Installing Drupal

Hi

Hello Drupallers,
I just found this really cool web-app someone was using.
So I downloaded it and tried to set it up with no success.
I have set-up similar web-apps but I just can't figure this one out.
I was just wondering if anyone here has set this up locally on a mac?

If so I would really appreciate a little guidance.
I have created a database for it and I believe drupal connects to it,
but when I type in the address all I see is a blank window
Thanks in advance for any help.
imurf

I'm re-posting this here in the Installation Problems forum after it got no responses in the General forum. I know cross-posting is frowned upon, but my points are valid. And I think if they were answered/acted upon there might be more people that switch to drupal from easier tools.

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OK, I am losing my mind here. I have installed Drupal and it seems to come up ok. But when I click on the link to create the first account, it takes me to my home page. Ihave checked my htaccess file and the DirectoryIndex setting only lists index.php. Is there somewhere else that I need to check?

Please help me I am so close.

Okay, so me and my sysadmin got drupal up and running...

The first page (where it tells you to create an initial account) loads properly. I click on the 'create account' link, it goes to the create account page.

I try to attempt to create an account... after clicking create, it redirects me back to the default page with the user account name I created prefilled out in the login box.

According to my sysadmin (as I don't have direct access to the MySQL db) the user table is empty and I don't receive a confirmation email...