How to change permissions and install a module in Drupal - the basic, easy to read and understand, 101 way by a beginner Drupal girl.

1. How to Change Permissions and
Install a Module in Drupal -
Musings of a Drupal Girl
Musings of a Drupal Girl

2. Disclaimer
II am only just a beginner in Drupal so II
am only just a beginner in Drupal so
might not be able to explain everything
might not be able to explain everything
right now, but II will try to do so to the very
right now, but will try to do so to the very
best of my ability!
best of my ability!
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3. First: Starting up Drupal (re-cap)
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4. First: Starting up Drupal (re-cap)
• Click on “Go to my site”
• You will get to your login page
• Sign in and voila, you are in.
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5. First: Starting up Drupal (re-cap)
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6. Why change permissions?
• As an administrator who can set up accounts for users to
use your website and to add blog posts, it is important to
ensure you set up the proper permissions so that future
users you decide to add cannot randomly add anyone else.
• To do this, go to "Configurations" > Account Settings (under
the category of 'People’)
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7. How to Change Permissions
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8. How to Change Permissions
• You will then get to your Account Settings page that looks
like this.
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9. How to Change Permissions
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10. How to Change Permissions
• Scroll down till you find the "Who can register accounts?"
option under "Registration and Cancellation", then change
the option to "administrators only”.
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11. How to Change Permissions
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12. How to Change Permissions
• Scroll all the way down and save it.
• And voila, now only you, or others that you allow to have
administrator status, can add new user accounts.
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13. Hold up! Terms in Drupal?
• If that is what you were thinking when you first read this
guide, welcome to my world!
• Lucky for us, there is the Drupal glossary; although I do
have to admit that even some of their definitions are a
little hard to understand, so I will try to break it down.
• For this guide, you will need to know what the basic
concept of a module is, as well as what a core module and
contributed module means.
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14. What is a Module?
• A module is a module (usually PHP and CSS, two web
development languages; just like how HTML is a web
language as well).
• There are 2 main categories for modules in Drupal.
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15. Core Module
• “Core” modules are already included when you install
Drupal, be it the Acquia Dev Desktop way or the local host
way.
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16. Contributed Module
• “Contributed” modules are created by Drupal enthusiasts,
for use by the entire Drupal community (thank you!). These
contributed modules are available for separate download
from the modules section of Drupal.org downloads.
• While these modules are separate from the Drupal 'core',
they may become part of it overtime.
• These are similar to additional items that other software
have, with different names such as "plugins", "add-ons",
"widgets" or "extensions".
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17. Modules
• To check out which core modules you have, simply go to
"Modules" and you will find a list of it.
• Now you will notice that some core modules are not
'enabled' as they don't have a check within the checkboxes
next to it. You can enable these currently 'sleeping' modules
to enable more functionality in your site, but for now, we
will leave them alone.
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18. Modules
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19. How to Install a Contributed Module
• Yes, it is true that you can do a lot with Drupal with just
the core modules, contributed modules can offer you even
more, such as a module called Views.
• The Views module provides a flexible way of allowing
Drupal administrators to control how lists of posts are
retrieved and presented. In the words of some enthusiasts,
the Views module is almost essential.
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20. How to Install a Contributed Module
• If you are on Drupal 8, then you're in luck! The Views
module is now a core module for Drupal 8!
• While for us on Drupal 7 (or earlier), we have to DIY and
here’s how!
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21. Getting to your 'Install a module' page
• The first thing you have to do now is get to your "Install
new module" page.
• To get to this, go to Modules > Install new module.
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22. Getting to your 'Install a module' page
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23. Getting to your 'Install a module' page
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24. Getting to your 'Install a module' page
• Now leave that page there, and open a new window/tab so
that you can go to the Views module page.
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25. Getting the right Module link to install
• For whichever module you install, you always need to get
the latest version of it under the "Recommended releases”.
• So at the time of this post, the "7.x-3.7" version of Views is
the latest.
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26. Getting the right Module link to install
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27. Getting the right Module link to install
• Right click on the "tar.gz" link of the "7.x-3.7" version and
'copy link location'.
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28. Installing the Module itself
• Go back to your 'Install a module' page and paste the link
into the "Install from a URL" section:
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29. Installing the Module itself
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30. Installing the Module itself
• Click install, and if all goes well, you should get this:
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31. Installing the Module itself
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32. Installing the Module itself
• However, sometimes, not all goes as planned. If the
installation of your module fails, there are 2 ways to go
about it.
#1. Go back and try again
• You can press the back button, paste the link into the
'Install from a URL' again and click 'Install'. If that still
doesn't work, you may have to do it the slightly longer way.
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33. Installing the Module itself
#2. Installing from a Module download
• To do this, go back to the Views module (or whichever
module) page, and download the "tar.gz" file. Save it on
your computer, in a place that you can find.
• Go back to the 'Install a module' page and search for the
file under the "Upload a module or theme archive to install"
section.
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34. Installing the Module itself
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35. Installing the Module itself
• Click install and you should get the same installation page
as above.
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36. Enabling the module
• Installing a module does not mean it is enabled.
• So to ensure that you enable it, go to the "Enable newly
added modules" link that is on the page after you have
successfully installed a module.
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37. Enabling the module
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38. Enabling the module
• If you clicked on "Administration Pages" instead, not to
worry.
• Just click on 'Modules' from the top navigational bar and
you will be brought to your list of Modules.
• Scroll down until you find the 'Views' module, and enable it.
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39. Enabling the module
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40. Enabling the module
• Click on the checkboxes and save configuration
• Should you be asked to enable the Chaos module, just click
continue. There certainly aren't any big problems with
enabling a core module.
• For installing subsequent contributed modules, all you have
to do is follow these same steps.
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41. How to Change Permissions and Install
a Module
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42. How to Change Permissions and Install
a Module
• I would love to hear from you about my little guide! Was it
easy enough? Was it too hard? Is there anything that I can
do better or faster? What else do you want to find out next?
• Feel free to email me anytime at nicole@olindata.com. Till
next post!
Musings of a Drupal Girl – How to Change
Permissions and Install a Module
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