Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Setup a test server on your computer

The first thing you need to do is setup an Apache web server on your computer. This will allow you to build your Drupal website locally and then upload it to the your web hosting service when it is finished.  You will also need to setup a MySQL database so that Drupal can store the content of your website.

XAAMP is http hosting software which will allow you to run an Apache web server and a MySQL database on you local computer in the one application.

Download and install XAAMP

Once you have installed XAAMP open the application. On the control panel click the 'START' buttons for Apache and MySQL. This will start the Apache server and MySQL so that you can begin your install of Drupal.

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