Drupal tips


#!/bin/bash
#update all drupal modules v1.0 using the dget script
# change d5paths to the path on your system if necessary
source /etc/opt/drupal/d5paths

dget install drupal 5.16 d5paths
dget install image 5.x-2.0-alpha3 d5paths
dget install cck 5.x-1.10 d5paths
dget install views 5.x-1.6 d5paths
dget install forum_access 5.x-1.11 d5paths
dget install update_status 5.x-2.3 d5paths
dget install pathauto 5.x-2.3 d5paths
dget install persistent_login 5.x-1.4-beta4 d5paths

I need to send out emails to my users which contain a link such that when they click on it they are taken to a particular page, already logged in. The purpose of this is for tracking response to email newsletters, and for enabling users to quickly and easily verify or update their personal information.
So far in my investigation I have identified the following items that might help:

1. The Secure Site module: http://drupal.org/project/securesite
2. The Webserver authentication module: http://drupal.org/project/webserver_auth


#adjust according to needs:
site=/home/l1nk/demo2
version=1.0.2-ISR
build=2988
mydb=aquia
#get the code and install it
wget http://acquia.com/files/downloads/acquia-drupal-$version.$build.tar.gz
mkdir dtemp
tar -zxf acquia-drupal-$version.$build.tar.gz -C dtemp
rm -fR $site
mv dtemp/acquia-drupal-$version $site
rm -fR dtemp
chmod 777 -R $site/sites/default
chmod a+w $site/sites/default/settings.php
#create the database
echo "CREATE DATABASE $mydb CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;" | mysql -u root -p
#now you can visit the site!

To install Ubercart for Drupal 6 with dget: http://drup.org/drupal-install-symlink
do the following:

1. put the file d6uber (below) in the directory /etc/opt/drupal
2. make sure the token module is installed
3. dget install ubercart 6.x-2.x-dev d6uber
4. dget patch /ubercart uc_product_views2.patch d6uber
5. mkdir $mysite/sites/default/modules
6. ln -sfn /opt/drupal/uber6 $mysite/sites/default/modules

First it is necessary to create a backup user on the database which has (only) read access to everything. This is because its password will be embedded in the backup script which reduces security. This can be done with:

BKUSR=backup
BKPW=backuppassword
BKDIR=/var/www/dbbackup
mkdir -p $BKDIR
echo "GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON *.* TO '$BKUSR'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$BKPW'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" | mysql -u root -p

In the backup script, first some variables are set up

BKUSR=backup
BKPW=backuppassword
BKDIR=/var/www/dbbackup
SITE=cfaw.info



#cd to the root of drupal or root of modules directory
cvsdir=pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/
cvsfolder=drupal-contrib
version=DRUPAL-6--2 #usually HEAD , so don't need this option
version=HEAD
cvs -d:$cvsdir$cvsfolder diff -up -r $version calendar/calendar.inc > calendar_date_comparison.patch


To roll a patch using diff
diff -up path/to/file path_to/new_file > ~/patchname.patch

Instructions on: http://drupal.org/node/320

#checkout drupal HEAD into drupal folder in current directory

For an introduction to dget, please look here: http://drup.org/dget

The dget script

Here is a script to install Drupal using symbolic links to separate directory trees that contain the Drupal core, the contrib modules and the contrib themes.

The following script will check out a contrib module or core from Drupal CVS and archive it in case you need to revert in future

Here is a bash script for updating a Drupal module to a given version and archiving it (in case reversion is needed)