The Drupal Features module covers a lot of our needs with automating the deployment of database settings for Drupal 7. It allows you to export configuration to code and nicely wrap it up as a module. This means you easily deploy your changes to the live site (or a staging site) without having to repeat the configuration changes. It also means you can apply the changes to a different site.

But using Features is not always the best approach. Even if you can export something using Features, it doesn't mean you always should. Read on to find out when it is not appropriate to use Features and what you can use instead.

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