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A step forward

Posted on by arlen

Since i throw rocks without hesitation, I should be equally quick to acknowledge progress.

Drupal 4.7 includes a new module installation bit, which is a very big step forward from the previous version. It’s actually friendy, something I’ve not run across very often before. Since I’ve compared Drupal and Joomla before on this blog, it’s only fair I do it again.

Add new module to Drupal:

  1. copy (via ftp or whatever you use) module files to directory
  2. log in to website as administrator
  3. go to administer modules and activate the module

Add new module to Joomla:

  1. Log in as administrator
  2. go to install modules and select module to install

The two procedures are similar in complexity. Though Joomla doesn’t require you to copy the files up there first, it does require you to fill out a form with the file to upload. Joomla’s still seems subjectively easier because you do it all from within the web site’s interface, but the difference is hardly significant.

Now if only Drupal had a “remove” function that would clean up after the installation. The tables the module requires are still left in the db. If the module installer is well written, that won’t be a problem, but Drupal leaves the install code up to the module writer, rather than having every install follow a standard procedure. Makes for a high risk of variability in the installation of modules.

Nonetheless, it’s a distinct step forward for Drupal. Well done.

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