Installing Drupal on Your Own Computer

Category
Developers
Site Administrators
Drupal Version
Version Agnostic
Tags
installing Drupal

Purpose

A development copy of Drupal on your local computer lets you design and build a site with a few fewer hassles.  It is an excellent place to do testing and code development, but does not support collaboration very well.  For collaborating with stakeholders, you may want to have both a development site on your local computer and a test site on a regular internet connected web hosting solution (e.g. OIT Web Hosting or a departmentally run server).

Potential Uses

  • Testing new patches or major upgrades.
  • Testing out new themes or modules.
  • Module or theme development.
  • Stress-testing a site.
  • Getting familiar with Drupal.

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