CiviCRM Installation Notes
CiviCRM is installed in our main hosting order, under the subdirectory "crew/".
We're using the drupal version of civicrm, since drupal civi has some useful plugins for political organizations. Drupal was installed via the mf/pl control panel.
crew is under git source control. ~/masspirates.org/include/git/crew.git is a bare repository, and the master copy.
For themes
drush pm-download zen drush pm-enable zen
I haven't done any theme customization yet.
Additional modules installed
- pathauto
- token
Installed civicrm, according to instructions at http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Drupal+Installation+Guide+for+CiviCRM+4.5+-+Drupal+7
Intially, I configured civicrm to use a dedicated database. Later, I discovered that certain things are easier if civicrm uses the same database as drupal itself. I mysqldumped civicrm's database and loaded it into crew's drupal database, and changed civi's configuration file accordingly.
Configuration checklist: https://masspirates.org/crew/civicrm/admin/configtask Installer URL: https://masspirates.org/crew/sites/all/modules/civicrm/install/index.php