How i started Drupal

HI there,

today I’m gonna write something about my drupal work today, how i started it..

After the completion of my training in PHP for 1 month..i was started learning Drupal..it was September 2007..I was a complete newbie in all those stuff and i didn’t have a pinch of idea about Drupal..It was the first time when I heard about it….On the very first day I installed drupal 5.2 and setup the DB..for that

> I downloaded a copy of drupal 5.2 zip version,

> unzipped and put it in my WWW folder and renamed it to ‘mydrupal’,

> Created one database  called “db_mydrupal”,

> Now opened the Drupal folder -> sites -> default -> found a file called settings.php with read-only attribute -> unchecked it to give the file the read-write acccess

> changed the mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename to mysql://mydbusername(root):mydbpassword(****)@localhost/db_mydrupal

> then again gave the file read-only access for safety..

> now opened my browser and run the install script (http://localhost/mydrupal/install.php)

————-AND MYDRUPAL IS INSTALLED

now created my first account with a valid email address….got my password by the email…reset it…and finally done.. quite easy if  you see…

There are five main sections for the control of the site in the administration section…they are

> Content management

> Site building

> User management

> Site configuration

> Logs

the drupal package comes with modules like forum, comment, blog, poll, profile which makes it great for a community site..here you can create user with specific permission you want instantly without installing any other module..you can make a site without any external effort..it looks great..

I did a lot of experiments and explored a lot of things on the very first day.. Thats it for today..I will come up with those in my next posts later..

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A huge gathering of PHP developers is coming up soon in Pune on 20th September ’08.. Anyone who is interested can join and be part of it.

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My First post ever

Finally I’m here, making my own blog post.

I used to think that there is no such happening in my life that i can write about it in a blog.
But then i realized that its not only about happenings, i have much more than i think i have to say.So, here i am.started writing.

As it is my first Blog Post and i dont know how to write a blog  I will write whatever comes in my mind and first of all I think i should briefly introduce myself ..I wont reveal my name here.. not now..but i can leave a hint for you..i.e I am anagram lover and you can get my name from my ‘blogname’ i.e. ‘haplyshego’. Well my hometown is Kolkata,India and now i stay at Pune for my profession..Here comes about my professional life..I make PHP, MySql based web applications mostly using Drupal…
Staying away from home gives people a restless life..still i manage to watch a lot of movies..at least 7-8 per week..when i dont have any new movie to watch i happily hang with the old ones that i have already seen hundreds of times.so calling me a movie freak wont be a wrong idea..my latest passion is novels..i never used to touch books except exam days. . .Thanks to my friend..he gave me the movie “The Da Vinci Code”…After watching it i thought I would give a shot in reading the novel..Thats when it happened.

Now , i thing I’m the laziest person in the world.. I sleep a lot.. Sometimes hangout with friend..My favorite hang out place in Pune is the city itself..I just love the climate in Pune..It is nothing but the perfect as per me..

I guess thats enough for one day. It wont bother me if it seems like meaningless..Thats what i like to do..Thats how i like to be…Meaningless