A few years back, when Drupal 6 was gearing up for showtime, one of the major working points was making the install profile system easier to navigate for developers. A Drupal install profile, also known as a distribution, allows you to specify an initial setup for Drupal, including both core and contributed modules, and setting up configurations for them.
We're very happy to announce some major new features for the Incubator install profile. These features should be available to all sites using versions 1.0-beta17 and up.
You can enable the "Private Content" module by going to the "Modules" page in the administrative toolbar.
Once it's enabled, you will see a new checkbox on the form whenever you create or edit content entitled "Make this content private". Selecting that option will restrict access to that piece of content across your entire site.
Maintaining install profiles I am constantly having to maintain drush make files of contributed modules. Drupal.org used to display which modules were out of date on the dev release node, which made it easy, but that's gone now. I asked another distribution maintainer at Drupalcon a few weeks ago, and he just used the update status list. That works, but it's annoying to wait for the updates locally, sometimes having to run cron, and a little tedious to go through all the list of modules.
The new version of the directory of Baha'i communities in the United States has just been released, built on the Community Directory install profile on Drupal.org. Install profiles bundle together Drupal core with contributed modules and external libraries, enabling new sites to provide some functionality out of the box while still allowing the customization for which Drupal is famous.
DNotes.net has now been migrated to the Local Community Website Incubator install profile. Drupal install profiles, often called distributions, package together Drupal core with pre-configured contributed modules and external code libraries. This enables new sites to be useful out-of-the-box while still allowing the customization for which Drupal is famous.
The Local Bahá'í Community Website Incubator is a Drupal installation profile geared toward providing local Baha'i communities with a no-hassle, cookie-cutter website. At present over 40 local community sites run on the platform.
The "Media Boot Camp" held at Green Acre in February 2013 helped several local communities start websites on the Local Community Website Incubator platform and begin a process of content strategy. Around 25 people attended, mainly from communities along the East Coast, and many sessions were streamed live to viewers across the country.
If you would like to know more about the Incubator, feel free to contact David.
