Mir2Drupal - Drupal 7 Installation

Steps to install a fresh Drupal 7 for migration from MIR

1. Configure a drushrc.php with correct path ( -r) and uri ( -l).
2. Create new database and user:
   1. Mysql:
      

      mysqladmin -u username -p create databasename
      GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, LOCK TABLES, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES ON `databasename`.* TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

   2. PostgreSQL:

      create database databasename;
      grant all privileges on database databasename to username;
      

3. Copy sites/default/default.settings.php to sites/[site-folder]/settings.php and include the new database info on it.
4. Run drush to install the site:

   drush -c drushrc.php site-install

5. Login into the site and change admin password.
6. Fix GD problems with <a target="_blank" href="http://drupal.org/node/878778#comment-3909110" title="GD package problems in debian">this recipe</a>.
7. Setup drupal's cron settings.
8. Change Configuration >> System >> Site Information and Configuration >> Media >> Filesystem accordingly.
9. Add French, Esperanto, Spanish and other languages in Configuration >> Languages.
10. Go on with modules configuration.

Page configurations

• Set NOWYSIWYG = 1