In this tutorial, we will create a single page that displays information on when the site was updated. We will also add a menu item to the Main Menu called Site Update Info.

I recently updated a client’s site from Drupal 6.17 to 6.20. I wanted to keep track of the dates that I had performed site updates. I created a site.txt file and saved it in the root folder. The text file looks like this:

1. Building Drupal modules isn’t as hard as it sounds. You don’t need to be an advanced PHP programmer or hard-core Drupal dev to create custom modules. In this short tutorial, I will show you how to build your first Drupal module. This tutorial is aimed at web designers and other non-programmers. You do need to have experience in building Drupal websites and knowledge of basic PHP is helpful.

Kathy Chavez of www.KappaLuppa.com and Katy of www.SeascapeWebDesign.com and www.myDrupal.ca are organizing a Drupal study group to learn how to build custom Drupal modules. This group is open to anyone and is focussed on web designers and site builders and other non-prgrammers. It helps if you have basic PHP knowledge and you do need experience in building Drupal sites. See our posting here: http://groups.drupal.org/node/113274. Leave a comment and you will be subscribed to be notified of further comments.