Drupal Questions & Answers

To apply a patch in Drupal, follow the steps given below: Obtain the

.patch

file from Drupal's issue queue or the project page In your terminal, go to the directory where the module or theme you want to patch is located, e.g.,

cd /path/to/drupal/modules/contrib/my_module

Use the

git apply

command (recommended if you're using Git) or

 patch

command: For

Git 

For

 patch 

After applying the patch, clear Drupal’s cache to ensure changes take effect. You can do this via the admin interface or using Drush:

Verify that the patch resolves the issue or introduces the desired functionality.

To create a module in Drupal, follow the steps given below: Navigate to

modules/custom/

in your Drupal installation and create a new folder for your module. Example:

 my_module 

. Inside your module folder, create an info file,

my_module.info.yml

, which tells Drupal about your module:

Create a

my_module.module

file for your module's custom logic (if needed). This file can contain hook implementations. If your module needs custom routes (like for a page), create a

my_module.routing.yml

file:

If you added a route, create a controller in

src/Controller/MyModuleController.php

Go to the Extend menu in Drupal's admin dashboard, find your module, and enable it.

To create a custom module in Drupal, follow the steps given below: Inside the

modules/custom/ directory 

, create a folder for your module, e.g.,

my_custom_module 

. In your module folder, create a

.info.yml

file e.g.,

 my_custom_module.info.yml

with basic module details:

Create a

.module file

e.g.,

my_custom_module.module

where you can add custom PHP code and hooks. Go to the Extend menu in Drupal’s admin dashboard and enable your custom module. This is a basic setup. For more advanced features, you can create routing, controller, or service files.

To disable caching in Drupal, follow the steps given below: 

Copy the file

 /sites/example.settings.local.php 

to

 /sites/default/settings.local.php

In the

 settings.php 

file, uncomment the following line to include the settings file:

Ensure the following line is uncommented in

settings.local.php 

:

Disable CSS/JS aggregation by setting these configurations:

Disable render and dynamic page caching:

Ensure Twig debugging and caching are set correctly in

 development.services.yml 

:

This will disable caching and is ideal for development. However, remember to re-enable caching for production environments.

To add menu in Drupal, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Drupal account
• Press on the Administer link
• Press the Menus link
• Press on the Add Menu
• Name the menu
• Input the title of the new menu
• Hit Save
• Add items to the menu
• Enter the path this menu item links to
• Input a title for the menu link
• Input a description if required
• Ensure that you have the proper menu selected as your parent item
• Hit Save
• Add more menu items if required
• Find the created Menu
• Activate it by configuring its location
• Press on Save blocks to save the configuration

Drupal is written primarily in PHP.

There are two ways to add a contact form to Drupal. They are as follows:

• Add a link to the contact form
• Open yuour Drupal account
• Navigate to admin
• Click on structure
• Click on menus
• Press on ‘list links’ next to ‘main menu’
• Hit ‘add link’
• Name the form link in the ‘Menu link’ title text box
• Input the 'contact' in the ‘Path’ text box
• Adjust the settings as per your requirements
• Hit Save
• Create a custom block type for the contact form
• Open your Drupal account
• Navigate to Structure
• Click on Block layout
• Press on the ‘Custom block library’ option
• Hit ‘Block types’
• Include a field for the type of entity reference 'Other...' and set it to the contact form type.
• Set up Contact Storage and turn it on.
• For the entity reference field on the contact form, choose Rendered entity format.
• Hide the field label

To check your Drupal version, follow the steps given below:

• Open your Drupal admin interface
• Navigate to ‘Administration’ or ‘Administer’
• Click on ‘Reports’
• Hit ‘Status report’
• Find the Drupal version number in the table’s top row

Note: The version information can also be viewed in a sidebar by using the Version Information module.

To open the Drupal admin panel in localhost, follow the steps given below:

• Navigate to the URL 'domain.com/user/login' where 'domain.com' is the name of your domain
• Input your admin credentials
• Hit ‘Login’

Yes, Drupal enables search engine-friendly URLs and is made to help with SEO.