There is an ongoing debate among developers regarding the use of patches versus pull requests for contributions. Since its migration to GitLab in 2018, Drupal has undergone significant changes. As of July 2024, the removal of Drupal CI and automated patch testing could potentially change the way contributions are made.
If you're crafting an e-commerce experience where storytelling and customer connection come first, Drupal with Drupal Commerce is your solution. Unlike catalogue-driven platforms, Drupal lets you seamlessly merge your brand story with the shopper's journey, building loyalty and driving sales. Here's a selection of essential...
Almost three years since the deadly Texas blackout of 2021, a panel of judges from the First Court of Appeals in Houston has ruled that big power companies cannot be held liable for failure to provide electricity during the crisis. The reason is Texas’ deregulated energy market....
The free market solution would allow communities to negotiate contracts that DID hold the provider liable and allow competitors to emerge that would focus on different aspects like reliability, renewable production or integration with other grids.
If you aren't aware of the story of Central and Southwest Corporation (a Texas power company) and thr "midnight connection", it's the type of story that I'm sure is nearing the top of Netflix's documentary todo list.
On May 4, 1976, a power company based in Texas sent electricity from a substation in Vernon, Texas, to Altus, Okla. By doing so, they were breaking a deal among power companies in Texas to keep electricity within state borders.
I recently produced the first release of the Webform Protected Downloads module that is compatible with Drupal 10. It provides the ability for sites to have 'gated' content which users can download once they have filled out a form for their details. This can convert engaged visitors into leads, set up licenses for customers, or...
The initial release of the kit includes some basic tests and a series of useful utility functions. These early parts should be useful to all teams; see the documentation for more detail. Here are the categories of utility functions:...
The revolutionary ActivityPub feature is now available across all WordPress.com plans, unlocking a world of engagement and interaction for your blog. Your blogs can now be part of the rapidly expanding fediverse, which enables you to connect with a broader audience and attract more followers.
Indirectly related to Drupal as https://git.drupalcode.org/ uses GitLab and there is already an active ActivityPub using Drupal community at https://drupal.community/about...
After publishing my post with statistics about #CMS used on official city websites, I got a lot of messages about providing the same data for the USA 🤠....
To fulfill our mission and to better support the availability of Drupal, the Drupal Association is re-orienting the Drupal Certified Partner program to recognize and highlight those firms who represent the “small number of contributors” that “are critical to the health and future well-being” of Drupal. In other words,...
The Alliance represents the content management systems (CMS) behind roughly 50% of all websites online today. The Open Website Alliance was founded to promote the choice of open-source software and facilitate collaboration between free and open-source web content management projects, furthering openness, trust, and quality....
Heather Meeker spoke at DrupalCon at a fireside chat session with Tim Lehnen in 2021. Her new book will likely be something many Drupal developers would benefit from reading. Not just for people hoping to profit from Drupal, but to help those of us committed to FOSS understand the world of Commercial Open Source Software (COSS).
Today, we are introducing the credit bounty program. The idea is to do an initial experiment, and if it has an impact on Drupal moving forward, we’ll tweak it if needed and continue with new iterations....
When spam started to become overwhelming here I signed up to the largest mbin instance, Fedia.io. On one hand it runs well and isn't overrun with spam posts. On the other, it's missing some communities that are active on kbin.social....
I'm not directly involved in either project beyond reporting bugs and suggesting features yet, but I follow both projects closely. My sense is that the Mbin community is prioritizing collaboration around UX improvements while Kbin is focusing on scaling/performance issues... which makes sense as kbin.social is more than 10x the size of fedia.io (https://fedidb.org/network/instance/kbin.social vs https://fedidb.org/network). I opened a bug about the UI for altering link images at https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/1365. When I tested the same steps in Mbin, the issue i was seeing in Kbin had already been solved in Mbin.
Kbin is a great PHP implementation of ActivityPub for reddit-like communities, but requiring all major changes to be made/reviewed by a single person is a real bottle neck.
It would be great if Kbin could figure out some form of goverance/delegation that would allow more contributors, but there doesn't seem to be much interest in that type of change so for now we have 2 project with different priorities and governance models... and that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Drupal 7 branches of unsupported modules and themes are no longer eligible for new maintainership
Community support for contributed modules and themes will continue as it has to date. However, beginning August 1, 2023, once the Drupal 7 branch of a contributed module or theme is marked unsupported it will not be eligible for new maintainership and will not be marked supported again.
Unlike before this change where members of the community could volunteer to take over a popular project that went unsupported, only existing maintainers and members of the security will even know a project is headed towards being unsupported.
@ibboard are you sure the issue isn't that you are including urls you don't want indexed in the sitemap.xml? Google doesn't like being told to index a page in one place and then not to index it in another.
Hey folks, I've been diving into artificial intelligence lately, curious about how it could supercharge our human abilities, and maybe even drive #Drupal to new heights.
So, I thought I'd tinker around with an #AI tool to whip up some fresh logos that embody the forward-thinking, innovative spirit of Drupal. Again, just for fun, please note that I'm not proposing anything here and I love the current logo 😊
Here's what it came up with – what do you think? Which one is your favourite?
@AlexMoreno I like the idea of CMS work as venturing into unexplored parts of space, but it seems like a complete departure from the drop instead of an evolution. Are you familar with Grav? It is another PHP CMS. Space has always been their brand... and their human designers do it much better https://getgrav.org/
Explore the trends of Content Management System (CMS) usage on official city websites with a comprehensive study spanning 466 cities worldwide. The research delves into the prevalence of open-source solutions, highlighting the dominance of WordPress, Drupal, and other platforms. The report categorizes findings based on city...
The good news is that there are plenty of great deals to be found for those in the market, as long as you’re only looking to live there yourself. In the Gene Autry neighborhood, one listing warns potential buyers: “Property can not be short term rented as there is a STR permit cap in the neighborhood.”
While the article explains how some investors will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, the fact that these policies make homes more affordable for people who want to live in them is why more cities should implement caps.
This is a refresh of an old article I wrote in my previous life as a Technical Solutions Manager in Acquia. The old approach uses Drush, while the 2024 version is much faster to set up and easy to use through the Drupal UI.
Drupal.org states that 71% of the top 100 universities use Drupal, but the page lacks precise data or references to support this claim. The Drop Times analyzed 300 top universities worldwide and found Drupal used in some form by 80% of the universities. (www.thedroptimes.com)
Preliminary Findings...
To Patch or Not To Patch | bPekker.dev (bpekker.dev)
There is an ongoing debate among developers regarding the use of patches versus pull requests for contributions. Since its migration to GitLab in 2018, Drupal has undergone significant changes. As of July 2024, the removal of Drupal CI and automated patch testing could potentially change the way contributions are made.
The Essential Drupal Commerce Modules for building Online Stores (www.thedroptimes.com)
If you're crafting an e-commerce experience where storytelling and customer connection come first, Drupal with Drupal Commerce is your solution. Unlike catalogue-driven platforms, Drupal lets you seamlessly merge your brand story with the shopper's journey, building loyalty and driving sales. Here's a selection of essential...
Texas power plants have no responsibility to provide electricity in emergencies, judges rule (www.kut.org)
Almost three years since the deadly Texas blackout of 2021, a panel of judges from the First Court of Appeals in Houston has ruled that big power companies cannot be held liable for failure to provide electricity during the crisis. The reason is Texas’ deregulated energy market....
The Unofficial Kbin Guide is now available from the kbin.social FAQ page! (kbin.social)
Webform Protected Downloads (www.computerminds.co.uk)
I recently produced the first release of the Webform Protected Downloads module that is compatible with Drupal 10. It provides the ability for sites to have 'gated' content which users can download once they have filled out a form for their details. This can convert engaged visitors into leads, set up licenses for customers, or...
Introducing Automated Testing Kit | Performant Labs (performantlabs.com)
The initial release of the kit includes some basic tests and a series of useful utility functions. These early parts should be useful to all teams; see the documentation for more detail. Here are the categories of utility functions:...
ActivityPub now available on all WordPress.com sites. Why isn't there more ActivityPub interest in Drupal? (wordpress.com)
The revolutionary ActivityPub feature is now available across all WordPress.com plans, unlocking a world of engagement and interaction for your blog. Your blogs can now be part of the rapidly expanding fediverse, which enables you to connect with a broader audience and attract more followers.
Drupal Content Access by Path module (mark.ie)
Ever needed to give a Drupal content editor access to edit site sections instead of the whole site? Introducing the Content Access by Path module.
ActivityPub support | GitLab (docs.gitlab.com)
Indirectly related to Drupal as https://git.drupalcode.org/ uses GitLab and there is already an active ActivityPub using Drupal community at https://drupal.community/about...
Drupal top open-source options for large city websites in US. Inspired by TDT's research about higher ed usage, Grzegorz Pietrzak checked the CMS used by US cities with more than 100k inhabitants (www.linkedin.com)
After publishing my post with statistics about #CMS used on official city websites, I got a lot of messages about providing the same data for the USA 🤠....
Drupal Association - Turning Takers into Makers: The enhanced Drupal Certified Partner Program (www.drupal.org)
To fulfill our mission and to better support the availability of Drupal, the Drupal Association is re-orienting the Drupal Certified Partner program to recognize and highlight those firms who represent the “small number of contributors” that “are critical to the health and future well-being” of Drupal. In other words,...
TYPO3 Association Co-Founds the Open Website Alliance with Drupal, Joomla and WordPress (typo3.org)
The Alliance represents the content management systems (CMS) behind roughly 50% of all websites online today. The Open Website Alliance was founded to promote the choice of open-source software and facilitate collaboration between free and open-source web content management projects, furthering openness, trust, and quality....
Following Kbin communities from Mastodon is as easy as searching for the Kbin community as a user
If you are already using Mastodon, you can follow @drupal by searching for that user. drupal.community users will find the search under #Explore.
From Project to Profit - Heather Meeker (a.co)
Heather Meeker spoke at DrupalCon at a fireside chat session with Tim Lehnen in 2021. Her new book will likely be something many Drupal developers would benefit from reading. Not just for people hoping to profit from Drupal, but to help those of us committed to FOSS understand the world of Commercial Open Source Software (COSS).
Drupal Association: Introducing the Bounty Program (www.drupal.org)
Today, we are introducing the credit bounty program. The idea is to do an initial experiment, and if it has an impact on Drupal moving forward, we’ll tweak it if needed and continue with new iterations....
What is the practical difference between the main instances of kbin and mbin, from a users perspective?
When spam started to become overwhelming here I signed up to the largest mbin instance, Fedia.io. On one hand it runs well and isn't overrun with spam posts. On the other, it's missing some communities that are active on kbin.social....
Global City Website Trends: Analysis of CMS Usage on Official City Websites (www.thedroptimes.com)
Explore the trends of Content Management System (CMS) usage on official city websites with a comprehensive study spanning 466 cities worldwide. The research delves into the prevalence of open-source solutions, highlighting the dominance of WordPress, Drupal, and other platforms. The report categorizes findings based on city...
Palm Springs capped Airbnb rentals. Now some home prices are in free-fall (www.latimes.com)
Palm Springs curbed short-term rentals in some neighborhoods. Now homeowners are watching their property values drop, sometimes drastically.
@alexmoreno's (Drupal Innovation Coordinator at the Drupal Association) Updated Advice to Migrating D7 to D10. SPOILER: Use Dupal UI and DDEV (www.drupal.org)
This is a refresh of an old article I wrote in my previous life as a Technical Solutions Manager in Acquia. The old approach uses Drush, while the 2024 version is much faster to set up and easy to use through the Drupal UI.