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Dodging more upsell
• Do not add
SmartSpace
• Do not ask to see
more upselling /
cross-selling
• Click the orange
CONTINUE button
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Review the settings
• Your selections and
price should be
similar to what is to
the left
• The domain
registration price
may vary based the
suffix and GoDaddy
special offers
• Scroll down and go
to the next page
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Select payment method
• Select the payment
method
• Check the Terms of
Service and
Registration
Agreement
checkboxes
• Click the orange
Continue with
Checkout button
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Enter Payment Information
• Enter Payment
Information
• Click on pay button
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Go to MY PRODUCTS
• Click on MY
PRODUCTS
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Setup the hosting account
• Click on Hosting
• Click on Setup
Account
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Review the License agreement
• Read the license
agreement
• Yes, almost no one
actually reads these,
but it is still a good
idea to skim through
it so you understand
what GoDaddy will
and will not do for
you
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Accept the License agreement
• Check the “I have
read the agreement”
checkbox
• Click on the orange
Next button
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Enter desired username and password
• Enter desired user
name
• Enter desired
password (twice!)
• Click on Next button
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Select Domain
• Select the domain
you registered for
the Drupal site
• Click on the orange
Next button
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Select Options
• Select PHP 5.x
• Check the Enabled
button for Google
Webmaster Tools
• Click the orange
Next button
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Confirmation
• Click the orange
Next button
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Take a Break
• GoDaddy says they
take as much as 24
hours to get the
hosting set up, but it
usually takes about
15 minutes
• This is a good time
to take a break and
check back in 15 –
30 minutes
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GoDaddy Hosting Connection
• Go to
https://hostingconne
ction.godaddy.com
• Log in using your
GoDaddy credentials
• Click on Content
Management
• Click on Drupal
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Start the Drupal Installation
• Click on the orange
INSTALL NOW!
Button
• If the INSTALL
NOW! button is not
clickable, you need
to wait a bit longer
for GoDaddy to
provision your
hosting
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Review the license agreement
• Review the license
agreement
• Click the orange
Next button
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Select hosting
• Confirm the correct
domain is selected
• Click the orange
Next button
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Configure Database
• Enter a database
description
• Enter a database
password (twice)
• Write the password
down!!!
• Click the orange
Next button
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Configure Drupal
• Enter Drupal admin
account name
– Use something
other than “Admin”
• Enter the admin
account password
(twice!)
• Enter the email
address to send
admin emails to
• Click on the orange
Finish button
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Complete installation
• Click on My
Applications
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Check status
• Refresh the page
every couple of
minutes until it is
done
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Congratulations!
• Go to your domain
and use the Drupal
admin account info
to log into your new
Drupal site
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