platforms

In the previous post we built a basic blog feature. This post will cover details on how to manage that feature (i.e. update, revert, etc.).

I first heard about features at DrupalCon DC and while it seemed like a nice idea, I couldn't really see how it could be practical to someone who can already write their own modules. Of course, I thought exactly the same of views when I first learned of it too.

If you build Drupal sites and you've never built a feature before, it's about time you gave it a go! This post will walk you through what a feature is and how to go about building one. In a later post I'll show you how to make your feature re-usable and why it's important.

Building the Wedful platform took me about a year of pain, tears, blood, and triumph (not necessarily in that order) and since then I've been contacted by several people going through the same difficulties themselves with putting together their own Drupal platform. Wedful is designed specifically for couples planning their weddings to be able to easily launch a website and manage the details surrounding their weddings online, so we needed to be able to easily manage hundreds (hopefully tens of thousands someday) in a scalable manner. Some of the people I've spoken to have been looking to build niche products for the restaurant industry, hotel industry, and even one with a similar concept to Drupal Gardens.