RR Repository

h1. How to create RRR from scratch

h2. Setup Drupal website environment

This will depend on whether you are developing the website on your local machine or on a remote server.

h3. Local machine (tested on MacBook air)

* Install XAMMP - web stack including database and web server apache

** Download relevant version from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html#849

** Run the installer

** Open XAMPP manager application and start all the servers (MySQL, Apache and ProFTPD)

* Navigate to your XAMMP/htdocs/ folder

h3. Remote server (tested on a Linux machine running Ubuntu)

* ssh to remote machine

* setup http web server (e.g. apache)

* edit web server configuration files

* go to your /var/www folder

h2. Install software, using for example, apt-get install

   * Install drush - command line utility to manage Drupal websites

   * Install git - command line utility to manage version control

h2. Install drupal and use git to track its repository

* run the following command 

<pre>

drush dl drupal --package-handler=git_drupalorg

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* Rename the folder with the name of your site site_name

 h2. Create new database

      * run the following command

<pre>

mysqladmin -u root -p create dbname

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 where dbname is the name of the database and root is the user

      * set privileges following instructions in the INSTALL.dbtype file in the Drupal folder (where dbtype is the kind of database used - e.g. MySQL)

 h2. Create new site

      * Point a browser to localhost/site_name

      * Start the Drupal configuration

h3. Verify requirements

* Enable php GD extension

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apt-get install php5-gd (enable php gd extension)

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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* Create writable files directory

<pre>

mkdir site_name/sites/default/files

chmod ga+w site_name/sites/default/files

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* Create writable settings file

<pre>

cp site_name/sites/default/default.settings.php site_name/sites/default/settings.php

chmod ga+w site_name/sites/default/settings.php

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h3. Configure site

* Revoke public and group write permissions to avoid security issues

<pre>

chmod ga-w site_name/sites/default/settings.php

chmod ga-w site_name/sites/default/

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At this point, you have a clean Drupal website that can be accessed locally at http://host/site_name

h2. Obtain RRR modules and settings

* Clone the RR repository to a folder of your choice by running the command

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hg clone https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/hg/rr-repo

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* Copy the features module rr-repo/sites/all/modules/experiments_list to the modules folder of your website XAMPP/htdocs/site_name/sites/all/modules

* Enable modules by running

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drush pm-enable experiments_list

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