Hour 2: Installation

In all our theme packages, we have the fullsize package file, for example, alphorn_fullsite_package.zip.  This package includes Drupal core + theme + essential modules + sample content. When you install this full size package, you'll have the new site which looks exactly like our demo site. Follow the steps below to install:

Step 1:

 We provide you three free out-of-the-box Drupal packages. You can pick one of those to download and extract fullsite_package.zip file in the package for this full site installation. 

• For blog or magazine style: Alphorn
• For organization or non-profit style: Conch
• For business or corporate style: Octavin

Step 2:

Upload it onto public_html folder of your hosting, then extract this package. This way, after the installation is completed, the script will appear once your type something like http://yourdomainname.com in your web browser.

Or you can create a subfolder under public_html and upload the fullsite_package.zip there. The Drupal installation will be available at: http://yourdomainname.com/subfolder.

Step 3:

Use your hosting tools to create a new MySQL database. 

Remember the database name and user login details. You will need them on Step 5. Select all privileges for this user.

Step 4:

Navigate to the URL of your Drupal site to run the installation, ie, yourdomainname.com. For the first run, it will execute the installation script. Select Symphony’s profile and click “Save and Continue”.

Step 5:

Enter the database details for the database which you have created in Step3. Click on the “Save and continue”. It will take 20-30 seconds, you just need to wait until it proceeds to the next screen.

Step 6:

In this section, the most important pieces of information is "Username" and “Password“ of the administrator account. Other information can be filled arbitrarily and easily changed in the future.

Step 7: Well done! The installation is completed and you can proceed to your web site.

Note:

• If you don’t see any slider and article images, it’s due to file access permission. Please go to the .htaccess file at public_html/<installation_folder>/sites/default/files/.htaccess and remove any Options None or Options +FollowSymLinks. 
• If you don’t see images from other blocks, you can change it later on Section 3.5.