A very simple tutorial to get started in Drupal content management system. Even non-programmers, technology entrepreneurs, business/marketing professionals, web designers and graphic artists can follow it.

1. DRUPAL CMS MADE EASY INSTALLATIONIN WINDOWSBYBabu – info@paramprojects.com

2. WhatisDrupal Content management system Content management framework A place where you can create your own website and customize it via CSS(stylesheets), template coding and PHP modules(if required)

3. Installation process Before we install drupal6, some tools are required: xampp drupal 6

4. process Download the xampp from (www.apachefriends.org) Install xampp and activate mysql. apache server. Download the drupal 6 (www.drupal.org) Extract and rename like(eg:paramprojects) as the folder name. Place it in xampp/htdocs

5. Before install drupal we must create database in xampp Create a database in phpmyadmin Your new drupal website will be displayed as shown below

7. After the creation of database We are going to install drupal6. In drupal, we choose the language first.

9. Requirements problem To solve the requirements problem. Copy the file .site/default/default.settings.php into the same folder named as settings.php

10. Setup database We give the already created database name. And select the database type. Give the database user name as root.

12. Configuration site In the configuration site, we give the sitename,site email address,user name.

15. Successfully installed the drupal Our own account has been created. We start to create our websites.

17. Add the dowloaded themes Download the free themes from drupal.org Those downloaded themes have to extractedin into the location sites/all/themes. Finally, enable them via administrator login

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