Content synchronization

By default, Drupal can only export/import configurations between environments. These configurations include block, menu and vocabulary configurations, but not block contents, menu items links, and taxonomy terms. These are important parts of a site. It's useless to have blocks without content, menus without links and vocabulary without terms. We need a solution to sync these contents between environments.

Mix module is now shipped with a Content synchronization feature. It provides a way for developers and site builders to export and recreate blocks, menu links and taxonomy terms between environments.

How to use

Enable content synchronization

1. Enable the Mix module
2. Goto /admin/config/mix page
3. Find "Content synchronization" section, check "Enable content synchronization" and click "Save configuration"

Sync contents

1. Go to content list page(blocks, menu links and taxonomy terms), find "Export as config" and click the link to choose/unchoose an item.
   
2. Export configurations by Config export page or drush cex from a source site (e.g. the Dev site).
3. Import configurations by Config import page or drush cim to a target site (e.g. the Prod site).
4. Goto /admin/config/mix page of the target site, click the "Generate missing content" button below to create non-existent contents (Note: To avoid unexpected content updates, only non-existent content will be created by now.).