David Slack - Web developer

To install a module down-load it from drupal, upload it to your server, un-tar, then enable it. But, before you do this BACKUP! this can break your website.

To install a module:

1. Go to Drupal and search for your module
2. Go to the bottom of the site and click the version 6 tar.gz file
3. Save the file to your computer (I save mine to the downloads folder)
4. Open cPanel and log in
   NB If you don't have cPanel un-tar and upload your files to example/sites/all/modules and skip to part 1 in the next section
5. Click 'File Manager' then Go in the window
6. Double-click the 'sites' folder
7. Double-click the 'all' folder
8. Double-click the 'modules' folder (create it if is doesn't exist by clicking the new folder icon at the top)
   NB. If you're installing a sub module for Views or Ubercart the click into that modules folder
9. Click the 'Upload' icon at the top
10. Click the first 'Choose file' and select your tar.gz file
11. Click 'Open' to start the upload.
12. Wait for the file to upload then click 'Back to'... at the bottom
13. Scroll to the bottom and find your new tar.gz file, select it
14. Click 'Extract' at the top
15. Click the 'Extract Files' button then when finished the 'Close' button
16. Scroll back to your tar.gz file and select it, now hit the Delete button at the top
17. NB Make sure you are deleting only 1 file
    Click the 'Delete Files' button

Now all the files are in place we need to enable the module

Your new module should be installed but you may need to run the update script by going to www.example.com/update.php and following the instructions to update the site.

You may also need to clear any cashe you have, to do this go to www.example.com/admin/settings/performance scroll to the bottom and hit the 'Clear cashed data' button.

If there are still problems read the readme file that comes with the module.

Sill no help? Try Google. Or, contact me using the contact page or comment at the bottom of the page.

Let me know how you get on