What the heck are Features and why do I need them for my Drupal website?
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Presented at the NETC 2012 conference http://www.netc2012.org/conference/schedule/may-29-2012/session-5/30-what-the-heck-are-features
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What the heck are Features and why do I need them for my Drupal website?
- 1. What the heck are Features and why do I need them for my Drupal website?
- 2. Who We Are Bryan Mayjor Technology-assisted Developer Extension & Experiment Station Communications bryan.mayjor@oregonstate.edu Tamara Hill-Tanquist Technology-assisted Instructional Designer Extension & Experiment Station Communications tamara.hill-tanquist@oregonstate.edu
- 3. What the heck are Features? Features is a Drupal module that create modules
- 4. Features … ‣ Package up site configurations, content-types, views and more ‣ Provide an easy way to duplicate functionality to other websites ‣ Allow site admins to set defaults that can be overwritten AND reverted back to their original state ‣ Save configurations to code that can be version controlled ‣ Play well with other modules
- 5. Modules that play well with Features ‣ Views ‣ Content Construction Kit (CCK) - for Drupal 6 sites ‣ Diff ‣ Context ‣ Feeds ‣ Strongarm ‣ Chaos tool suite (ctools) ‣ Drush
- 6. How EESC is using Features
- 7. Life. Get good at it.
- 8. Banners
- 10. Calendars
- 12. Page CCK
- 13. Page CCK – images and videos
- 14. Photo Gallery
- 15. Roles – Content Editor
- 16. Roles – Content Editor
- 17. Roles – Content Editor
- 18. Roles – Site Manager
- 19. Latest News
- 20. Latest News
- 21. Latest News
- 22. Neopolitan
- 23. Demo
- 24. Questions Bryan Mayjor Technology-assisted Developer Extension & Experiment Station Communications bryan.mayjor@oregonstate.edu Tamara Hill-Tanquist Technology-assisted Instructional Designer Extension & Experiment Station Communications tamara.hill-tanquist@oregonstate.edu
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- Using existing settings, content types, views, etc
- We wanted to counties to have: - a similar look-and-feel for across their sites - and for features to be updatable globally look very similar learn where to find resources between sites
- - links back to topic areas on Extension site
- we can add banners they choose which they want -- and the order
- pulls data from OSU Calendar for individual sites can see more info without leaving their site Links to more info
- add image and video upload adds them to the page with a border and description
- Uniform way to display images can add slideshow of these imgs to any page
- - content editor -- so editors can edit content, but not get confused by additional options
- One place to add content and look at previous content Links to add Calendar items (OSU Calendar) Link to Custom Drupal instructions Link to who to contact for Drupal help
- - Site manager: have additional access: - administer blocks and users
- they can new items edit it from the pages they display on
- when it appears on the site
- - Flexibility to choose what page to for it to appear on
- Update once, update appears on all sites - Bryan: How to Create a Feature
- Update once, update appears on all sites - Bryan: How to Create a Feature