Installing drupal 7.25 and CiviCRM 4.4.14 using xampp 5.6.11 in Ubuntu 14.04

Installing Drupal.
1. Download and Extract Drupal in your document or home folder.
2. Create Drupal database via phpmyadmin.
3. Create file settings.php (copy from default.settings.php in sites/default directory)
4. Change permission for file settings.php --> chmod a+w sites/default/settings.php
5. Create 'files' folder --> mkdir sites/default/files
6. Change permission for folder files --> chmod a+w sites/default/files/
And then, also change permission for default folder : chmod a+w sites/default
7. Move your drupal folder to htdocs directory --> sudo mv drupal /opt/lampp/hdocs
8. Run installer using web browser. Go to localhost/drupal
9. After installation completed, change permission of file settings.php again for security risk, go to your drupal directory under htdocs folder, run chmod 664 sites/default/settings.php
10. Run the cron jobs. Via administration --> configuration --> system --> cron --> run cron
11. Activate clean URLs. Via administration --> configuration --> Clean URLs --> enable clean URLs.



Installing CiviCRM alongside Drupal.
1. Make sure you have installed drupal on your local/server.
2. In drupal administrator, go to module --> install new module (You'll need to enable 'Update manager' module on your drupal administrator)
3. Run the installer --> in your browser, go to : http://your_drupal_home/sites/all/modules/civicrm/install/index.php
(NOTE : you have to previously copy folder civicrm to your drupal folder under /sites/all/modules).
You should see civicrm installer page. Fill in Civicrm and drupal database/configuration.
4. Click install.



How to install civicrm extension?
1. Configure your extension directory. Go to Administer >> System settings >> Directories
2. In Civicrm extension directory field, fill in your directory. for example : /opt/lampp/htdocs/your_drupal_site/sites/default/ext.
3. Click Save.

4. Configure ext resource URL. Go to administer >> System settings >> Resource URLs.
5. FIll in Extension Resource URLs : http://localhost/drupal725/sites/default/ext
6. Click Save.

7. Finally, copy your extension to assigned directory.
8. Go to Administer >> system settings >> manage extensions



How to rebuild menu on Civicrm?
After installing an extension, Go to http://your_drupal_site/civicrm/menu/rebuild?reset=1



How to remove 'Update Available' pop up message?
Check Administer >> System Settings >> Misc >> New Version Alerts

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