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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
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* Multisite configuration
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* More information
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REQUIREMENTS AND NOTES
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For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, including a list of
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PHP extensions and configurations that are required, see "System requirements"
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- (http://drupal.org/requirements) in the Drupal handbook .
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+ (http://drupal.org/requirements) in the Drupal.org online documentation .
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For detailed information on how to configure a test server environment using a
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variety of operating systems and web servers, see "Local server setup"
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- (http://drupal.org/node/157602) in the Drupal handbook .
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Note that all directories mentioned in this document are always relative to the
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directory of your Drupal installation, and commands are meant to be run from
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this directory (except for the initial commands that create that directory).
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OPTIONAL SERVER REQUIREMENTS
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- If you want to use Drupal's "Clean URLs" feature on an Apache web server, you
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will need the mod_rewrite module and the ability to use local .htaccess
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- files. For Clean URLs support on IIS, see "Using Clean URLs with IIS"
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configuration allows the web server to initiate outbound connections. Most web
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INSTALLATION
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1. Download and extract Drupal.
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You can obtain the latest Drupal release from http://drupal.org -- the files
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To download and extract the files, on a typical Unix/Linux command line, use
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wget http://drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-x.y.tar.gz
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initially:
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- Download a translation file for the correct Drupal version and language
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- Place the file into your installation profile's translations
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directory. For instance, if you are using the Standard install profile,
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For more information on setting file permissions, see "Modifying Linux,
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Unix, and Mac file permissions" (http://drupal.org/node/202483) or
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"Modifying Windows file permissions" (http://drupal.org/node/202491) in the
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8. Set up independent "cron" maintenance jobs.
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scripts/ directory. (Note that these scripts must be customized like the
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BUILDING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR SITE
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site-specific directories -- see the Multisite Configuration section, below.
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Never edit Drupal's core modules and themes; instead, use the hooks available in
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at http://drupal.org/developing/modules. To modify the look of Drupal, create a
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subtheme as described at http://drupal.org/node/225125, or a completely new
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Additional site configurations are created in subdirectories within the 'sites'
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directory. Each subdirectory must have a 'settings.php' file, which specifies
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the configuration settings. The easiest way to create additional sites is to
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- copy the 'default' directory and modify the 'settings.php' file as
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+ www.example.com could be in 'sites/example.com/settings.php' (note that 'www.'
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Sites do not have to have a different domain. You can also use subdomains and
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MORE INFORMATION
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- - For a list of security announcements, see the "Security announcements " page
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- For information about the Drupal security process, or to find out how to
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