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The scripts we use assume a directory layout like this

/libweb/sites/\[domain name\]/htdocs/

/libweb/sites/\[domain name\]/make/

and assume there is a [drush alias|http://eporama.com/ramblings/drush-aliases] set up for the site called @\[domain name\] .

How to change the modules and themes

• do a subversion checkout of https://svn.library.cornell.edu/cul-drupal

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  find your make file under cul-drupal/\[drupal_6 or drupal_7\]/make/\[your site name\]/\[your site name\].make

• add lines or modify the version of the module listed according to the drush make file format (use other sites for examples)
• check in the changed version

How to rebuild your site

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  go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/\[your site name\]/make

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  svn up \[your site name\]

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  sudo dr-make.sh @\[your site name\]

How to update your code on the site

• make changes on your copy and check them in to svn

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  go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/\[your site name\]/htdocs/sites/all/\[modules or themes\]/\[your code's name\]

• svn up

How to work with your custom themes/modules

• check out svn copies on your machine
• edit/whatever the copies
• check in changes

How to move from production to test

• Log on to the production Drupal site and configure the 'Site under maintenance' block
  • Under 'Page specific visibility settings' select 'Show on every page except the listed pages.'
• Make a backup of the production site to the Manual Backups Directory (using Backup and Migrate module)
  • Drupal 6: http://$productiondomain/admin/content/backup_migrate/export
  • Drupal 7: http://$productiondomain/admin/config/system/backup_migrate
• Log on to the test Drupal site
• Put the test site into maintenance mode
  • Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/settings/site-maintenance
  • Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/development/maintenance

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  go to victoria02 and cd /libweb/sites/\[your site name\]/make

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  sudo update_test_from_production.sh \[your production site domain\] \[your test site domain\]

  • the script will ask you if you completed each of the steps above and give you all the real paths to the pages you need to use
  • the script moves the site with rsync
• Log on to the test Drupal site
• Restore the latest backup
  • Drupal 6: http://$testdomain/admin/content/backup_migrate/destination/list/files/manual
  • Drupal 7: http://$testdomain/admin/config/system/backup_migrate/destination/list/files/manual
  • click 'restore' next to the latest version of the file (hint: sort by file name!)
• take the test site out of maintenance mode

How to move from test to production

• Log on to the test Drupal site
• Make a backup of the test site to the Manual Backups Directory (using Backup and Migrate module)
• Log on to the production Drupal site
• Put the production site into maintenance mode

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  go to victoria01 and cd /libweb/sites/\[your site name\]/make 

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  sudo update_production_from_test.sh \[your test domain\] \[your production domain\]

  • the script will ask you if you've done each step and give you all the proper paths
• restore the latest backup
• configure the 'site under maintenance' block
  • Under 'Page specific visibility settings' select 'Show on only the listed pages'