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Porting a site to Drupal the Agaric Way (some notes)

Dan showed a new recruit how to do a port to Drupal the Agaric way.

Some points to note:

  • the HTML used on the pages (converting some sections of content to lists - "<ul><li>" etc) and the need to make links where the content calls for links
  • creating a custom path for a node involves /replacing/ the existing path (a node will always be available at its /node/## address) with the new path-- not adding onto it. Furthermore, the good-looking path process can be automated (grabbed from titles) with the pathauto module.
  • it's possible and recommended to move some content into blocks, which are a powerful way of showing some content on every site in the sidebar. This way non-main links don't have to be in the primary link menu.

Class dismissed.

Dan showed a new recruit how to do a port to Drupal the Agaric way.

Some points to note:

  • the HTML used on the pages (converting some sections of content to lists - "<ul><li>" etc) and the need to make links where the content calls for links
  • creating a custom path for a node involves /replacing/ the existing path (a node will always be available at its /node/## address) with the new path-- not adding onto it. Furthermore, the good-looking path process can be automated (grabbed from titles) with the pathauto module.
  • it's possible and recommended to move some content into blocks, which are a powerful way of showing some content on every site in the sidebar. This way non-main links don't have to be in the primary link menu.

Class dismissed.

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