[Pkg-drupal-commits] r1913 - in /branches/drupal6/debian: README.Debian changelog

Mon Aug 11 23:17:44 UTC 2008

Author: luigi
Date: Mon Aug 11 23:17:44 2008
New Revision: 1913

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-drupal/?sc=1&rev=1913
Log:
Fixed references to database population script and added instructions
      to enable apache2 mod_rewrite.

Modified:
    branches/drupal6/debian/README.Debian
    branches/drupal6/debian/changelog

Modified: branches/drupal6/debian/README.Debian
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-drupal/branches/drupal6/debian/README.Debian?rev=1913&op=diff
==============================================================================

--- branches/drupal6/debian/README.Debian (original)
+++ branches/drupal6/debian/README.Debian Mon Aug 11 23:17:44 2008
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 2.  Manual initial database generation and configuration
 3.  Database population script
 4.  Deleting the Drupal database
-5.  Securing your portal
-6.  Upgrading database from previous versions
-7.  Virtual hosts
-8.  Additional themes and modules
+5.  Changes to Apache 2 configuration
+6.  Securing your portal
+7.  Upgrading database from previous versions
+8.  Virtual hosts
+9.  Additional themes and modules
 
 A.  Customizing themes
 B.  Links for more support
@@ -43,14 +44,11 @@
 
 This can be done running the install.php script on portal web site, e.g.
 
-  http://localhost/install.php
-
-If you encounter problems running this script, check PHP configuration as
-stated in section 5 of this file.
+  http://localhost/drupal5/install.php
 
 
 4. Deleting the Drupal database
---------------------------------
+-------------------------------
 The database may be deleted automatically on purging the package
 (debconf prompt the user asking to do it or not).
 
@@ -61,7 +59,22 @@
 
 being the user who admin MySQL.
 
-5. Securing your portal
+
+5. Changes to Apache 2 configuration
+------------------------------------
+
+By default, Drupal passes path arguments to itself via its dynamically
+generated URLs. This results in URLs that look like
+"http://www.example.com/?q=node/83." This can make URLs hard to read and it
+prevents some search engines from indexing the pages with these URLs
+
+You can tell Drupal to use "clean URLs", eliminating the "?q=" in internal
+URLs, simply enabling mod_rewrite in apache 2 configuration (a2enmod rewrite).
+Please note that you may need to adjust the /etc/drupal/6/htaccess
+configuration file to match your site configuration.
+
+
+6. Securing your portal
 -----------------------
 It is very good security measure to restrict access to admin.php only
 to trusted IP's and localhost (you can see an example at
@@ -70,7 +83,7 @@
 admin page only to ssl streams.
 
 
-6. Upgrading database from previous versions
+7. Upgrading database from previous versions
 --------------------------------------------
 From version 4.7.4 drupal packages will be separated for each major version.
 Automatic upgrading the database will not be attempted anymore.
@@ -86,7 +99,7 @@
 WARNING: be sure to _NOT_ remove the old package's database.
 
 
-7. Virtual hosts
+8. Virtual hosts
 ----------------
 Drupal supports a setup with multiple virtual hosts. Each virtual host
 has its own configuration directory in /etc/drupal/6/sites/_virtualhost_.
@@ -101,7 +114,7 @@
 file.
 
 
-8. Additional modules and themes
+9. Additional modules and themes
 --------------------------------
 
 Drupal looks for modules and themes in the modules/ and themes/

Modified: branches/drupal6/debian/changelog
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-drupal/branches/drupal6/debian/changelog?rev=1913&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- branches/drupal6/debian/changelog (original)
+++ branches/drupal6/debian/changelog Mon Aug 11 23:17:44 2008
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
   * debian/links
     - Changed files directory link to match new upstream configuration
+
+  * debian/README.Debian
+    - Fixed references to database population script and added instructions
+      to enable apache2 mod_rewrite.
 
  -- Luigi Gangitano <luigi at debian.org>  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:16:04 +0200
 


