These are procedures and notes to download source code and database content for development use on a local workstation server. The goal is create a mirror of the Drupal based website for local development and testing.

Prerequisites

You should have a local or alternate development system ready. This systems will require a web server running PHP and a database compatible with MySQL. Typically this system should be similar to the system hosting the server you wish to make a copy of for development purposes.

Other tools used on the local system include:

• PHP-Composer – installed globally
• Node / npm – installed globally
• Drush – installed globally
• Git – installed globally

Transfer Procedures

1. Export configuration sync package from remote server.
   A. Visit Configurations > Configuration Synchronization.
   B. Visit Export tab.
   C. Download Export file and keep for local set up.
2. Download Git Repo
3. Perform composer update:
   composer update drupal/core-recommended –with-dependencies
4. Download Drupal Database
5. Install Database for git website. May require your own settings.php file in /sites/default
6. !!! – Website should load at this point.
7. !!! Deactivate secure login to stop https redirects:
   drush pm-uninstall securelogin
8. Log in.
9. Visit Configurations > Configuration Synchronization. There may be an error for a missing directory. Make sure you create that missing directory path.
10. Visit Import tab.
11. Upload file saved in step #1 > C.
12. Follow upload with “Install All” on Synchronize Import screen.
13. It’s always a good idea to clear the Drupal Cache: Either with Drush if working:
    drush cache:rebuild
    or by visiting options under Configuration > Performance.
14. They may be fine, but you may also check database updates with Drush:
    drush updatedb

Large general tutorial video making a directory with content types and views:
https://www.webwash.net/how-to-build-directory-using-drupal-8/

PathAuto module information. For helping to make more readable URLs
https://www.webwash.net/automatically-generate-url-aliases-using-pathauto-drupal-8/

Using Entity References in Views – Great overview of using entity references.
https://www.ostraining.com/blog/drupal/drupal-8-entity-reference-view/

Drupal 8 theme twig template file reference. Includes various naming conventions for pages, views, blocks, nodes, etc.
https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/theming/twig/twig-template-naming-conventions

Had to deal with some issues introduced by bad homebrew installations and possible old NPM installs. My guess is that I probably cheated/screwed up using a sudo install when I should have done something different.

This all started playing with the WebDevStudions WordPress plugin generator for yeoman.

Get a Plugin Kickstart with Yeoman & generator-plugin-wp!

This gist was very helpful – Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
brew uninstall node
brew install node --without-npm
echo prefix=~/.npm-packages >> ~/.npmrc
curl -L https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh

export PATH="$HOME/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH"

$ npm update npm -g
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/1.4.4
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/1.4.4
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: Refusing to delete: /usr/local/bin/npm not in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! error rolling back     at clobberFail (/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.26/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/gently-rm.js:57:12)
npm ERR! error rolling back     at next (/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.26/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/gently-rm.js:43:14)
npm ERR! error rolling back     at /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.26/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/gently-rm.js:52:12
npm ERR! error rolling back     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! error rolling back  npm@1.4.4 { [Error: Refusing to delete: /usr/local/bin/npm not in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm] code: 'EEXIST', path: '/usr/local/bin/npm' }
npm ERR! Refusing to delete: /usr/local/bin/npm not in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
File exists: /usr/local/bin/npm
Move it away, and try again. 

npm ERR! System Darwin 13.1.0
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.26/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "update" "npm" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/dan/Google Drive/Projects/dotfiles
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.26
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.3
npm ERR! path /usr/local/bin/npm
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/dan/Google Drive/Projects/dotfiles/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Another strange issue was caused by installing the generator-plugin-wp yoeman generator on a broken yeoman/npm system. This posted github issue helped. https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/10995 This needed a straightforward uninstall, cache clear, and reinstall. I may have reintialized my terminal sessions to drop out of sudo mode. It looked something like:

[code]
$ sudo npm remove -g yo generator-plugin-wp
$ npm cache clean
— can’t remember if I relaunched terminal to drop out of sudo mode.
$ npm install -g generator-plugin-wp
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I’ll be testing this yeoman generator on the side for a while: https://github.com/WebDevStudios/generator-plugin-wp

I need to remember to keep this example for some testing. This should be a good start for sharing a user and user_meta between websites. I do know that user_meta tends to have very site-centric settings at times. Original article was located at: http://wordpress.aspcode.net/view/63538464303732726666099/how-to-use-hyperdb-to-separate-and-share-a-user-dataset-between-wordpress-installs

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$wpdb->add_database(array( //Connect to Users Database
‘host’ => DB_HOST, // I am using the same host for my two DBs
‘user’ => DB_USER, // I am using the same username for my two DBs
‘password’ => DB_PASSWORD, // I am using the same p/w for my two DBs
‘name’ => ‘my_user_db_name’,
‘write’ => 0, // Change to 1 if you want your slave site’s the power to update user data.
‘read’ => 1,
‘dataset’ => ‘user’,
‘timeout’ => 0.2,
));

$wpdb->add_database(array( // Main Database
‘host’ => DB_HOST,
‘user’ => DB_USER,
‘password’ => DB_PASSWORD,
‘name’ => DB_NAME,
));

$wpdb->add_callback(‘user_callback’);
function user_callback($query, $wpdb) {
if ( $wpdb->base_prefix . ‘users’ == $wpdb->table || $wpdb->base_prefix . ‘user_meta’ == $wpdb->table) {
return ‘user’;
}
}
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