Drupal Development: Local machine development versus WebEnabled

LOCAL SERVERversus

Online SERVER

Development(via WebEnabled)

THE LOCAL MACHINE WAY

Step by STEP

1. THE software

DownloaD

• Go to www.apachefriends.org

• Find the package that suits your machine (and

your cms).

• Download!

• Wait until download completes.

EXTRACT

• Uncompress to a safe place in your machine.

LOCATE & RUN

• Find the batch file / executable to run the local

server.

UNBLOCK

• Allow the server to be recognized by your

firewall

CONFIGURE the Server

• Set your database

• Set PHP.ini settings

• Configure your virtual host settings

• Restart your server a couple of times

2. THE PLATFORM

Download the platform of

your choice

EXTRACT

Follow README instructions

• to figure-out pre-installation requirement

Follow setup wizard

• Carefully read & click-thru to follow installation wizard.

• Installation varies depending on your platform.

– May include:

• Creating the database

• Setting admin user accounts

• Changing file permissions

• Etc.

Wait until Installation

is complete

WHEW.

Let’s take a look at

webenabled

What is webenableD?

It’s an

INSTANT DEVELOPMENT

Service PLATFORM

on the web

HOW INSTANT?

You Login…

• or create an account for free!

You create an App…

You Choose an app you like…

You Click “CONFIGURE”

and voila!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/atforall/

Oh, and

savor the

glory!

STILL NOT CONVINCED?

Visit

www.webenabled.com

and see the difference.

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