Drupal 7

I needed to be able to add a new activity record to every contact in my search results.

Here's how I used a CiviCRM hook to add a function to the list of tasks you can perform on a set of search results.

I was really glad to be working to create Easy Green Print with a friendly local company who are the leading light in environmental printing. It ticked a lot of boxes for me:

I have a server with several Drupal websites on it. I want a separate codebase for each so that I can tweak, play on one without affecting the others. I like using Git. This page documents (for my reference as much as for your delight!) my workflow.

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In looking for an answer to this question, most posts say something like: Drupal is almost entirely modular, and driven by lots of "hooks" and what code is actually executed when is deep Drupal Voodo. Or they say RTFM. I think the F stands for Fantastic, but it could also be Fragmented. This is my attempt to understand what hooks get called when in the delivery of a simple page (like this one).

Drupal 7 has an amazingly granular templating system that means each bit of the hierarchically structured page data can have its own template. After spending a long time understanding this I set to work on my first task.

I wanted a pull-out quote on some pages that integrates with the main layout - I don't just want it stuck in the main page content area block. This means that when it's used, I want it to interrupt the sidebar's content, to demand the attention that I have decided it deserves.