By twc on

Is there any way to manipulate the source code directly for your own drupal site? or do you have to create a module for each thing that you want to change?

Trevor

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bonobo commented

While you can do whatever you like with the source code, hacking core code is a bad idea for live sites. When you alter core code, you effectively shut your site out from a simple upgrade path. In the long term (and possibly in the short term) this can translate into an insecure site.

As is covered here, the road to difficulties in Drupal starts with being "liberal in hacking the core" --

Cheers,

Bill

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twc commented

Thanks, I'll stay away from the core code then.
-Trevor