May 26, 2009
What You Should Know About Drupal Update / Upgrade Management
Drupal should NOT be installed with the "downloaded and unzip" method.
- Check Drupal core out from CVS. See Moshe Weitzman's Drupal Best Practices
- The core "Update Status" module is a life saver.
See the Update Status project homepage on Drupal.org - which is in core as of Drupal 6.x. Enable the email notification feature on all live sites, sit back and wait for your Drupal sites to tell you when they need an upgrade. - Using the install_profile_api module is a great way to update/upgrade Drupal.
Check out the Install Profile API project on Drupal.org - Every change to the system should be done with a hook_update_N()
See: http://www.tributemedia.com/blogs/james_glasgow/updating_drupal
See: Updating tables: hook_update_N() functions
See: Dark arts of Deploying Drupal by Drupal Guru Jeff Eaton
Drupal should NOT be installed with the "downloaded and unzip" method.
- Check Drupal core out from CVS. See Moshe Weitzman's Drupal Best Practices
- The core "Update Status" module is a life saver.
See the Update Status project homepage on Drupal.org - which is in core as of Drupal 6.x. Enable the email notification feature on all live sites, sit back and wait for your Drupal sites to tell you when they need an upgrade. - Using the install_profile_api module is a great way to update/upgrade Drupal.
Check out the Install Profile API project on Drupal.org - Every change to the system should be done with a hook_update_N()
See: http://www.tributemedia.com/blogs/james_glasgow/updating_drupal
See: Updating tables: hook_update_N() functions
See: Dark arts of Deploying Drupal by Drupal Guru Jeff Eaton
