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pgo · 29-03-2008, 22:11

If you don't even know what PHP and MySQL are then Drupal is going to be way, way out of your league.

You probably downloaded a tarball of it, so you'll need an archive application that supports .tar.gz (7zip comes to mind). Then you need to follow the Drupal installation instructions (unzip to root, create a database, etc).

Since when does Office do any server stuff? Is it just a dumbed-down IIS? Apache is better anyway.

There are several good Drupal books. Pro Drupal Development comes to mind. However, this assumes at least a working knowledge of PHP/MySQL programming. It's not something you can just sit down and "do" if you don't know what you're doing. You have to learn HTML and CSS first. JavaScript/DOM would be handy also. Then you have to learn PHP and MySQL. Then you can learn Drupal.

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pgo i'm done, son Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,262	If you don't even know what PHP and MySQL are then Drupal is going to be way, way out of your league. You probably downloaded a tarball of it, so you'll need an archive application that supports .tar.gz (7zip comes to mind). Then you need to follow the Drupal installation instructions (unzip to root, create a database, etc). Since when does Office do any server stuff? Is it just a dumbed-down IIS? Apache is better anyway. There are several good Drupal books. Pro Drupal Development comes to mind. However, this assumes at least a working knowledge of PHP/MySQL programming. It's not something you can just sit down and "do" if you don't know what you're doing. You have to learn HTML and CSS first. JavaScript/DOM would be handy also. Then you have to learn PHP and MySQL. Then you can learn Drupal.