Obviously, at some point Drupal 9 will start having deprecated again as we prep for the Drupal 10 release in or around Suffice to say, there are pretty significant differences. The largest of which are:. In Drupal 8, we introduce dependency management via Composer. I spoke at Drupal GovCon a couple of years ago on the differences between Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 module development if you want a bit more material on the topic!
It will make life infinitely simpler. Just with this one file, you should see your module:. I mean, this module does absolutely nothing. But hey, it shows up! And you wrote a module! In order to accomplish this, we will need to add two additional fields to our custom module and enable it. The details for this file can be seen here. It also has a use statement to call in the base Controller and a namespace that allows Drupal to find this controller.
Drupal 8 and 9 rely on something called PSR-4 autoloading that allow files like this controller to automagically get loaded into your application just by putting them in the right place. The really tricky thing about this process is making sure that all your things are named consistently and correctly. I understand how it works.
But I only got to that point by really extensively trying and failing and trying some more to get to a point that I can write functional code. And then breaking it, and figuring out why it broke, and then unbreaking it. Over and over again.
The best among them e. The other is to download and install Drupal manually. From there, use the search field in the upper left corner to search for Drupal and click on the result when you have found it. Then, hit Install Now. Fill in your admin username, password, and email address. Before the installation can continue, you will likely get a message like this:. Simply check the box and click Install again. The installation will then start.
Well done! If you are not using Bluehost or a web host that can automatically install Drupal, you can also set it up manually.
As the first step, go to the download section of the official Drupal website and hit the big blue button. Once on your hard drive, unzip the file you just downloaded. Then, connect to your server via FTP e. This will take a bit. Here, be sure to create a dedicated database for your Drupal installation. While the process will be slightly different depending on your provider, you should end up with the following:. Once the files have finished uploading, navigate to your site domain.
Doing so will start the Drupal installation process. The first step is to choose the language you want your site to operate in. Take your pick and click Save and continue. After that, you need to choose your so-called installation profile. This determines whether some of your site features will be pre-configured or not.
The choices here might differ depending on the distribution of Drupal you are using. Again, make your choice and move on. For this tutorial, we go with the standard Drupal profile. If you are more experienced, you may also use a minimal option. In the next step, the installation checks whether your environment is sufficient to run the software. Any problems will show up as warnings so you can address them. Continue when you are satisfied. Input the database name, user name, and password. In the same place, you can also assign a database prefix if needed for example, when you have several sites in one database.
Save and continue once you are done. In the end, you need to decide whether your site should check for updates automatically and notify you if any are available. When satisfied, save once more and you are done with the installation. After you have finished the installation process, this is what your newly created Drupal site will look like:. By the way, under Shortcuts, you can define your own links to parts of the admin interface that you use often.
That way, you can improve your workflow and make it faster. All clear? At the bottom, you see the front end of your site, meaning what your visitors will see. However, unlike other content management systems, it is not possible to find themes from inside the Drupal back end. For that, you need to go to the official Drupal theme directory , for which you also find a link at the top of the theme installation page. At the time of this writing, you have a choice of more than 2, themes.
The directory gives you several ways of filtering them so you can find what you are looking for. However, you might still be overwhelmed by the sheer number. Reviewing themes is a bit beyond a Drupal tutorial for beginners. When choosing a theme, make sure it fits your level of technical ability, allows you to create the design vision you have in mind, and is mobile responsive a must these days.
All themes in the directory also have their own page where you can read up on their details and check out a live demo. When you have found the right one, installing it on your site is quite easy.
Either download the theme from the directory you find options at the bottom or right-click the download link and copy its location.
After that, you still need to install it from the Appearance tab and activate it called Set as default in Drupal. When you have done so and you go back to your site there is a button in the upper left corner , you can see the new theme in action. Once you have installed and activated a new site theme, you find it at the top of the list in the Appearance menu. Most themes come with configuration options that you can access by clicking the Settings link next to them. Alternatively, use the Settings tab on top and then pick the theme that you want to edit.
Here, you are able to make any changes that your theme offers and, depending on your theme, even preview it at the same time. When you build a website with Drupal, definitely make sure to swing by here so you can take advantage of everything your theme has to offer.
Drupal not only allows you to change the front end of your site with themes, but it also offers the same possibility for the back end. One thing you can try out is the experimental new back-end default theme called Claro that Drupal 9 ships with.
You can find it under Uninstalled themes in the Appearance menu. After that, you can choose the new back end theme from the drop-down menu under Administration theme.
There are other admin themes, you can find additional examples here. Some of them also come with their own modules to add extra functionality. Now your site looks better but it is still pretty empty. Changing that is the next step in our Drupal tutorial. For starters, we want to create a front page so that visitors get to see something when they swing by.
It will take you to this screen:. Here, you are able to create content with a basic editor. At the top, you have the option to define a page title that will also appear on your site.
Below that, you find a link that says Edit summary. Windows : Use your favorite text editor to open the php. Navigate to the Resource Limits section, and edit the settings to match the following values:.
Drupal 7 is a bit slower in some ways than Drupal 6. So, it is important that you make these changes to the php. Now, let's tweak some MySQL configuration settings to ensure a smooth running development environment. Open the my. When you are ready to take your site live, there are some excellent performance tuning tips available on drupal. We will use phpMyAdmin to create an empty database for Drupal. The default page of phpMyAdmin includes a form for creating a database as shown.
Enter the name d7dev for your database, and click on Create. You will then see the following screen:. You have installed a fully-functional AMP stack that has been configured specifically for Drupal, and you have created an empty MySQL database as a preliminary step for installing Drupal.
Git is a source control and versioning software that has become very popular over the last few years. In February of , drupal. The migration to Git has enabled a completely new way for Drupal developers to interact with drupal. However, we will also immediately start using Git to facilitate setting up a Drupal development environment.
So, if you don't already have Git installed on your computer, let's get it set up. Download the most recent version of the full installer for the official Git, currently G it On the Select Destination Location screen, click on Next to accept the default destination.
On the Select Components screen, accept the defaults again, and click on Next. Drush , a portmanteau of the words Drupal and shell, is a command line utility that facilitates the management of a Drupal environment from your favorite shell the Terminal application on Mac OS X and the Command Prompt application on Windows. For example, installing a contributed module on drupal. To install Drush for Mac, we are going to use Homebrew again. On the Custom Setup screen, make sure that you select to install the cwRsync Optional Components and Register Environment Variables , as shown in the following screenshot:.
After the installation has completed we are going to use Git to update Drush to a newer version because the version included with the Drush Installer has some issues as of July Open the Command Prompt application for Windows and enter the following commands:.
You may notice that we used the Unix command rm to remove the Drush directory rather than the DOS del command. When we installed Drush with the Windows installer, we also enabled several Unix commands for Windows, including rm. By using Git, you will now be able to easily keep your Drush installation up-to-date. To check if it is out of date, you can just run git status. You have installed Drush - a very powerful tool that eases the management of a Drupal development environment from the command line.
All right, now we are getting somewhere. Now that we have created a database, installed Git, and installed Drush, we have everything in place to install Drupal 7. Windows : Open the Drush command prompt application, and type the following command:. Now, we are going to use Git to locally clone the Drupal core Git repository into a new d7dev folder this will take a few minutes, or so, depending on your network bandwidth :.
Next, we want to use Git to switch to the latest Drupal 7 release. First, we will list all of the available releases:. From this list I removed all of the alpha , rc , and unstable releases , you will see that the latest release is 7.
By using Git, we are linking your download of Drupal to drupal. This will facilitate an easy update process for future Drupal core updates. Select the Standard profile, and click on Save and Continue. On the Choose language screen, select your language, and click on Save and Continue.
Enter d7dev for the database name, and root as the database username and password. Click on Save and Continue.
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