Don't install Drupal from the drupal.org source code, use the Demosphere code instead (it includes Drupal).
We will be very pleased to help you setup your activist calendar. If your political goals are compatible with ours, we can also host your site on our server. Please contact us at the email here: http://www.demosphere.eu/contact
Requirements:
Demosphere checks these requirements during install.
- php5
- php extensions: imap,tidy,xsl,curl, gd
- apache config: enable rewrite urls.
- xpdf-utils (or poppler-utils), image-magick
- Unix/Linux (windows servers are not supported).
Installing:
The main steps to install the Demosphere are:
- download the code from Downloads
- install this code as if it were the standard Drupal source through the following steps :
- untar the files
- visit the site with your web browser
- fill in all the requested information (like database connexion name and password)
- configure Demosphere online (top menu->panel->admin: configure Demosphere)