Backdrop for Good

Backdrop 4 Good website.

Spin up Project on Lando

• git clone [email protected]:Backdrop4Good/backdrop4good.org.git
• cd backdrop4good.org
• Add in a settings.php to the web directory. The file that points to the config (which is outside of the web directory).
  • wget https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/raw/1.x/settings.php
  • Replace the config pointer lines with these:

  $config_directories['active'] = '../config/active';
  $config_directories['staging'] = '../config/staging';

• lando start
• Get a database from Backup and Migrate and import it into your local. After downloading the DB put in the same directory as your .lando.yml file (the project root). Then you can import the DB with:

  lando db-import <file.sql>

Theme Workflow

The bfg theme is using sass and gulp to manage css. To compile and watch the sass files:

lando gulp

Using Drush

Drush is available from within the web directory.

cd web

• Clear cache:

lando drush cc all

• Download a module

lando drush dl {module_name}

Configuration Workflow

• Make config changes in the Backdrop UI on your local dev environment.
• Once complete export the configuration:
  • lando drush bcex
  • Add and commit to git
  • push up to github, pull down to server and then import the config
    • drush bcim