Information Architecture Drupal 7

Last modified: September 20, 2009 - 14:41

We have changed a large number of categories in Drupal 7. There are now two hubs 'Content' and 'People' and two new sections 'Structure' and 'Configuration and modules'.

Structure

This section is merely for important modules used for building your website. It reflects the old 'Site Building' category.

Configuration and modules

This section is for all configuration, any module which exposes configuration should be placed here. One has to carefully pick the right category for his modules configuration to live in.

International

Development
This category stores any module which could be considered to be primarily for Developers. So modules such as 'Coder' , 'Devel' and 'Simpletest' belong to this category.

URL changes

The following URLs have changed in Drupal 7.

Top level items

  • admin/content/node -> admin/content
  • admin/build/themes -> admin/appearance
  • admin/user/user -> admin/people
  • [new] -> admin/structure
  • [new] -> admin/config

From /admin to Structure

  • admin/build/block -> admin/structure/block
  • admin/content/types -> admin/structure/types
  • admin/build/menu -> admin/structure/menu
  • admin/content/taxonomy -> admin/structure/taxonomy

From /admin to Configuration and modules

  • admin/build/modules -> admin/config/modules
  • Development

  • admin/development/testing -> admin/config/development/testing
  • admin/settings/maintenance-mode -> admin/config/development/maintenance
  • admin/settings/performance -> admin/config/development/performance
  • admin/settings/logging -> admin/config/development/logging
  • International

  • admin/build/translate -> admin/config/international/translate
  • admin/settings/language -> admin/config/international/language
  • Media

  • admin/settings/file-system - > admin/config/media/file-system
  • admin/settings/image-toolkit - > admin/config/media/image-toolkit
  • System

  • admin/settings/site-information -> admin/config/system/site-information
  • admin/settings/actions -> admin/config/system/actions
  • admin/reports/settings -> admin/config/system/statistics
  • People and permissions

  • admin/user/settings -> admin/config/people/accounts
  • admin/user/roles -> admin/config/people/roles
  • admin/users/permissions -> admin/config/people/permissions
  • admin/user/profile -> admin/config/people/profile
  • Web services

  • admin/content/aggregator -> admin/config/services/aggregator
  • admin/content/rss-publishing -> admin/config/services/rss-publishing
  • Content authoring

  • admin/settings/filters -> admin/config/content/formats
 
 

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