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Drupal 7 Uploading Modules and Themes

April 22, 2011 | Written by Steve Burge

In Drupal 6, uploading modules and themes was often troublesome for beginners. They would have to follow a confusing process:

  1. Download the files
  2. Uncompress them
  3. Make sure there was a /sites/all/modules/ or /sites/all/themes/ folder on their site
  4. Upload the files manually to the /sites/ folder. Few beginners remembered that folder name - they just uploaded to the /modules/ and /themes/ folder which would be more logical.
  5. Go to Site building > modules and enable them

If you'd like to, you can still install modules the old way, but Drupal 7 also offers a much simpler process:

  1. Download the files
  2. Upload them using a graphical installer
  3. Go to Modules and enable them

Let's walk you through the new upload process in Drupal 7:

Enable the Update Manager Module

The new graphical installer for themes and modules is actually handled by a module called Update Manager. So the first thing we need to do is check that it's enabled. Go to Modules, scroll down and make sure there's a check next to Update Manager.

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You'll know that you're ready to upload if you see the Install new module link at the top of the Modules page:

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Click on that link and you'll see the graphical installer screen:

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Download the File

Now let's go and download the files for our new module or theme. The screenshot below is from Drupal.org:

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There's no need to uncompress the download files. Just leave them as they are and go to the Module installer screen.

Click Browse to find the downloaded file and then click Install:

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Hopefully you'll now get the message: "Installation was completed successfully".

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That's it. Much easier than Drupal 6. You can now click on "Enable newly added modules" and turn on your new module.


 

 


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