Now that you’ve created your database, go back into your favorite browser (I use Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome) and go to localhost:8888/d7-demo/install.php. Choose the “standard” installation profile for now (see Figure 1-8); it will take care of some basic configurations for you. On the next page, select English as the installation language. If you need to install it in another language, there’s a handy link on that screen that will show you how to do it.

Figure 1-8. Choosing the “Standard” profile when installing Drupal will set you up with some basic functionality for your Drupal site.

Now that you’ve taken care of that, it’s time to add the values for the database that we just created. On the screen that follows, enter the values that you provided when you created the database. In my case, the database name is d7-demo, the host is localhost, and the username and password are both root.