Submitted by Tai (not verified) on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:12.
As said earlier there are two errors that WAMP throws at you that are not at all obvious.
The fragmented nature of Drupal.org Documentation makes it quite frustrating to use. A good example of organized documentation would be the Wordpress Codex or the Drupal API.
A Google search brings better results than the Drupal Documentation.
When you first start try to install Drupal 6.2 on WAMPserver2 two there is a nice repeating background of cryptic errors. Discouraging!
To continue:
Download PHP 5.2.9 from WAMPserver website
Change from PHP 5.3 to PHP 5.2.9 on Wampserver
Install Drupal without errors. Yeah!
After the installation you cannot select Friendly URLs
Turn on Apache mod_rewrite
Friendly URLs can be turned on now
After the setup and install is finished go ahead and turn on PHP 5.3.
I haven't had problems with Drupal 6.2 and PHP 5.3 (including core updates)except for the initial install.
As said earlier there are two errors that WAMP throws at you that are not at all obvious.
The fragmented nature of Drupal.org Documentation makes it quite frustrating to use. A good example of organized documentation would be the Wordpress Codex or the Drupal API.
A Google search brings better results than the Drupal Documentation.
When you first start try to install Drupal 6.2 on WAMPserver2 two there is a nice repeating background of cryptic errors. Discouraging!
To continue:
I haven't had problems with Drupal 6.2 and PHP 5.3 (including core updates)except for the initial install.
"Learn by the Drop" covers these initial issues.