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= Quaker Database Project =
 
= Quaker Database Project =
 
==About==
 
==About==
We have been asked to create a home on Earlham's servers for a large database which contains a history of Quaker meetings in North America.
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We have been asked to create a home on Earlham's servers - using Drupal - for a large database which contains a history of Quaker meetings in North America.
==Progress==
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==Drupal==
 
So far, we have been working on getting Drupal installed on Amber, one of the web servers.  
 
So far, we have been working on getting Drupal installed on Amber, one of the web servers.  
 
* [http://drupal.org Drupal's website]
 
* [http://drupal.org Drupal's website]
 
* [http://www.aidanf.net/miscellaneous/installing-drupal-on-freebsd Directions we have been referencing]
 
* [http://www.aidanf.net/miscellaneous/installing-drupal-on-freebsd Directions we have been referencing]
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We have also been using the directions provided by Drupal in their INSTALL.txt
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==Progress==
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* 8/February
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-- Downloaded and unpacked Drupal on Amber
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* 12/February
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-- Installed MySQL 5.5 on Amber
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-- Attempted to get the web server running
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* 15/February
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-- Got the MySQL web server running
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-- Created the Drupal database
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-- Tried to add necessary components to php Makefile

Revision as of 10:03, 22 February 2010

Quaker Database Project

About

We have been asked to create a home on Earlham's servers - using Drupal - for a large database which contains a history of Quaker meetings in North America.

Drupal

So far, we have been working on getting Drupal installed on Amber, one of the web servers.

We have also been using the directions provided by Drupal in their INSTALL.txt

Progress

  • 8/February

-- Downloaded and unpacked Drupal on Amber

  • 12/February

-- Installed MySQL 5.5 on Amber -- Attempted to get the web server running

  • 15/February

-- Got the MySQL web server running -- Created the Drupal database -- Tried to add necessary components to php Makefile