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Beginning Drupal 8

Todd Tomlinson - Beginning Drupal 8 (The Expert's Voice in Drupal) - 2015

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Appendix A ■ Installing <strong>Drupal</strong><br />

On this form enter the following values:<br />

• Site Information<br />

Site name: The name or title of your site.<br />

Site e-mail address: This is the default e-mail address that will be used by <strong>Drupal</strong> for<br />

any outbound e-mails generated by the system.<br />

• Site Maintenance Account<br />

E-mail address: The e-mail address to which administrator-related e-mails will be sent.<br />

Username: This is the username of the administrator’s account for your new website.<br />

Use something that is easy for you to remember.<br />

Password: Enter the password for the administrator’s account.<br />

Confirm password: Re-enter the password you entered in the Password field.<br />

• Regional Settings<br />

Default country: The country where you reside (or leave the None value if you do not<br />

want to specify the default country; this is an optional field).<br />

Default time zone: Select the appropriate time zone for your website.<br />

• Update Notifications<br />

Check for updates automatically: If checked, this feature looks for updates to <strong>Drupal</strong><br />

core and any contributed modules you have installed, and highlights cases where a<br />

new version or a security patch has been released. It’s a good idea to check this, as it<br />

makes the task of tracking updates to modules much easier than having to manually<br />

check each module’s status.<br />

Receive e-mail notifications: If checked, this directs <strong>Drupal</strong> to send an e-mail to the<br />

administrator when new versions of modules are detected.<br />

Once you’ve updated the values, simply click the “Save and continue” button.<br />

The result of clicking that button should be a screen that indicates that you have<br />

successfully installed <strong>Drupal</strong>! After the installation finishes, you will be automatically<br />

taken to the homepage of your new site.<br />

Summary<br />

In this appendix, I covered the process for setting up the server and installing <strong>Drupal</strong>. You’re now ready to<br />

begin the journey of creating an incredible website using the <strong>Drupal</strong> 8 platform!<br />

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