Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of DrupalIntegration


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Oct 8, 2013, 12:36:49 PM (11 years ago)
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    33= Overview =
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    5 BOINC-Drupal integration harnesses many powerful functions of the Drupal development framework and content management system, both simplifying the management of BOINC projects and improving the end user experience on project websites. As a content management system, Drupal makes it possible for site content to be created and managed without knowledge of HTML.
     5BOINC-Drupal integration harnesses many powerful functions of the Drupal development framework and content management system, both simplifying the management of BOINC projects and improving the end user experience on project websites.
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     7See further documentation on how to InstallDrupal.
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    79== Benefits of Drupal ==
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    9 Drupal offers a number of benefits to both project maintainers and end users.
     11Drupal offers a number of benefits to project maintainers:
     12* CMS: Create and manage site content without knowledge of HTML
     13* Theming: Full CSS support, complete with template overrides in custom themes
     14* Change management: Site configuration can be exported to code for versioning, minimizing manual changes
     15* Powerful deployment: Changes can be deployed across development and production systems with minimal effort
     16* Extensibility: Designed to be modular and extendible to balance simplicity and functionality
     17* Distributed maintenance: Most code owned by active members of the community, simple update process
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     19Simplified management for project maintainers allows more time to be spent on content, site features, and presentation, improving the end user experience by extension.
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     21Current BOINC projects that make use of Drupal integration:
     22* [http://albert.phys.uwm.edu/drupal Albert@home] (test project for @Einstein@home)
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    1124== Drupal Module Organization ==
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    1326The structure of any Drupal site revolves around the core functions of Drupal, third party enhancements to that core, and custom code that provides any required functionality not otherwise available by either of those established channels. This organization could be described as some combination of core, contrib, and custom modules working together to provide high level site features:
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    15 [[Image(BOINC-Drupal_module_organization_0.9.png)]]
     28[[Image(BOINC-Drupal_module_organization.png, 800px)]]
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    1730Modules generally build on other modules, so a custom module to enhance part of the system may work in conjunction with half a dozen other modules in order to provide a given function.
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    2134The Drupal system ties into the BOINC database in order to display information for users, hosts, and teams. Most of this involves reading data only, though user profile data and preferences operate in a shared state, allowing changes to be made to the relevant BOINC table records from either the standard BOINC or Drupal enhanced web interfaces. There is also an import module that offers an interface for importing data when it is not feasible to rely on shared or read-only access, as is the case for discussion forums and private messages. The following diagram details how the BOINC database is used by the Drupal system:
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    23 [[Image(BOINC-Drupal_dataflow_1.2.png)]]
     36[[Image(BOINC-Drupal_dataflow.png, 800px)]]