Drupal 7.x

I just recently downloaded the Drupal 7.2 .zip from the Drupal website, then I started the install on an Ubuntu 11.04 & LAMP. I extracted the zip file to the /var/www/ directory and then renamed the folder to "drupal". Then, I chose the standard install option, however when I got to the "Requirements" stage, it kicked back two problems. The first problem states:

File system	
The directory sites/default/files does not exist. An automated attempt to create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem. To proceed with the installation, either create the directory and modify its permissions manually or ensure that the installer has the permissions to create it automatically. For more information, see INSTALL.txt or the online handbook.

I'm relatively new to Linux and I just barely understand permissions. Also, is the "sites/default/files" directory relative to the the drupal directory in "/var/www/"? How do I go about changing the permissions and for whom should I give permissions too? Can I then just create the "/var/www/drupal/sites/default/files/" (if in fact it is relevant to that directory) and proceed with the installation, so long as the other problem is taken care of first?

The second problem states:


Settings file The settings file does not exist.

This mysql statement is not correct and generating syntax errors

can anyone give me pointers on fixing it

SELECT ff.field_survey_value FROM {field_data_field_survey} ff JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = ff.entity_id WHERE n.uid = 1 AND n.type = 'article'

I want to remove auto updating on a theme, how would I do this?

I have this theme that is requesting updates from the original

theme, but I do not want this since I have modified the css and page layout files, is there a way to stop this?

hi

searched & searched for this, can't find an answer anywhere.

i've created a new content type, with several custom fields. these fields, i don't want them to show, as the layout options are very limited so they've been set to hidden. what i do want to do though, is include these field values within the body of the post. is there a way to do this?

am i being dumb? am i missing something???

Hello there!

Is there a way to look for a code that's posted in many articles and replace it with another, and save all the articles with the new updated code at once?

It's just like the Ctrl+F feature in Dreamweaver and other website editing softwares.

Thanks

Hi
I want to make a website. I want to add two things on this site as below

1. Blog system
2. Dictionary

I can use blog system. But how can I make dictionary system. can anybody help me?