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[edit] Dev Environment

[edit] Goal

• Setup development flow
• Write to the web root
• Access the mysql database
• Access SVN

[edit] Instructions

1. Login to your chosen development environment (localhost or remote)
2. enable drupal-dev-1.your.server and durpal-dev-2.your.server
   1. configuring dns (local: /etc/hosts ; remote: dns server)
   2. point the dns' to a directory (virtual hosts in apache conf)
3. make drupal-dev-1.your.sever say "Hello World 1" and make drupal-dev-2.your.server say "Hello World 2"
4. Access mysql from the command line
   1. mysql -u username -ppassword databasenam
5. Install Drupal on drupal-dev-1and drupal-dev-2
   1. Download the most recent version of drupal from drupal.org
   2. Follow instructions on http://drupal.org/getting-started/install
6. Explore Drupal
   1. Be sure to go to http://drupal-dev-1.your.server/admin
7. Download the drupal admin module
   1. Find the admin module for drupal 6 on drupal.org
   2. Install the module to sites/all/modules
   3. Enable the module at http://drupal-dev-1.your.server/admin/build/modules
   4. Revisit http://drupal-dev-1.your.server/admin and see the difference!
8. Put Drupal on revision control
   1. svn import
9. Setup an svn repository in your home directory

 svnadmin create drupal-dev-1
 svn import drupal-dev-1 file:///Users/YOURNAME/svn_repos/drupal-dev-1 
 mv drupal-dev-1 drupal-dev-1_original 
 svn co file:///Users/YOURNAME/svn_repos/drupal-dev-1