Installing Drupal on local host

Submitted by GeorgeS on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 08:20

Download the latest release from drupal.org
Save the release to a directory on your harddrive
unzip the download.
download wampserver at www.wampserver.com to install Apache, MySQL, PHP on windows and install on your local machine.
After you installed wampserver you should have an icon on your desktop.
Ensure Wampserver is online
goto phpmyadmin. Create a database
drop the drupal directory into your www directory
Goto Apache modules. make sure the rewrite modules is checked. to allow cleanr urls
from explorer http:/localhost/drupal
now install drupal
insert the database name.
Configure drupal and install.