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Editing your Drupal Settings File

1. Open your "drupal" Folder
2. Open the "sites" Folder
3. Open the "default" Folder
4. Right click on the file called "settings.php"
5. Choose "Open With" then "Choose Program"
6. Click on "Wordpad" in the list and then click "OK"
7. Once the file is open look for the line that says:
$db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename';
8. Don't change the one that starts with a * , that is just an example.
9. Change the line so that it has your MYSQL username, MYSQL password and MYSQL databasename like:
$db_url = 'mysql://sandylake:sandypass@localhost/sandylake';
10. Save the file and exit

Uploading your Drupal database file to your Database

1. Go to http://firstnationschools.ca/phpMyAdmin or http://hosting.knet.ca/phpMyAdmin
2. Login with your database username and password
3. Click on your Database Name on the List in the left window
4. It should load a new page on the right.
5. Click on the SQL link on the right window.
6. Click on the "Browse" button
7. Now look for your Drupal folder on your computer in the "Open Window" window
8. Open the "database" folder
9. Click on the file that says "database.4.0.mysql" and then click the "Open" button
10. Now click the "Go" button to finish uploading your database file.

Uploading your Drupal folder to your Website
1. Start WinSCP
2. Put in your website info:
hostname: firstnationschools.ca or hosting.knet.ca
username: yourusername
password: yourpassword
Protocol: SCP
3. Choose "Yes" if it asks you to "Add Key to Cache" or something like it
4. You should be connected and see a left window and a right window
5. The Left Window is you Computer and the right window is your Website account
6. Open the "public_html" folder on the right. The public_html folder is where you website gets stored and shown.
7. Find your "drupal" folder on the left on your computer.
8. Copy the "drupal" folder to the right window.
9. Waiting for it to finish uploading
10. Open the "drupal" folder on the right window
11. Create a New Directory on the right window by clicking on the right side and then clicking the "Create Directory" button on the bottom.
12. Call the new directory "files" all lowercase.
13. Right click on the new "files" folder and choose "Properties"
14. Check ON all the boxes ONLY for "Read Write Execute".
15. Click "OK"
16. You are done installing Drupal, now you can visit your Drupal site.
17. Now visit your drupal website where you uploaded it to like http://yourschool.firstnationschools.ca/drupal-4.7.4/ or something like that.

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