Drupal Modules

[last updated: 2024-01-08]
Drupal home page
https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal
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• Modules are blocks of code that get loaded/installed into your drupal site
  that give you expanded/additional functionality.
• Every Drupal installation, whatever version, will have a set of core modules included.

• What modules are installed?
  • log into your site with admin password
  • click Modules in top menu bar.
    a page will open with a list of all your installed modules,
    with columns showing their enabled/disabled status,
    if the enabled box is checked but grey, that means do not disable it because other modules depend on it.

    their version#, plus a description of what they do.

  • At the top of this page there may be a warning block telling you that some of your modules
    need to be updated - their version# does not match your current drupal core version.
    click "available updates" for more info

• Install new modules:
  • on Module list page, click "install new module"
  • If you know the name/url of the module you want, enter it in the top field.
    however this must be a link to a .tar.gz archive file.
  • If you have previously downloaded a module (.tar.gz) that you now want to install,
    click browse and navigate to its location on your PC and install
  • Otherwise, search drupal.org to find the module you want to install
    https://www.drupal.org/project/project_module
    https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/extend-module-find.html
• Modules to install:
  • https://www.drupal.org/project/at_tools/releases/8.x-3.x-dev
    composer require 'drupal/at_tools:3.x-dev@dev'

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• Misc notes:
  custom or contributed (ie. not in core) modules
  should be placed in /sites/all/modules
  run arduinoetal.net/update.php
  https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/update/updating-modules
  https://www.drupal.org/docs/extending-drupal/installing-modules
  https://www.drupal.org/node/120641
  there's an increasing number of contributed modules which require installation with Composer.
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