Now that you’ve created your database, go back into your favorite browser (I use
Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome) and go to localhost:8888/d7-demo/install.
php. Choose the “standard” installation profile for now (see Figure 1-8); it will
take care of some basic configurations for you. On the next page, select English as the
installation language. If you need to install it in another language, there’s a handy link
on that screen that will show you how to do it.
Drush is the Drupal Shell, a mighty library of commands that are designed to make
your life easier in Drupal. Among the many things you can do with Drush, some of the
most exciting (from a designer/site builder’s standpoint) are:
• drush dl module_name: Download any module from drupal.org. You can even
download a string of modules by separating the names with spaces.
• drush en module_name: Enable any of the modules that you just downloaded. Like
dl, you can enable a string of modules by typing a space-separated list.
• drush up: This is my single favorite thing to use Drush for, and the reason that you,
dear reader, MUST LEARN DRUSH. With this simple command, you can update
all of your modules and Drupal core in about five minutes, as opposed to the—
ahem—considerably longer amount of time it takes to do it manually.
If you’d like to see a demonstration of the merits of using Drush versus installing modules
manually
Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome) and go to localhost:8888/d7-demo/install.
php. Choose the “standard” installation profile for now (see Figure 1-8); it will
take care of some basic configurations for you. On the next page, select English as the
installation language. If you need to install it in another language, there’s a handy link
on that screen that will show you how to do it.
Drush is the Drupal Shell, a mighty library of commands that are designed to make
your life easier in Drupal. Among the many things you can do with Drush, some of the
most exciting (from a designer/site builder’s standpoint) are:
• drush dl module_name: Download any module from drupal.org. You can even
download a string of modules by separating the names with spaces.
• drush en module_name: Enable any of the modules that you just downloaded. Like
dl, you can enable a string of modules by typing a space-separated list.
• drush up: This is my single favorite thing to use Drush for, and the reason that you,
dear reader, MUST LEARN DRUSH. With this simple command, you can update
all of your modules and Drupal core in about five minutes, as opposed to the—
ahem—considerably longer amount of time it takes to do it manually.
If you’d like to see a demonstration of the merits of using Drush versus installing modules
manually