How to install Drupal?

Drupal is a free and open-source web content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Klcweb offers Drupal hosting with free installation by providing 24 X 7 support.

1.) Download Drupal

You need to download Drupal from their official site or you can download it from our site. Ensure that you will download the stable version of Drupal and not the development ones.

2.) set up Drupal file

Upload a Drupal file inside your hosting account via FTP and unzip it to set up files of Drupal and make sure all files extract correctly.

3.) Initiate the Drupal Installation

Once you have done uploading and extract Drupal correctly, initiate Drupal installation by accessing your site URL/install.php.

Install.php takes a few moments to open, once it’s open you can see the installation profile as below image. There are standard and minimal choose one of them and click on the Save & continue.

> The next steps you will ask for language, Drupal support built-in language English only. If you want to install Drupal in different language you can click on the “how to install Drupal in other language”.

4. Configure database…

Once, you did the above steps. Now time to connect database with Drupal asks you to enter database type, database name, hostname, username and password.

After entering all details Drupal will be installed and asks you to configure the site with site name(brand name) site email (contact email of your company) and site maintenance details make sure you will enter strong remember able details, it’s Administrator part to configure Drupal in the future the click on the save and continue.

Yeee, we have successfully install Drupal.

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