By darumaki on
I'm not clear on the difference between the two downloads, are we suppose to update with acquia or drupal, kind of confusing. I went to the site and did some reading but it did not clarify this.
I'm not clear on the difference between the two downloads, are we suppose to update with acquia or drupal, kind of confusing. I went to the site and did some reading but it did not clarify this.
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A bit of both
Hi, thanks for checking out Acquia Drupal. You can get technical support in the Acquia forums by getting a subscription for free, registering your new site, and then clicking on the network tab and then the forums.
Your Drupal Acquia site will get updates from both Drupal.org and the Acquia network. The core release and Acquia supported modules will provide updates via the Acquia network. Here's a screenshot of the update message in the Acquia Network.
At the same time, if you have other contributed modules then they will report back to Drupal.org and you'll get notifications with the update status module.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Cheers,
Kieran Lal
Kieran Lal
Thanks, but that still
Thanks, but that still doesn't answer my question, are they both the same or will acquia be more developed than drupal ? I find it confusing, I understand acquia is the commercial drupal but they also offer a free version, is this same as drupal ? If we go with the free version, why would we choose acquia over drupal ? There appears to be some missing pieces that I don't understand.
I'm no expert
I'm certainly no expert (I've built a few Drupal sites but I'll be honest, I usually use another CMS for most of my client work unless there is a specific request), but while I was writing Acquia up for one of my freelance tech writing gigs yesterday, I did an install on my local server of both Acquia and Drupal 6.4.
This is how I was able to break it down (more experienced peeps, please correct me if this is wrong):
Both are Drupal Core 6.4 and both get updates from Drupal.org.
Acquia packages additional community contributed modules automatically with the install. So when you run the install, those modules are already installed. It also installs the Acquia Network modules, that if you choose to do the support subscription (and right now the Community subscription is free), you can take advantage of Acquia's monitoring stats for stuff like uptime and code checking and whatnot, and go to the support forums if you need additional help.
The code itself, is not any different. Meaning, if you wanted, you could install Drupal 6.4 and all the community modules (sans the Acquia Network stuff) and have the same foundation as Acquia. Acquia is just in a nicer package and makes the whole process a bit more streamlined.
The software itself is always free -- it is GPL. The commercial aspect is with the support subscriptions and that includes access to the Acquia forums, access to stuff that can monitor uptime and code changes and other stuff that may make your like easier.
So it isn't a matter of which one is more developed -- anything Acquia develops is contributed back to Drupal core. But Acquia is a nicer base install for some users (understantably, some users might just want Drupal Core) and access to the commercial support, if you choose to sign up for one of those subscriptions.
I was really impressed by the way Acquia Drupal was packaged and set-up. The install was faster (one less step) and I really liked all the additional modules that were included.
Great response
I wish I had said it that well myself.
Kieran
Kieran Lal
yea really, that almost
yea really, that almost brought a tear to my eye lol great post, very well explained.
Update through Acquia
Great post.
The confusion arises because within Drupal itself one is alerted to the need to upgrade. Acquia Drupal users should wait for Acquia to release the update, usually a day or so later.
Image of Acquia Network showing modules and versions
Hi, here's an image of the interface so you can see the modules you are running.
Cheers,
Kieran
Kieran Lal