December 04, 2013
In episode #026 we talk about Drupal Hooks, what are they and how to use them.
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- Two types of Drupal developers - “Drupal Site builder” vs “Drupal Developer”...
- What is a Hook
- Example of common hooks used
- Terminology when discussing hooks
- Need to Create a Module
- Basic Steps for implementing a Hook
- Things you need
Resources
Drupal 7 Hooks - https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/includes!module.inc/group/hooks/7
Module of the Week
The Attachment Links module provides permanent links to files attached to a node. A single, easy-to-remember URL can be used to retrieve the preferred (canonical) or newest version of a file regardless of how many versions of that file have been attached to a node.
Typically, users will want to create a "File" content type and enable the Attachment Links module for that content type. Each "File" node should refer to a single file: "Handbook," "Company logo," "Team roster," etc. Though each node could contain multiple versions of the file, Attachment Link provides permanent link to access the preferred or newest versions.