configuration

Configuration System in Drupal 8 is a new suite of tools that allow us to take config and make it exportable. In this post, I am going to outline three items you need to know to begin working with the configuration system.

Terminology

Config vs Content 

It is important to note that not all data in Drupal are created equally.  There is a concept of configuration and content.  I like this distinction made in Drupal’s config API docs:

In the first article of this series we talked about the Drupal 8 Core approach to configuration management, how it helps us, and how it can present certain challenges in our site support and development work.

The Omega 3.x Drupal 7 Base Theme is a highly configurable HTML5/960 grid base theme that uses built-in media queries to make the site responsive. Each zone (group of regions) can be configured for content-first layouts, that resize and rearrange themselves depending on the screen size of the user's device.

The presentation will walk-through the theory behind Omega's mobile-first approach, how to use the many configuration options on the theme settings page, and pitfalls to avoid.

Experience level: Intermediate