Chapter 11. Extending and Customizing Your Site

Overview of site customization and development. Tasks on downloading modules and themes are covered. Part of the Drupal User Guide.

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11.1. Finding Modules

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How to search and evaluate modules on Drupal.org.

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11.2. Enabling and Disabling Maintenance Mode

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How to enable maintenance mode to set up a "Site under maintenance" message, and how to disable it.

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11.3. Downloading and Installing a Module from Drupal.org

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How to download and install a module from Drupal.org (using the user interface) or by using Drush.

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11.4. Finding Themes

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How to use filters to search themes and evaluate them.

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11.5. Downloading and Installing a Theme from Drupal.org

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How to download and install a theme from Drupal.org or by using Drush.

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11.6. Manually Downloading Module or Theme Files

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How to manually download and upload a module or theme.

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11.7. Concept: Development Sites

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Overview of development sites with an example deployment workflow for site building.

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11.8. Making a Development Site

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How to make a copy of a live site for development purposes.

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11.9. Deploying New Site Features

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How to copy a view created in a local development site to a production site.

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11.10. Synchronizing Configuration Versions

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How to synchronize the configuration between a development and live site using the core Configuration Manager module.

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11.11. Managing File and Configuration Revisions with Git

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How to manage file and configuration revisions with the Git revision control tool.