A Closer Look at Drupal 7

This article is a place where I’ll try to document links to useful information as I discover more about using Drupal 7 and upgrading from my Drupal 6 to 7 web sites.

Drupal 7 – Are We There Yet?

Has the time come to move to Drupal 7? I’m starting down that path to find out what is working and what is not. A first step in getting things going is learning how to setup Git to retrieve a working copy from the official Drupal repository.

Drupal Taxonomy

Drupal’s taxonomy feature provides a great way of separating data from software. This article references a useful video I located describing this capability.

Setting Up an IDE for Drupal Development

Learning how a programming language or a software package is easier when you can step through the source code. Drupal’s source code is already available when you install your website. Configuring the debugging feature with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) takes a few extra steps. Finding what is needed sometimes is difficult when wading through all the Google search pages. This article describes some of the web sites I found useful when configuring NetBeans and xdebug.

Our Drupal Site Backed Up to a Laptop

Learning more about using Drupal while creating a testing and backup environment on my laptop computer. This article describes the steps I took to help make this happen.

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