Drupal and Joomla screencast
Updated Feb 19 at 05:50 CDT (first posted Feb 7 at 08:23 CDT) by Remi in Drupal, Joomla, Screencast, Software - 9 comment(s)
We have just released a new screencast showing how to install Drupal and Joomla using our one-click installers. Check it out here.
9 comments:
Shahnawaz Khatri said on 2007-02-07 16:47:42:
Your hosting looks real easy. I love it.I will consider it for sure the next time i need drupal hosting.
Thanks for making the video. It was nice.
IowaTool Jim said on 2007-02-08 12:57:36:
Great screencast! As a new WebFaction customer and a long-time Drupal user/developer (under the name Sohodojo Jim), I can attest to how quick and easy it is to install and configure supported WebFaction applications. In fact, I found my way here looking for an alternative to the dedicated SVN/TRAC hosting services.I just did a Drupal 5.1 install as a 'static app' a few days ago as the auto-installer was not yet released. As per the screencast, this is now WAY easier than how I did it.
One thing to note however, is that Drupal users will need to download and install the SMPT module (http://drupal.org/project/smtp) and configure it as explained here (http://blog.webfaction.com/email-faq#send) to get Drupal to send email. This is essential for user admin and member communication, etc.
Note, I may be incorrect here as I am assuming that Remi did not add the SMTP module to the core Drupal 5.x package that is installed as a turnkey webapp. If so, he is _really_ on top of things! :-)
--Jim Salmons--
IowaTool Jim
AKA Sohodojo Jim
jorge.vargas said on 2007-02-08 21:09:50:
@iowaToolmy panel install script (posted at the forum, does the smtp thing) http://forum.webfaction.com/viewtopic.php?id=306
@remi how is this different then my script? besides the fact that it install 5.1
should I stop maintaining my script?
Remi said on 2007-02-09 03:50:59:
iowaTool: As per your request I fixed your comment. Our install script can be found at http://wiki.webfaction.com/wiki/Drupal-5.1InstallRight now it doesn't add the SMTP module be we'll probably add this soon
jorge.vargas: I think that your script didn't run "install.php" for the user, right ? I think we should just merge the two scripts (ie: keep ours because it runs install.php and take the code from yours that adds the SMTP module). If you want to add the SMTP thing to our script you can find the code here: http://wiki.webfaction.com/wiki/Drupal-5.1Install
Cheers,
Remi.
jorge.vargas said on 2007-03-19 00:01:20:
Hi remi I finally got some time to look at your script and it's missing a lot of stuff. I have posted some comments here http://forum.webfaction.com/viewtopic.php?pid=1582
I really don't know why you didn't start off my script since almost everything was already done :(
by the way jorge.vargas=mae=monk, I need to fix my nicks in webfaction :p
Remi said on 2007-03-19 05:21:03:
Thanks Jorge. Let's work together and improve that script :)
BAMaustin said on 2007-09-23 19:30:22:
If I wanted to port an existing Drupal site here, is uploading my exported/backup SQL database difficult?I'm assuming that I'd have to overwrite the full Drupal directory you created with a copy of the one I've been using. (Either that or reupload all the downloaded add-on modules and hope I didn't miss one.) I suppose the big sticking points would be restoring my database, then resetting the database host, user & password that I still point to my old host.
Unless you've made that easy too?
David Sissitka said on 2007-09-24 03:03:20:
I'm afraid that we've done nothing in terms of automating the migration of a Drupal based website to one of our servers. I'm not too familiar with Drupal but it sounds like you've got the idea, if you need any help just submit a support ticket. :)Regarding moving a Drupal-based site to WebFaction:
I did three of them (one of which actually gets real traffic and has a pretty big database).
I treated them like PHP sites, not Drupal sites. I.e., I did not install Drupal. Instead, I used the control panel to create a Static/PHP app for each one.
Beyond that, the major steps were:
1. Tranferred the files from the old host to WebFaction by using the "wget" command-line tool.
2. Changed the permissions on a couple folders.
3. Exported the database from the old host to a .sql file.
4. Created an empty database at WebFaction, then imported the above-mentioned .sql file into it.
5. Changed the settings.php file that Drupal uses to locate and open its database.
6. Tested the site as a subdomain first, then changed the DNS entries to that the domain resolved to WebFaction instead of the old host.
Bottom line: it worked. I can't say if this is the very best plan, nor can I promise that I didn't forget to mention some detail, but I do hope this post helps somebody. :-)
NOTE: Of course, by using this method, you are not upgrading Drupal or any of its modules. You're just moving the whole site, including the existing version of Drupal and all your modules, over from your old host to WebFaction.