So you have worked hard to get your Drupal site up and running. Things are good, everyone's happy, you're a hero; seems like your work is done… not quite. Not even close. What people may not know or maybe fail to realize is that maintaining Drupal is a good amount of work. And I'm not only talking about adding and updating content, I'm talking about taking care of Drupal overall.
Maintaining Drupal is a chore, but tasks fall into four areas: content, logs, status, and updates.
Handling content
- Manage your site content at
/admin/content/node - Filter content by type or status. This helps you sort through all the content quickly and efficiently
- Bulk content changes can be performed (Publish, unpublish, delete, sticky, etc.)
- If comments require approval visit
/admin/content/comment/approvalto approve or delete
Sorting content
Checking logs
- Go to
/admin/reports/dblog - Logs shows recent site activity from content additions, updates, page not found's, user access, cron, php errors, warnings, etc.
- Monitor these logs so you know what is going on with Drupal
Filtering Logs
Status Report
- Visit the Drupal status report at
/admin/reports/status - Database problems, server issues, general warnings, and addition information will appear here
- Some examples include: memory limits, database updates, file protection, Drupal updates, missing PHP libraries
Updates
- Core and module updates for Drupal can be seen at
/admin/reports/updates - Modules upgrades can be bug fixes, new features, security-related, or a combination of these
- It's recommended you stay current with your upgrades, especially security releases in order to protect your website
- You can customize email alerts at
/admin/reports/updates/settings
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