Technical Architecture

The Watershed Now is made up of a Drupal install profile and a handful of custom modules and Drupal feature modules.

• The installation profile is found at: drupal/profiles/watershednow
  • The installation profile leverages the Profiler module, as well as the Installation Profile API as libraries.
  • The installation steps are documented at at the top of drupal/profile/watershednow/watershednow.profile
  • Basically, all the module dependencies in watershednow.info are enabled, then the configuration found in that file is run, and finally the custom steps in watershednow.inc fire.
  • The deployment steps are documented @ Deployment steps.
• Modules, themes, and librariers are found under drupal/sites/all/ and are structured:
  • contrib – contributed modules, not patched.
  • contrib-patch – contributed modules that have been patched and so need extra attention in updating.
  • custom – custom modules written for Watershed Now
    • In particular, see wn_helper which contains “opinionated” overrides of some default Drupal configuration and other little bits that pull the distro together.
  • features – feature modules that leverage the Features, CTools, Boxes, Strongarm, and Context framework.
    • WN Common – base features for all Watershed Now deployments.
    • WN Blog – a single-user blogging tool that leverages Feeds module for RSS-to-Blog.
    • WN Map – a OpenLayers mapping implementation.
    • WN Donations – a donation campaign/management suite that leverages PayPal
    • WN Events – a simple event listing with Sign-up module integration.
    • WN Take Action – an e-petition and survey tool that leverages the Vote Smart API.
    • WN Homepage Callout – a collection of features for managing a customized Watershed Now homepage.
    • WN Administrative Tools – a collection of views and custom interfaces for easier management of Watershed Now installations.
  • development – a collection of developer modules to add in development and testing, not intended for production sites.
• Watershed Now ships with a growing number of stock themes (all named after significant rivers and watersheds).
  • All stock themes are built with the regions and AI found at: Information architecture
  • All stock themes are based upon a parent theme called Watershed.