Views Mini-Course, Part III: How to Back Up Your Views Safely

Part 3: Backing up your views!

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Heather James Manager of Training at Acquia

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In todayʼs webinar!

• Views mini course - May 2nd: Introduction to Views- May 8th: How to build flexible views - May 15th: Build your first module to back up your views! <- Here!

• Drupal essentials!- May 22nd: Drupal Essentials: How to Configure Accounts in Drupal

• Drupal for Project Managers mini-course- May 29th-June 19th: 4 weeks - Drupal for Project Managers!

Adam Boysen, Jakub Suchy, Amye Scavarda, Jenn Sramek


Notes online!


What weʼre doing today

• Best practices to finish your view• Caching• Backing up views• If we have time: Theming Views - quick look!


What you need to know already!

• How to add content• How to customize content types (add fields)• What modules are• How to install and configure modules

• From last week: How Views works, how to add a new View


FINISHING YOUR VIEWS

Final checks


Final checks


Don’t forget! 1

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Views QA

http://www.zivtech.com/blog/views-quality-checklist11Wednesday, May 15, 2013

http://www.zivtech.com/blog/views-quality-checklist

http://www.zivtech.com/blog/views-quality-checklist

Disable the Views UI

• Finished? Disable the Views UI module.

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Tip!

• Enabled modules eat your memory. If it’s not in use- Disable it!

• If you’re never going to use it again, uninstall it, and remove from file system too!


Caching


All done?

• Enable caching to store query and output.


Site caching basics

• Set lifetime to minimum 5 minutes.

• Will your content editors freak out?

https://www.acquia.com/blog/when-and-how-caching-can-save-your-site-part-2-authenticated-users






Save your site

• Read Hernani’s blog posts!







What to cache

• Blocks

• Pages

• Don’t cache admin views.

• User bookmarks - places where people expect immediate response.

http://www.millwoodonline.co.uk/blog/drupal-7-performance-gains-with-views-cache






Block cache type


Block cache


Debugging?

• Disable caching when debugging


Demo

• Block and page cache settings under performance

• Views cache options!


Smart cache option

• Views content cache

• http://drupal.org/project/views_content_cache


http://drupal.org/project/views_content_cache




EXPORT TO A MODULE

A better way


Dangerous

• Views configuration is saved in the database.

• Editing a view on a live site

• Letting someone else edit the view on a live site.

• What if your precious View was ruined :(


Quick and dirty: Export


Import manually


Demo

• Export code to a text file.

• Easy!


Better: Export to module

• In code instead of storing them in the database.

• Can managed by your version control system - easier to push change from development to staging to production.

• Modest performance improvement due to loading from disk and not database.

http://www.deckfifty.com/blog/2012-02/using-drupal-views-code

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hook_views_default_views()

• http://api.drupal.org/api/views/views.api.php/function/hook_views_default_views/7

• Allows you to set a default view and configuration in code.


http://api.drupal.org/api/views/views.api.php/function/hook_views_default_views/7




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http://j.mp/ZhgWFn

Create a module

• Two text files

• deliciousdrupal.info

• deliciousdrupal.module


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http://j.mp/ZhgWFn

Tip: Custom folder

• Custom modules?

• Add them in a “custom” folder.

• /custom

• /contrib


Info file

• deliciousdrupal.info


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Module file

• deliciousdrupal.module

• Declare hook_views_api()

• You can paste the exported view directly, but that is messy.


Easier to maintain: Includes

• Keep the includes in a separate folder


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Easier to scale: Each view its own file

• Export each view and allow your module to scan for new views.


Demo: Backup a new view

• Back up a view, adding to the module.

• 1. New text file - machine name of view.

• 2. Open with

• 3. Paste exported code

• 4. Save!


Enable the module


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Backed up!

• Before:

• After - protected from deletion


Clear cache

• Views > Settings > Advanced


Database overriding code

• Indicates that it’s in code and also saved in database.

• Go to Views list to see your new views available.

• Click “Revert” to delete database copy.


Changes?

• Working in staging site.

• Your colleague “edits” a view and tests changes.

• Export and save to your .views include files.

• Add new Views the same way:

• Export

• Add PHP declaration

• Save as .view in your includes folder


Add a new view?

• Back up a view, adding to the module.

• 1. New text file - machine name of view.

• 2. Open with

• 3. Paste exported code

• 4. Save!

• 5. Clear cache! <-- now that module is already enabled.


Recap

• Various states:

• “In database” - Not exported to code

• “Database overriding code”

• “In code” - No changes saved in database

• Actions:

• “Edit” - Create a copy in database with changes

• “Revert” - Delete from database

• “Disable” - Views in code can’t be deleted!


Features

• This works the same way as Features.

• Basic module file

• Exported code

• This is what Features does for you automatically.

http://drupal.org/project/features




THEMING VIEWS


What you may expect

Mock up Design Comps

Configure and build

site

Drape over theme

Done!


“Markup megalomaniac”

Design in static HTML

and CSS

Configure prototype

in core theme

Modify TPL to match original

markup

Configure to modify markup

Build style guide and reusable classes

Done!


“Skeleton and skin”

Skeleton:Regions and

CSS for structure

Skin:CSS for visual

design

Done!

Content type design

Configure prototype

of site

Configure to modify markup


Recap Views UI

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6


Example

• Recent comments View


Anatomy of a View

View

That's great news! 50 min 32 sec ago

Oh I see, so even if i don't 4 weeks 52 min ago

Custom subject heading 4 weeks 53 min ago

Row

Title field

Date field


Nested templatesDisplay

Format (style)

Field

Row

Field

Field

Row

Field


View default output

• Depends on Views settings


Configure to customize

• Modify format

• Specify elements

• Add classes

• Strip markup

• Strip default classes

• Make some fields inline


Example


Views base templates


Example


How can I find this?


Which is being used?


Display and format


Template suggestions

• All fields (default)

• All fields just in blocks

• Any subject fields just in blocks

• Just subject fields in blocks in recent comments view


Overriding

Copy into your theme folder and rename


Rescan template files


Next up!

• Check out the blog for notes from this 3 part class

• Drupal essentials- May 22nd: Drupal Essentials: How to Configure Accounts in Drupal

• Drupal for Project Managers mini-course- May 29th-June 19th: 4 weeks - Drupal for Project Managers! Adam

Boysen, Jakub Suchy, Amye Scavarda, Jenn Sramek


Events! Learn in person

• http://acquia.com/events

• http://training.acquia.com/events

• http://dublin2013.drupaldays.org/

• http://www.drupical.com/


http://acquia.com/events

http://acquia.com/events

http://training.acquia.com/events


http://dublin2013.drupaldays.org/

http://dublin2013.drupaldays.org/

http://www.drupical.com/

http://www.drupical.com/

VIEWS NEXT STEPS!Your assignment


Your assignment

• Last week you made a view, right?

• This week:

• Add a display with an attachment

• Make a contextual filter or use a relationship

• Add a link to your menu

• Watch tutorials 4 parts, 5 mins each! http://www.drupalgardens.com/content/new-views-tutorials-4-part-intro


http://www.drupalgardens.com/content/new-views-tutorials-4-part-intro






Views webinar!

• Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most Out of Views [April 30, 2013]

• http://j.mp/mostviews

• Suzanne Kennedy, Evolving Web - one of our training partners.http://training.acquia.com/events/canada

• DrupalCon: Mastering Views Configuration

• http://portland2013.drupal.org/node/3718


http://j.mp/mostviews

http://j.mp/mostviews

http://training.acquia.com/events/canada

http://training.acquia.com/events/canada

http://portland2013.drupal.org/node/3718

http://portland2013.drupal.org/node/3718

Views tutorials

• Quick version: 4 parts, 5 mins each! http://www.drupalgardens.com/content/new-views-tutorials-4-part-intro

• Drupalize.me http://drupalize.me/videos/overview-views

• 10 part series with “Toronto Web Developer”http://j.mp/Zc8nEO












http://drupalize.me/videos/overview-views




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TRAINING!


Course materials

• Tested in hundreds of classrooms.

• Continuously updated.• Clear and easy follow, but

engaging content. • Blend of guided and

challenge exercises to test skills.

http://training.acquia.com/courses

The materials / handouts were very

comprehensive - personally I would not

change anything.

- O.G. Jan 2012




The trainers are partners

• Our trainers are experienced developers who love teaching.

• They provide subject matter expertise as well as well as passion for the topic.

• Partners are placed all over the globe.

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Lovely presenter, very patient and open to

questions. I feel a lot more confident to use

drupal myself and understand the

technical underpinnings.

- C.L., Sept 2012




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