Creating the mysite module to hold our tweaks

In the course of developing our site, we will frequently come across situations where various elements of the site need to be tweaked in PHP using Drupal's APIs. While a lot of theme-specific cases can be stored in template files, certain tweaks which are theme-agnostic require that we store them in a module to ensure that they are available to all themes.

This recipe covers the creation of a module to hold all these bits and pieces.

Getting ready

Create a folder inside sites/all named modules. This is where custom and contributed modules are usually housed.

How to do it...

The following list details the procedure involved in creating a module named mysite to hold our theme-agnostic customizations and other odds and ends:

1. Create a folder inside sites/all/modules named mysite where mysite refers to the name of our site.

2. Create a file named mysite.info within the mysite folder.

3. Edit this file and add the following code inside:

   name = Mysite
   description...