Module Development

Movie Project: Change a Page Programmatically for Drupal 7

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Identify and use preprocessors by creating a custom breadcrumb trail on a page, and reduce and refactor code in custom modules.

Goal

Create a custom breadcrumb trail to meet the requirements in the wireframe.

Prerequisites

You will need the following knowledge and skills. If you need a review, check out the Additional resources section at the bottom of this page.

  1. How to identify scenarios using page preprocessors.
  2. Use Drupal core functions to create a breadcrumb trail.

Wireframe reference

You will need to refer to the wireframe collection PDF.

Tasks

Create a custom breadcrumb trail to meet the requirements of the wireframes. All elements in the breadcrumb trail should link to their appropriate pages.

Recap

  • It’s possible to extract information about the current page to use as a condition by using core menu functions.
  • When writing custom code, reduce duplication and refactor as you go.

Further your understanding

Additional resources

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Hands-On Exercises: Movie Project