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Part 2:

In our previous blog post, we gave a brief intro to some terms that we believe are necessary to understand the basics of Drupal.   Here we have what we believe to be the next round of terms that we consider necessary to understanding those basics. Recently, we had the opportunity to assist Matrix AMC in migrating from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8.  They were unable to use their website because of the version of Drupal that their website was hosted on was out of date and no longer supported by the Drupal community. While these specific terms are consistent across Drupal versions, they are crucial to understanding the importance of being up to date in with your version of Drupal.

Key Terms:     

1. Block - the boxes visible in the regions of a Drupal website.
2. Region - defined areas of a page where content can be placed. Different themes can define different regions so the options are often different per-site. Basic regions include:
3. Roles - a name for a group of users, to whom you can collectively assign permissions. There are two predefined, locked roles for every new Drupal installation:
4. WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get; An acronym used in computing to describe a method in which content is edited and formatted by interacting with an interface that closely resembles the final product.
5. Book - a set of pages tied together in a hierarchical sequence, perhaps with chapters, sections, or subsections.  Books can be used for manuals, site resource guides, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), etc.
6. Breadcrumbs - the set of links, usually near the top of the page, that shows the path you followed to locate the current page.
7. Form mode - this is a way to customize the layout of an entity's edit form.
8. Multisite - a feature of Drupal that allows one to run multiple websites from the same Drupal codebase.
9. Patch - a small piece of software designed to update or fix problems with a computer program or its supporting data.
10. User - the user interacting with Drupal. This user is either anonymous or logged into Drupal through its account.

Refer to Drupal.org for any other questions!

• Read more about Key Drupal Taxonomy: Part 1

Part 1:

When it comes to considering what is the best CMS for a website, most don’t know up from down or Drupal from WordPress.  At Mobomo, we consider ourselves Drupal experts and have guided many of our clients through a Drupal migration. Drupal is a content management system that is at the core of many websites.  Drupal defines itself as “an open source platform for building amazing digital experiences.” These simple Drupal terms, or taxonomies, make it sound easy, but it can, in fact, be very confusing. Listed below are some popular terms defined to help make the start of the migration process what it should be, simple and easy:

Key Terms:

1. Theme - this refers to the look and feel of a site and it is determined by a combined collection of template files, in addition to configuration and asset files.  Drupal modules define themeable functions which can be overridden by the theme file.  The header, icons, and block layout are all contained within a theme
2. Content-Type - Every node, see below for definition, belongs to a content type.  This defines many different default settings for nodes of that type.  Content Types may have different fields, as well as modules may define their own content types.

See Part 2 and Part 3 for more.  Any other questions? Check out Drupal.org!