This is a step by step setup guide for installing and setting up Drupal 5.7 in under 10 minutes. Now there is always something that comes up along the way that may take longer, but about 10 mintues is all it takes.

I put this together because the Drupal documentation assumes that you already know almost everything before you read it. If you are looking to setup a multisite version of Drupal check out my article:  Installing a Multi-Site Drupal System. It allows you to run multiple sites on a sinlge code base of Drupal.

Someone had posted a comment on my Setting Up Drupal in 10 minutes. This is the response to that reader's questions.

Hi Isaac,

Great job with the install post! I can't wait for the Testing, Site Structure and Creating Content episodes. You had mentioned previously that you had setup two installs running a total of 10 sites. The multi-site funcionalty sounds amazing! Can you walk me through how you implemented those multi-func setups?

Dear reader,

I am glad to see that you liked the guide on installing Druapl and yes I really need to finish the rest of it soon.

"Can I legally sign electronic documents in Costa Rica?" Well that was about how the conversation started, after I mentioned what I was doing with online electronic signatures. This was a like a treasure hunt now. I had already spent over 6 months compiling notes and research on US signature laws into the largest online reference work, but here was a real challenge. Could someone find the legality to electronic signatures for a small Latin country in a language they cannot speak. Now before you take this as a pat on my own back, this is really more about whether the tools exist (search/translation/references) to allow anyone to accomplish this task. I must shamefully admit that it took several hours (I did get distracted by some new laws in Puerto Rico) to wad through the right search words and online bread crumbs before I found some good sources.