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Review of Drush User’s Guide book
The Drush User’s Guide, by Juan Pablo Novillo Requena, is a fairly short technical book, at just over 120 pages. Like meetings, the shorter the better for technical books. It is easy to read, concise...
View ArticleRun Drush from any directory with Site Aliases
Are you sick of having to always be in the directory that your Drupal installation is in order to run Drush commands? What if you run more than one site? Changing directories all the time is a pain.Or...
View ArticleHow to create dummy Drupal content with Drush and Devel
When you are developing a new Drupal website, you often need to populate it with dummy content. Manually added content is tedious and wastes time. Fortunately with just one Drush command, you can...
View ArticleMy top 10 Drush commands
Drush is awesome. Having Drush commands at my finger tips saves me a lot of clicking in the Drupal admin interface and ultimately makes me more productive. If you are new to Drush, you might find the...
View ArticleTop 10 Drush commands - follow up
I recently posted my top 10 Drush commands. In the blog post comments, over email and Twitter, a bunch of people let me know their top commands and tips. This was such great feedback, I decided to...
View ArticleSet Javascript and CSS aggregation with Drush
You can very quickly set Javascript and CSS aggregation on a Drupal site with Drush. The settings are stored as a Drupal variable, so you use the drush vset (vset is an alias for variable-set) command....
View ArticleSave time managing Features with Drush
The Features module is a vital tool in the Drupal developers and site builders arsenal. It is used to export configuration that is held in the database to a Drupal module, making it easier to version...
View ArticleKeeping core and projects up to date with Drush
When using an open source product like Drupal, it is essential to ensure that you are keeping up to date with security patches. The last thing you need is an insecure Drupal site!
View ArticleManaging users with Drush
Dealing with user accounts is an essential part of Drupal development. You’ll find yourself needing to:Change the password for a userChange the password for the admin account on your local site so you...
View ArticleQuick tip: Download and enable a module with one Drush command
Us developers tend to be efficiency driven - constantly on the search for productivity gains that allow us to work faster.Drush makes easy work of downloading and enabling new modules or themes with...
View ArticleDelete all nodes from a particular content type using devel generate
You’ll often find yourself having to delete all content for a particular content type. You may have tested imported content via feeds and you then need to delete what you’ve imported. Or content was...
View ArticleResolving "Fatal error: class not found" in Drupal 7
You have gone through your regular module update routine and cleared the cache. Suddenly you are presented with a PHP Fatal error, because a class can’t be found. Your Drupal site won’t load and you...
View ArticleRun Elysia cron from Drush
Elysia Cron is an extension to Drupal’s standard cron system. With standard Drupal cron, all cron jobs are run at the same time. Elysia Cron gives much more control and allows you to set different...
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Review of Drush User’s Guide book
The Drush User’s Guide, by Juan Pablo Novillo Requena, is a fairly short technical book, at just over 120 pages. Like meetings, the shorter the better for technical books. It is easy to read, concise...
View ArticleRun Drush from any directory with Site Aliases
Are you sick of having to always be in the directory that your Drupal installation is in order to run Drush commands? What if you run more than one site? Changing directories all the time is a pain.Or...
View ArticleHow to create dummy Drupal content with Drush and Devel
When you are developing a new Drupal website, you often need to populate it with dummy content. Manually added content is tedious and wastes time. Fortunately with just one Drush command, you can...
View ArticleMy top 10 Drush commands
Drush is awesome. Having Drush commands at my finger tips saves me a lot of clicking in the Drupal admin interface and ultimately makes me more productive. If you are new to Drush, you might find the...
View ArticleTop 10 Drush commands - follow up
I recently posted my top 10 Drush commands. In the blog post comments, over email and Twitter, a bunch of people let me know their top commands and tips. This was such great feedback, I decided to...
View ArticleSet Javascript and CSS aggregation with Drush
You can very quickly set Javascript and CSS aggregation on a Drupal site with Drush. The settings are stored as a Drupal variable, so you use the drush vset (vset is an alias for variable-set) command....
View ArticleSave time managing Features with Drush
The Features module is a vital tool in the Drupal developers and site builders arsenal. It is used to export configuration that is held in the database to a Drupal module, making it easier to version...
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