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Documentation for Patterns 7.x

This page contains the documentation for site administrators, developers and contributors using Patterns version 7.x.

Please notice that some backwards-incompatible changes have been introduced in the Patterns engine 7.x, and what reported here may not apply with version 6.x of Patterns.

If you are a module developer and you are supporting Patterns, please add the "Patterns READY" logo to your Drupal.org module page.

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Anatomy of a pattern file

Anatomy of a pattern file

Automatic extraction of Patterns files

Patterns 7.x can automatically detect the current configuration of each component from the database and save it as a valid pattern file.

Differences between v. 6.x and 7.x

Patterns v7 has gone through a serious and thoughtful refactoring of the engine. New features have been introduced, while some have been

Drush Commands

Drush integration is available from version rc1 of Patterns v.7. Here is a list of currently available commands:

How patterns files are stored and loaded

The Patterns module in Drupal hierarchically looks for pattern files in the following locations:

Intuition of Patterns

How does the Patterns module work?

Patterns 7.x Installation

Patterns 7.x for contributors: A tour of the code

The purpose of this document is offering a starting point for contributors and developers to understand patterns code. The tour's aim is to

Patterns 7.x for developers

Patterns is a rather complex module, therefore it could take longer than usual to developers and contributors to feel confident with its

Patterns 7.x-2.x vs Patterns 7.x-1.x

The architecture of Patterns has been extended in a new major release (7.x-2.x) and due to these big changes backwards compatibility with

Patterns 7.x: A tour of the components

In the following pages a brief introduction to all Patterns 7.x active components is supplied. You will find information about the current

Patterns includes

Patterns can include subpatterns. This is a partially experimental feature, and under certain circumstances users must take care of avoiding

Patterns v. 7.x Changelog

From 7.x-1.x to 7.x-2.x

Public Patterns

Patterns files can be easily shared with 1 click through REST service.

Guide maintainers

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