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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #545 - DKAN

Today we are talking about the open data platform DKAN, what it's used for, and how it applies to Drupal with guests Liz Tupper & Dan Feder. We'll also cover Modern Drupal Dashboard as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/545

Topics

What Is DKAN
Who Uses Open Data
20:08 DKAN Origin Story
Why Drupal Fits DKAN
From Distribution to Module
DKAN 2 Rebuild and JSON Shift
Async Jobs and API First
How Teams Publish Data
What a Dataset Really Is
Metadata vs Data Access
Why DKAN Left Drupal Org
Migration Path to DKAN Four
Harvesting and Data Store ETL
APIs Visualizations and Bots
Roadmap Data Store and AI
Contributing and Where to File Issues

Resources

Guests

Liz Tupper - civicactions.com etupper Dan Feder - getdkan.org dafeder

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Steve Wirt - civicactions.com Swirt

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to have your Drupal site admins start with a fast, widget-based interface that surfaces key site metrics, system health, and operational insights? There's a module for that.
Module name/project name:
- Modern Drupal Dashboard
Brief history
- How old: created in Feb 2026 by Gaurav Kapoor (gaurav.kapoor) of werk21 in Berlin
- Versions available: 1.0.5, which works with Drupal core 10.3 and 11
Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security coverage
- Number of open issues: no open issues
Usage stats:
- 4 sites
Module features and usage
- With the module installed, site visitors with the new "Access modern dashboard" permission can access a React-based dashboard with widgets to provide insights on topics like:
- Content overview: total content count, published vs unpublished, and per content type breakdown.
- Users overview: user count per role (users with multiple roles are counted in each role), plus pie chart visualization.
- Additional Content (Entity overview): lists all entity types (content + configuration), shows counts, and provides direct "Manage" links.
- Modules overview: installed modules summary, including enabled/disabled and core/contrib breakdown.
- System & status: key environment details such as Drupal core version, PHP version, and database information.
- Health checks: displays Drupal requirement checks grouped by status (pass/warning/error) with a dedicated detail view.
- Each widget can be clicked to open a detail view of the extended data, making it easy for admins to dig into any area
- The widget-based architecture should also help to pull in data from other sources, potentially including things like analytics

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CKEditor: New in CKEditor Drupal modules: CKEditor AI and more

The latest update to the CKEditor contributed modules brings AI writing and editing directly into Drupal. Premium Features module 1.8.0 introduces CKEditor AI, adding AI Chat, AI Review, AI Translate, and AI Quick Actions inside the rich text editor. Authors can write, review, and translate content without the back and forth of third-party tools. read more

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Help us reach Drupal 12's second release window in August

Recap of Drupal 12 release windows

Our release schedule includes three potential release dates for Drupal 12.0.0, depending on when critical requirements are completed:

Week of June 15, 2026, if beta requirements are completed by March 27
Week of August 10, 2026, if beta requirements are completed by May 15
Week of December 07, 2026, if beta requirements are completed by September 11

Our new target release date for Drupal 12.0.0 is the week of August 10, 2026

Many great improvements landed recently. The main branch is on Symfony 8 and most deprecated modules are removed already. With only a few days remaining until the March deadline of the first release option though, we are confident that not all critical requirements will be completed by March 27. Therefore, we are officially announcing that our new target release date for Drupal 12.0.0 is August 10, 2026, and the beta deadline for critical requirements is May 15, 2026.

We need your help to complete requirements by May 15!

While there are other pending improvements that are not hard requirements for Drupal 12's release, these are the most urgent needs:

PHPUnit 12 support

While our ultimate goal is to support PHPUnit 13 in Drupal 12, there are significant API changes in PHPUnit 12 that we first need to adopt. See #3527936: Introduce support for PHPUnit 12
Import maps API

CKEditor 5 is changing their installation method in the near future. See #3527914: [PP-1] Use New installation methods for CKEditor5

To support this, we need a JavaScript import maps API in core. See #3398525: Add an API for importmaps
Update path related changes

To test update paths from Drupal 11.3.0, we need to generate new database dumps. See #3569127: Add new 11.3.x database dump fixtures, without modules deprecated for removal in 12.x

Remove older upgrade paths. See #3580877: [PP-1] Remove updates added prior to 11.3.0 from 12.x
Remove tests from release packages

To reduce the size of core, we are excluding tests from core release packages, and offering them via a different namespace. This is a disruptive change and should only be done in a major release.
See #3067979: Exclude test files from release packages.
Deprecate and remove libraries, modules, themes and dependencies

The Toolbar Module needs to be removed from core now that the Navigation module is stable and in the standard profile. See #3484850: [PP-1] [meta] Deprecate Toolbar module

There are more dependencies, modules and themes that are still possible to remove. See #3466088: [meta] Deprecate dependencies, libraries, modules, and themes that will be removed from Drupal 12 core
Move from Claro to Gin as admin theme

Gin is in core as an alpha experimental extension. Help make it stable and so it can replace Claro.
See #3576488: [meta] Admin theme: path to stable.
Update to ESLint 9

The coding standard checks are using the unsupported ESLint 8. We need to update to version 9. See #3440225: Update to ESLint v9 with standard rules.
See #3440225: Update to ESLint v9 with standard rules.

The above list are the current highest priorities. We'll keep identifying and tagging Drupal 12 release priority issues. The up to date list can be found using the Drupal 12.0.0 release priority tag.

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Drupal Core News: Help us reach Drupal 12's second release window in August

Recap of Drupal 12 release windows

Our release schedule includes three potential release dates for Drupal 12.0.0, depending on when critical requirements are completed:

Week of June 15, 2026, if beta requirements are completed by March 27
Week of August 10, 2026, if beta requirements are completed by May 15
Week of December 07, 2026, if beta requirements are completed by September 11

Our new target release date for Drupal 12.0.0 is the week of August 10, 2026

Many great improvements landed recently. The main branch is on Symfony 8 and most deprecated modules are removed already. With only a few days remaining until the March deadline of the first release option though, we are confident that not all critical requirements will be completed by March 27. Therefore, we are officially announcing that our new target release date for Drupal 12.0.0 is August 10, 2026, and the beta deadline for critical requirements is May 15, 2026.

We need your help to complete requirements by May 15!

While there are other pending improvements that are not hard requirements for Drupal 12's release, these are the most urgent needs:

PHPUnit 12 support

While our ultimate goal is to support PHPUnit 13 in Drupal 12, there are significant API changes in PHPUnit 12 that we first need to adopt. See #3527936: Introduce support for PHPUnit 12
Import maps API

CKEditor 5 is changing their installation method in the near future. See #3527914: [PP-1] Use New installation methods for CKEditor5

To support this, we need a JavaScript import maps API in core. See #3398525: Add an API for importmaps
Update path related changes

To test update paths from Drupal 11.3.0, we need to generate new database dumps. See #3569127: Add new 11.3.x database dump fixtures, without modules deprecated for removal in 12.x

Remove older upgrade paths. See #3580877: [PP-1] Remove updates added prior to 11.3.0 from 12.x
Remove tests from release packages

To reduce the size of core, we are excluding tests from core release packages, and offering them via a different namespace. This is a disruptive change and should only be done in a major release.
See #3067979: Exclude test files from release packages.
Deprecate and remove libraries, modules, themes and dependencies

The Toolbar Module needs to be removed from core now that the Navigation module is stable and in the standard profile. See #3484850: [PP-1] [meta] Deprecate Toolbar module

There are more dependencies, modules and themes that are still possible to remove. See #3466088: [meta] Deprecate dependencies, libraries, modules, and themes that will be removed from Drupal 12 core
Move from Claro to Gin as admin theme

Gin is in core as an alpha experimental extension. Help make it stable and so it can replace Claro.
See #3576488: [meta] Admin theme: path to stable.
Update to ESLint 9

The coding standard checks are using the unsupported ESLint 8. We need to update to version 9. See #3440225: Update to ESLint v9 with standard rules.
See #3440225: Update to ESLint v9 with standard rules.

The above list are the current highest priorities. We'll keep identifying and tagging Drupal 12 release priority issues. The up to date list can be found using the Drupal 12.0.0 release priority tag.

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The Drop Times: DrupalCon Begins, Conversations Ahead

DrupalCon Chicago 2026 has begun, bringing together the global Drupal community from March 23 to 26 at the Hilton Chicago. As the event kicks off, attention is turning to the sessions scheduled over the coming days, many of which focus on accessibility, inclusion, and how Drupal teams are responding to evolving real-world requirements.

In the lead-up to the event, The DropTimes published a series of articles previewing selected sessions from the program. These included Palak Agarwal’s coverage of accessibility audits on Drupal websites, highlighting recurring issues such as missing alt text, poor contrast, and structural inconsistencies that continue to affect many Drupal projects.

Among the upcoming sessions is “Future-Proofing Accessibility: Strategies for Government & University Platforms,” featuring M. Nikki Flores, Javier Reartes, and Kat Shaw, scheduled for March 24. The session will focus on moving accessibility earlier into the workflow, drawing from large-scale public sector and university implementations.

Another session featured in our coverage, “Designing for Difference: Practical Strategies for Building a Neuroinclusive Organization” by J. Matthew Saunders, will explore how workplace systems can be redesigned to reduce friction and support neurodivergent teams.

As DrupalCon Chicago gets underway, these sessions point to the conversations that will shape the week ahead. The focus is not only on what Drupal can do, but how it can be built and used in ways that are more accessible, inclusive, and effective in practice.

DISCOVER DRUPAL

EVENTS

ORGANIZATION NEWS

FREE SOFTWARE

OpenUK Publishes Proposal for National Foundation to Support UK Open Source Ecosystem

Additional developments from across the Drupal ecosystem were published during the week. Readers may follow The DropTimes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Bluesky, and Facebook for continuing updates. The publication also maintains a presence on Drupal Slack in the #thedroptimes channel.

Thank you.

Alka Elizabeth
Sub-editor
The DropTimes

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The Drop Times: ECA Session at DrupalCon Chicago Focuses on Expanding Access Beyond Core Users

A DrupalCon Chicago session will outline the next phase of the ECA module, focusing on making workflow automation accessible to a wider range of users. Despite adoption across more than 16,000 sites, ECA is estimated to be used by only a small portion of the Drupal ecosystem. The presentation will explore how usability, onboarding, and guided workflows are being reworked based on community feedback. read more

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Agaric Collective: Join us at the Healthcare Summit at DrupalCon Chicago 2026 this Monday

Come Monday, March 23rd, for a day devoted to Drupal in healthcare— a relaxed and friendly opening to DrupalCon with information-packed presentations plus two "table talk" sessions which will give everybody a chance to dive deeply into key topics, including privacy and overall takeaways. Whether you are in a state department of health, a non-profit hospital, a public health organization, or anyplace else in the broad healthcare space, there are unique needs in ensuring security, accessibility, compliance, and availability of important information and tools.

Online communication and emerging technologies promise improved access and capabilities for patients and professionals. Useful and inspiring digital experiences, however, must be built on a foundation of privacy, accessibility, and legal compliance. Come listen to healthcare technology practitioners share their experience solving these and more challenges in healthcare.

Get tickets to go to DrupalCon and the Healthcare Summit!

Ticket includes lunch, and we will be all wrapped up by 4pm.

Who Should Attend

Everybody interested in hearing and discussing how companies and the community are creating rich digital experiences in the healthcare space. All levels of colleagues in the pharma, medical, clinical, hospital, payers, caregivers, advocates, and healthcare professional space should go to DrupalCon and the Healthcare Summit!

Bring your needs to the table talks and we will embark on facilitated peer-to-peer problem solving with others who are affected and tech and healthcare industry experts.

COVID-19/DrupalFlu Safer Space

We will have a sensor in the room to monitor CO₂ levels and if they remain between at 800–1000 ppm.

Agaric will also have high-quality N95 masks available to anyone who wants them, and may bring our own MERV-13 Corsi-Rosenthal box fan filter, which provides appropriate filtration for reducing the spread COVID-19.

More about the Healthcare Industry Summit

The Healthcare Industry Summit brings together professionals and innovators to explore how Drupal can drive impact in healthcare. Through expert-led sessions, you’ll gain insights into topics such as the responsible use of AI, personalization, content marketing, and streamlining migrations.

In addition to presentations, roundtable discussions will provide opportunities to share experiences, exchange ideas, and build connections with peers tackling similar challenges. Join us to discover innovative approaches and collaborative strategies that are shaping the future of healthcare with Drupal.

The Healthcare Summit at the 2025 Chicago, Illinois, DrupalCon is organized by Jeanne Cost, Laura Chaparro, and myself. I am glad to be playing a part in coordinating this summit, especially given Agaric's involvement in and commitment to health and science communities.

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Jacob Rockowitz: Drupal (AI) Playground: Walking with AGENTS.md

Creating some rules for my playground

I'm setting up my Drupal Playground to experiment with AI coding agents. My previous post was about using Claude Code to establish a Drupal environment, and it felt a bit like crawling, but now I am ready to pick up the pace.

I've experimented and found that, in addition to sending effective code-generation prompts to an AI, providing metadata about the targeted codebase is equally important. The standard way to give this context is AGENTS.md. My initial experiments with Amazee.io's AGENTS.md produced much better results with PHPStorm's Junie. I'm inclined to think that Drupal core should include an AGENTS.md file or template.

Meanwhile, I've been experimenting with Claude's Chat UI without any context beyond knowing I am a Drupal developer. Despite this, Claude, with no background information, shows an impressive understanding of Drupal's API and developer workflow. For example, Claude can plan and develop an entire module, including automated tests. I look forward to seeing Claude attempt to build a Telephone Filter module, based on the one I created with ChatGPT a year ago. For now, I plan to continue setting up my environment to give Claude Code the necessary context to produce the most reliable results.

Adding context via CLAUDE.md (aka AGENTS.md)

Currently, Claude Code uses CLAUDE.md files for context, but it will likely support AGENTS.md. In short, CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md are the same. I haven't extensively experimented with other AIs yet, but the fact that Claude Code has an...Read More

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The Drop Times: Drupal Cafe Lutsk #30 Recap Highlights Community Meetup and Organiser Insights

A recap shared by DevBranch outlines the 30th Drupal Cafe Lutsk meetup, marking an anniversary gathering with three talks and community participation. The event combined technical discussion, personal narratives, and organiser insights, while retaining its informal structure with food, certificates, and an afterparty. The summary reflects the continuing role of local meetups in sustaining Drupal community engagement. read more

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Four Kitchens: The browser has grown up. Have we?

By Mari Núñez and Andrés Díaz Soto

If you study computer science or web development, you’ll take an introductory JavaScript course. Everyone starts in a similar place: variables, let and const (or var if you’re old enough), maybe even a conversation about the difference. You write a few functions, do some math, and concatenate some strings. It feels like learning a language in the abstract — technically correct, but removed from real work.

Before long, you are manipulating a web page. You grab an element, change its content, add a class, and attach a click handler. The browser responds. The page changes. It finally feels tangible.

But even then, JavaScript can feel like a layer you add on top rather than the foundation of the experience itself. And almost inevitably, you move to a library or framework. For many of us, that once meant jQuery.

Abstraction solved real problems

jQuery did not become dominant because developers were lazy. It solved real problems. Browsers were fragmented. There was no consistent way to select elements from the DOM. Event handling varied. AJAX required wrestling with verbose XMLHttpRequest code and awkward callback patterns. jQuery unified those concerns behind a clean, approachable interface: the dollar sign selector, the on method, simple get and post helpers, animations like fadeIn and slideUp.

It was a necessary abstraction at the time.

Over the years, though, the platform evolved. Browsers standardized. APIs matured. ES6 modernized the language. CSS grew far more capable. Many of the problems jQuery once addressed were absorbed directly into the browser.
The platform changed.

When thoughtful choices become defaults

We may be living through a similar moment with modern frameworks. React and other tools solve meaningful problems. They help teams move quickly and provide structure, especially for developers early in their careers. In many cases, they are exactly the right choice.

But over time, thoughtful decisions can quietly become defaults. A subtle assumption can creep in: if something feels modern or interactive, it probably requires a framework.

The shift is not dramatic. It is behavioral. Instead of beginning with the problem, we sometimes begin with the stack. If an interaction feels dynamic or app-like, we assume it needs something larger.

Frameworks offer guardrails and shared patterns, and that consistency is valuable. But when the tool becomes the starting point for every conversation, it can narrow the range of options we consider. We stop asking what the browser already provides. We begin to treat complexity as the baseline for modern work.

This is not bad architecture.It is often just unexamined architecture.

It shows up in small ways: adding a dependency before exploring a native API, reaching for a heavy client-side solution when progressive enhancement might be enough, and introducing new tooling because that is what modern projects tend to do. Each decision is understandable on its own. Over time, though, they expand the surface area of a project: more dependencies, more upgrades, more maintenance. Fewer dependencies can mean fewer upgrades to manage, fewer compatibility conflicts, and a smaller maintenance surface over time.

The foundation is stronger than we remember

While we have been refining our build pipelines and debating frameworks, the browser has continued to evolve. Quietly and steadily. Modern JavaScript is not what it was 10 or even five years ago. Today’s browsers ship with stable, well-documented APIs that address many of the use cases we once handled with libraries.

Need to know when something enters the viewport? There is Intersection Observer.

Need to react to changes in the DOM without polling? Mutation Observer is built in.

Need to respond to screen size changes? MatchMedia handles that cleanly.

Need to persist data between sessions? Local storage is there.

Need to integrate with a device’s native share dialog? There is an API for that.

CSS has evolved as well. Layout systems, transitions, scroll behaviors, and positioning features eliminate entire categories of JavaScript we once considered unavoidable.

And the language itself has matured. Modules, promises, async and await, richer array methods, cleaner syntax. These are no longer experimental features. They are part of the platform.

None of this is particularly flashy. It is simply what the browser now provides.

The hard part is not writing JavaScript. It is knowing what exists.

The important point is not that every project should avoid frameworks. It is that many of the problems we once solved with external libraries now have first-class support in the browser itself. So, what does that mean in practice?

Add one small pause to your workflow. Before installing a dependency, check the platform. Search MDN. Look up “browser API for…” and see what comes back. You might discover that Intersection Observer replaces the scroll library you were about to add. Or that CSS handles the animation without JavaScript at all.

It means reframing how you evaluate tradeoffs. When a feature request comes in, write down the requirement in plain language before you write down the stack. What actually needs to happen? A modal opens. Content animates on scroll. State persists between visits. Once the behavior is clear, ask whether the browser can already do it.

It means keeping a short list of native capabilities in your mental toolkit: MatchMedia. Local storage. Native form validation. ResizeObserver. The goal is not to memorize every API. It is important to remember that vanilla JavaScript is an option.

It also means normalizing this conversation on your team. When someone suggests a new library, ask a simple question: is there a native way to do this? Not as a challenge. As due diligence.

None of this requires abandoning modern tooling. It simply widens your decision tree. And it costs almost nothing but attention.

Join us at DrupalCon Chicago

In our session, “Elevating Drupal Experiences with Vanilla JavaScript,” we’ll share how we’ve used modern browser capabilities to build rich, interactive experiences within Drupal — not by rejecting frameworks, but by pairing Drupal’s strengths with what the browser already does well.
We’ll walk through:

Where native APIs replaced heavier dependencies
Where progressive enhancement simplified complexity
Where we had to rethink our own assumptions

More than anything, we hope it sparks a conversation.

If you go

If you’re going to DrupalCon Chicago 2026, please make sure to attend the session with Mari and Andrés.

Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605, Salon A-2 (LL)

When: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 4:10–5:00pm

For session details and tickets, click here.

The post The browser has grown up. Have we? appeared first on Four Kitchens.

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CodeLift: Building a Drupal contrib module with AI-assisted TDD

Three complete rewrites with three AI coding tools over 14 months. Each rewrite passed the same test suite. The spec and the tests are not interchangeable. The AI tool is. read more

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Joachim's blog: New Module Builder documentation site

New Module Builder documentation site

Module Builder now has its own documentation site.

This covers the many options it offers developers for fine-tuning their module code, from dependency injection to plugin inheritance, entity base fields, form elements, permissions, library asset files, and more.

Meanwhile, the latest release of Module Builder adds a feature I've wanted to implement for a very long time: when a new form section is added to add a new component (such as a plugin, hook class, or entity type), the form scrolls up to the new section that's just been added with AJAX. This makes it much clearer to understand what's just been changed, and helps with navigating around Module Builder's forms.

joachim Thu, 19/03/2026 - 12:45

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Smartbees: Integrating Forms With an External Database

Discover how we improved form handling and submission to the client's system. read more

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Darren Oh: Undocumented trick to make Composer copy a local package repository

Undocumented trick to make Composer copy a local package repository

I needed to test a Drupal module I was working on in a Docker container. The code was not in a location accessible to Docker. I tried to use Composer to copy it over. This would have worked if the code contained a composer.json file. I could have used a Composer path repository with symlink set to false. But it did not contain a composer.json file, so I had to use a Composer package repository. Composer kept symlinking instead of copying.

Darren Oh Thu, 03/19/2026 - 07:17

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The Drop Times: Accessibility Beyond Compliance for Government and University Platforms

As accessibility deadlines approach, a DrupalCon Chicago 2026 session examines how government and university teams can move beyond compliance-driven approaches and integrate accessibility into design, development, and content workflows. Drawing on real project experience, the session positions accessibility as an ongoing practice shaped by systems, not a final checkpoint. read more

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Helping people tell their cancer stories using AI: Lessons from World Cancer Day

Every year, thousands of people around the world share deeply personal stories about their experiences with cancer through the World Cancer Day campaign. Behind the scenes, a small communications team reviews these submissions to ensure they are appropriate, relevant, and ready to be shared with the world. In this Drupal AI Initiative webinar, we explore how the World Cancer Day team introduced artificial intelligence into their Drupal platform to support this process. Rather than replacing human judgement, AI was used to assist with moderation so that stories could be reviewed faster and contributors could see their experiences published more quickly. Watch our conversation about: • The global storytelling effort behind World Cancer Day • The operational challenges of managing hundreds of story submissions • How AI can responsibly support human decision-making • Lessons for organisations exploring AI for the first time Speakers • Matthew Saunders — AI Ambassador, amazee.io • Charles Andrew Revkin — World Cancer Day Programme, UICC • Diego Costa — COO, 1xInternet This session was designed for organisational leaders, communications teams, and anyone interested in practical, responsible uses of AI. #Drupal #OpenSource #AI #Innovation #TechforGood #cancer read more

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#Driesnote | DrupalCon Chicago 2026

Join us live for the #Driesnote at DrupalCon Chicago 2026! Drupal Founder Dries Buytaert will be presenting on the latest innovations in Drupal, with everything from Drupal CMS and Drupal Canvas improvements, innovation in AI, the Drupal.org site template marketplace and more. read more

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The Drop Times: Designing for Difference: Practical Strategies for Building a Neuroinclusive Organization

Matthew Saunders will present a talk on neuro-inclusive system design at DrupalCon Chicago 2026, focusing on how organisational structures create friction for neurodivergent individuals. The presentation outlines practical changes to hiring, team operations, and leadership practices, positioning neuroinclusion as a systems-level design problem rather than a policy concern. read more

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March 2026 Drupal for Nonprofits Chat

Join us THURSDAY, March 19 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, for our regularly scheduled call to chat about all things Drupal and nonprofits. (Convert to your local time zone.)

We don't have anything specific on the agenda this month, so we'll have plenty of time to discuss anything that's on our minds at the intersection of Drupal and nonprofits. Got something specific you want to talk about? Feel free to share ahead of time in our collaborative Google document at https://nten.org/drupal/notes!

All nonprofit Drupal devs and users, regardless of experience level, are always welcome on this call.

This free call is sponsored by NTEN.org and open to everyone.

Information on joining the meeting can be found in our collaborative Google document.

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Nonprofit Drupal posts: March 2026 Drupal for Nonprofits Chat

Join us THURSDAY, March 19 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, for our regularly scheduled call to chat about all things Drupal and nonprofits. (Convert to your local time zone.)

We don't have anything specific on the agenda this month, so we'll have plenty of time to discuss anything that's on our minds at the intersection of Drupal and nonprofits. Got something specific you want to talk about? Feel free to share ahead of time in our collaborative Google document at https://nten.org/drupal/notes!

All nonprofit Drupal devs and users, regardless of experience level, are always welcome on this call.

This free call is sponsored by NTEN.org and open to everyone.

Information on joining the meeting can be found in our collaborative Google document.

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UI Suite Initiative website: Announcement – Display Builder 1.0.0-beta4 is released

Just one week after beta 3, we are happy to announce the release of Display Builder 1.0.0-beta4! This is a focused stabilization release, shipping a solid batch of bug fixes — in particular around Entity view overrides — alongside improved API error logging and a handful of developer-facing improvements.A big thank you to the 6 contributors who made this release possible: anruether, fmb, ipumpkin, mogtofu33, nickolaj, and pdureau. read more

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Tag1 Insights: Preparing File Upload Secure Validator for Drupal 12 with AI

At Tag1, we believe in proving AI within our own work before recommending it to clients. This post is part of our AI Applied content series, where team members share real stories of how they're using Artificial Intelligence and the insights and lessons they learn along the way. Here, Stefanos Petrakis, maintainer of the File Upload Secure Validator module, shows how he used AI to modernize a small but widely used Drupal security module and prepare it for Drupal 12.

From "I'll Get to It" to Done: Modernizing File Upload Secure Validator

I’ve been meaning to clean up the File Upload Secure Validator project and get it ready for Drupal 12 for a while now. This small, focused module has been around for nearly a decade. Despite its simplicity, it continues to serve more than 10,000 reported sites, and adoption has only accelerated with the introduction of Drupal AI. With the help of Cline and Claude, I finally did a full overhaul of the codebase: switching to Drupal 11-only support, expanding the automated test suite, and positioning the project for Drupal 12.

Figure 1: Weekly File Upload Secure Validator usage report, that refects an increase in usage post Drupal AI release.

A Decade-Old Module Meets Drupal 12

This was the kind of maintenance work I kept putting off, the same feeling I get when I need to sit down and do my taxes. I knew the project needed cleanup and modernization, but I wanted a little push and some company in doing the work. The missing motivation and sense of camaraderie were, in many ways, the biggest challenges.

On top of that, I had a clear vision for how I wanted to extend the test suite, and I knew it would be time-consuming. Time, or the lack of it, was a major factor, especially for this kind of detailed, behind-the-scenes work on an open source module.

Turning a Wish List Into a Working Plan

To move things forward, I turned to Cline and Claude to help plan the future of the module. I started by writing down a list of "wishes" for the project: the improvements I wanted to see in the code, tests, and overall quality.

Cline turned that list into a detailed execution plan. It also generated questions about the approach, which led us into a few iterations before we settled on the final course of action. That planning process gave structure to the work and made it much easier to tackle in focused sessions.

All of the changes happened in the project's repository on the 2.2.x branch, with the final result released as version 2.2.1 on Drupal.org.

From Red CI Pipelines to Green Across the Board

Before this overhaul, the project had accumulated a number of issues:

Multiple GitLab CI failures
Drupal 11.3+ deprecation warnings
Unit test failures (including static method and TranslatableMarkup issues)
Limited test coverage
383+ PHPCS violations
CSpell errors
PHPStan attribute errors

After the overhaul, the picture looks very different:

All GitLab CI tests passing
Zero deprecation warnings
23 tests with 164 assertions
0 PHPCS errors and 0 warnings
0 CSpell errors
0 PHPStan errors
100% CI quality checks passing

This overhaul gave me the "manpower" and momentum I was missing to push the project forward. Just as importantly, it gave me confidence that I can continue supporting this module in the future.

AI-Amplified Maintenance for Critical Dependencies

Maintaining and supporting open source libraries can often become demanding because of limited time and resources. In client projects, dependencies on under-maintained open source projects can increase the effort required to maintain or upgrade the client's own platform.

Partners like Cline and Claude can change the game in an advantageous way. Such a change can help teams keep critical open source dependencies up to date, improve quality, and reduce risk without requiring a huge amount of extra human capacity.

This post is part of Tag1’s AI Applied content series, where we share how we're using AI inside our own work before bringing it to clients. Our goal is to be transparent about what works, what doesn’t, and what we are still figuring out, so that together, we can build a more practical, responsible path for AI adoption.

Bring practical, proven AI adoption strategies to your organization, let's start a conversation! We'd love to hear from you.

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Four Kitchens: When the people who run the platform aren’t the people who run the content

Dave Hansen-Lange

Director of Technical Strategy

Dave has been crafting websites since 2003 and has been active with Drupal communities around the world, sharing a passion for improving effectiveness, editorial experience, and long-term success.

January 1, 1970

A dashboard isn’t just a summary page. It’s a statement of priorities. Every item that appears, and everything that doesn’t, tells editors what the organization believes actually matters.

That’s worth thinking carefully about, because most dashboards aren’t designed that way. They’re assembled. A few shortcuts here, some default widgets there. The result is a starting screen that reflects what was easy to build rather than what editors actually need.

We help manage a Drupal platform that supports 500 editors across 130 sites. Getting a dashboard right for that kind of scale required us to ask some uncomfortable questions about what we actually valued, and what we’d been ignoring.

The quarterly PDF problem

Before we built our dashboard, someone on our platform team was manually generating reports for each of the 130 sites every quarter. Accessibility problems. Broken links. Duplicate content. All compiled, formatted, and sent out as a PDF.

It was better than nothing. But it had two serious problems.

First, people were unlikely to act on it. A PDF that arrives by email, detached from the website itself, is easy to file away and forget. Second, even the editors who did read it had no way of knowing whether they were improving until the next quarter’s report showed up. The feedback loop was three months long.

This is a pattern that’s common across organizations: the information that would most help editors do better work exists somewhere, but it’s separated from the moment when they’re actually ready to act on it. Updates get coordinated in chat threads. Content issues arrive by email. Broken link reports live in spreadsheets.

Editors are expected to carry all of that context across multiple tools and respond when something surfaces. For people whose primary job isn’t web publishing, that’s a lot to ask.
A dashboard brings that context back into the CMS, the place where the work actually happens.

The right moment to surface information

Editors don’t log into a CMS at random. They arrive with a purpose: fixing a typo, publishing a new story, or checking whether a content import ran correctly. Whatever the task, they’re already in the right mindset. They’re thinking about the website and are ready to make changes.

That makes login the ideal moment to surface what needs attention.

On our dashboard, we highlight the pages with the most accessibility errors. We show a list of broken links. We surface draft content that never got published. These aren’t things editors have to go hunting for. They appear right when editors are ready to do something about them.

We also use the dashboard to answer questions editors commonly ask us. One recurring one: how does content get into the site from other university systems? Faculty profiles, events, and course data. All of it comes in through automated imports. Drupal has robust tools for this, but its default interface exposes every option and setting, which is overwhelming for a content editor. So we’d never exposed it to them at all. Editors had no visibility into something that was working fine. They just didn’t know it.

The dashboard gave us a place to show a simplified view of those imports: here’s when faculty profiles last synced, here’s the kinds of courses that are imported to this site. Just enough to answer the question and build confidence. Support requests about content imports dropped significantly after we added that.

From awareness to action

Information alone doesn’t change much. The problem usually isn’t awareness. It’s timing.

When a broken link shows up in a quarterly report, the path from seeing it to fixing it is long and uncertain. Someone reads the report, makes a mental note, hopes they remember. Most of the time, they don’t. By integrating that same information into the dashboard, the cycle changes:

Quarterly report → read → maybe remember → maybe act later

becomes

Login → see issue → click → fix

The feedback loop collapses from months to minutes. A broken link becomes a clickable item. A page stuck in draft becomes a quick decision. A list of accessibility errors becomes something an editor can start working through today.

One practical note from experience: some data sources introduce delays. Our broken link list comes from Siteimprove via API, which means that when an editor fixes a broken link, it won’t disappear from the dashboard immediately. We didn’t think about that until after we launched. It’s not a dealbreaker, but it’s worth designing around. At minimum, set expectations with editors so a fixed link that still appears on the list doesn’t feel like a bug.

Every dashboard reflects a choice

Dashboards aren’t neutral. They’re curated.

Every item that appears is there because someone, explicitly or quietly, decided it mattered. Looking at our current dashboard, I can tell you what it says about our priorities: we value accessible content (pages with the most accessibility errors are one of the most prominent blocks), and we value simplicity and iteration over comprehensiveness.

What’s not on the dashboard is equally revealing. We don’t have traffic metrics or analytics. For this particular higher ed institution, that’s a deliberate choice. The focus is on content quality and editor success, not marketing outcomes. For other clients we work with, traffic data would need to be front and center. The dashboard has to reflect what that organization actually cares about.

The conversations that happen while building a dashboard are often more valuable than the dashboard itself. When you ask your team what should appear on it, you surface competing priorities that usually haven’t been written down anywhere:

What are editors most commonly asking us for help with?
What do we wish editors were doing that they aren’t?
What should be the first thing someone sees when they log in?
What action should be easiest to take?

Those questions don’t always have obvious answers. But asking them is how you build something useful rather than something that just looks like a dashboard.

And don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Our first dashboard was basic: simple tables, in a single column, nothing animated or interactive. If you get a dozen useful things on a dashboard, the organization as a whole is going to be better for it. Start there, then build up.

Guidance, not enforcement

There’s a real risk that a dashboard drifts into feeling like a compliance tool, a place that exists primarily to point out what’s wrong. If the only things editors see when they log in are warnings and error counts, the dashboard starts to feel like surveillance.

The same information can be framed very differently. A list of pages with accessibility errors isn’t a punishment; it’s a prioritized to-do list. A reminder about draft content that was never published helps an editor finish work that might otherwise be abandoned. A note that a component has recently changed gives editors a heads-up to check their pages before finding out something looks broken.

That last one is something we’ve gotten real value from. Our platform has 130 sites, which means making a breaking change to a component has a wide impact. Before we had the dashboard, that kind of communication was difficult. We still do targeted communications about breaking changes. But now we also use a simple announcements block (it pulls from a Google spreadsheet where each row is an announcement) to reach editors right where they’re working. It’s low-tech, but it means we can flag an upcoming change and tell editors exactly what to check. That’s made us more comfortable shipping improvements we might otherwise have sat on.

The goal isn’t to catch mistakes. It’s to help editors succeed.

Supporting editors at scale

When your platform supports hundreds of editors across dozens of sites, traditional support breaks down fast. You can’t train everyone personally. You can’t answer every Slack message. And the editors who log in only a few times a year don’t have the context that frequent users build up over time.

The platform itself has to take on more of that responsibility.

One thing that helped clarify our thinking: on the back end, your audience is actually more focused than it might seem. On the front end of a university website, you’re trying to serve prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, donors, and more. But in the CMS, your primary audience is your content editors. There might be a few other users (stakeholders who log in occasionally to get a lay of the land, or interns assigned to clean up a single page), but by and large, you’re designing for a pretty clear group.

For us, that meant focusing our first version on the editors who log in regularly and need to take action. We can add more guidance for infrequent users in later iterations. Starting with the core use case meant we shipped something useful without trying to solve everything at once.

A well-designed dashboard becomes a quiet guide embedded in the platform, helping editors move forward without needing someone from the platform team to step in. At scale, that kind of built-in guidance isn’t just helpful. It’s essential.

Join us at DrupalCon Chicago

In our session, “A Dashboard that Works: Giving Editors What They Want, But Focusing on What They Need,” we’ll share the story behind a dashboard built for 500 editors across 130 sites — the decisions we made, the things we got wrong, and how we figured out what actually belongs on a dashboard and what doesn’t.

We’ll walk through:

How we identified what editors needed versus what they asked for
How we balanced editorial priorities with technical realities
What we’d do differently if we were starting over

Whether you manage one site or one hundred, we hope you leave with something you can use.

If you go

If you’re going to DrupalCon Chicago 2026, please make sure to attend the session with Dave Hansen-Lange and Albert Hughes.

Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, Williford B (3rd Floor)

When: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 9:00–9:50am

For session details and tickets, click here.

The post When the people who run the platform aren’t the people who run the content appeared first on Four Kitchens.

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Specbee: How to add Taxonomy term references to Canvas (experience builder) components in Drupal

If you’re struggling with taxonomy references in Drupal Canvas, you must read this! Add entity reference autocomplete fields using a simple $ref, no custom code needed. read more

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The Drop Times: Future-Proofing Accessibility for Government and University Drupal Platforms

A DrupalCon Chicago session titled “Future-Proofing Accessibility: Strategies for Government & University Platforms” will examine practical approaches to accessibility implementation as compliance requirements evolve in the United States. Speakers from Lullabot will present lessons from government and university projects, highlighting Drupal’s accessibility capabilities, common pitfalls, and strategies for building compliant digital services. read more

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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #544 - World Cancer Day

Today we are talking about World Cancer Day, how they use Drupal, and why Drupal was the right choice with our guests Charles Andrew Revkin & Diego Costa. We'll also cover PDFa11y as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/544

Topics

What Is World Cancer Day
Why UICC Uses Drupal
Diego Joins the Project
Multilingual Strategy at Scale
Drupal Architecture and AI Tools
Vetting AI Moderation and Summaries
AI Disclosure and Review
Traffic Spikes and Scaling
Drupal Stack and React Apps
Campaign Theme United by Unique
Yearly Content and Three Year Cycle
Drupal Community and Open Access
Custom AI Modules and Azure
Future Improvements and AI Tagging
Story Submission Formats
Prevention PSA and Wrap Up

Resources

Guests

Diego Costa - 1xinternet.com diegofcosta Charles Andrew Revkin - worldcancerday.org revkin

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Steve Wirt - civicactions.com Swirt

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to check PDF files for accessibility, as they're uploaded to your Drupal site? There's a module for that.
Module name/project name:
- PDFa11y
Brief history
- How old: created in Feb 2026 by Joshua Mitchell (joshuami), a friend of this podcast
- Versions available: 1.0.1, which works with Drupal 10.2 and 11
Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security coverage in process
- Test coverage
- Number of open issues: none
Usage stats:
- 0 sites
Module features and usage
- With the PDFa11y module installed, you can set its configuration, including whether to enable or disable automatic checking on upload, whether to block uploads that fail checks or just show warnings, a minimum PDF version requirement, and which accessibility checks to run
- The module also sets creates three new permissions, Administer PDF accessibility settings, Run PDF accessibility checks, and View PDF accessibility report
- Each PDF media item has an "Accessibility" tab where anyone with the necessary permissions can view the check results
- Under the hood PDFa11y uses the smalot/pdfparser library to extract data from PDF files
- Many sites rely on PDFs to make available content that they aren't able to migrate directly into Drupal content, so making sure that doesn't introduce its own accessibility regressions is an important step

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The Drop Times: When “Free Beer” Meets Infrastructure Reality

The modern web runs on Open Source. The software itself remains freely available, but the infrastructure that sustains the ecosystem operates under fragile funding models. In a recent blog post, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert draws attention to a structural imbalance familiar across many open-source projects: the registries, repositories, CI systems, and update services developers rely on are widely treated as public goods, yet their costs are rarely shared proportionally by the organisations that depend on them.

In Drupal’s case, maintaining the ecosystem’s infrastructure costs roughly $3 million each year, covering servers, bandwidth, content delivery networks, software systems, and operational staff. When distributed across the installed base, that amounts to roughly $10 per active Drupal site annually. The Drupal Association currently operates with about $7.50 per site, leaving a modest but persistent gap. The shortfall does not immediately break systems, but it accumulates as technical debt: upgrades are postponed, legacy infrastructure remains in service longer than intended, and improvements move more slowly than the community might expect.

The deeper issue is structural rather than financial. Hundreds of thousands of sites rely on Drupal.org services, yet the cost of operating those systems remains largely disconnected from the organisations that benefit from them. Much of Drupal’s infrastructure is sustained through a combination of event revenue, sponsorship, corporate memberships, and generous in-kind contributions from partners such as AWS, the Oregon State University Open Source Lab, and Tag1. These contributions are invaluable, but they also illustrate how much the ecosystem depends on goodwill rather than predictable funding mechanisms.

Dries suggests that the next stage of maturity for open-source ecosystems may involve exploring models that better connect infrastructure usage with long-term sustainability. The software itself remains open and freely accessible, but the systems that support development, distribution, and updates must remain reliable as the ecosystem continues to grow. Raising the question now allows the Drupal community to discuss potential approaches calmly, before infrastructure pressures turn the conversation into an urgent problem.

The following stories highlight notable developments from across the Drupal ecosystem during the past week.

DISCOVER DRUPAL

EVENT

ORGANIZATION NEWS

The DropTimes to Convene March Townhall on 18 March

DRUPAL COMMUNITY

Drupal Scotland Names New Committee and Office Holders

Additional developments from across the Drupal ecosystem were published during the week. Readers may follow The DropTimes on LinkedIn, Twitter, Bluesky, and Facebook for continuing updates. The publication also maintains a presence on Drupal Slack in the #thedroptimes channel.

Thank you.

Alka Elizabeth
Sub-editor
The DropTimes

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Dries Buytaert: Never submit code you don't understand

Years ago, in the early Drupal days, you would see a mantra everywhere: "Don't hack core".

It showed up in issue queues, conference talks, support channels, stickers, and even on T-shirts. It was short and memorable, and it solved a real problem: too many people were modifying Drupal Core instead of extending it properly.

Over time the mantra worked. The ecosystem matured. Not just the software itself, but also the habits and expectations around it. Today you rarely hear people say "Don't hack core".

With AI changing how code gets written, we may need a new mantra.

In Open Source, all code needs to be understood and reviewed before it can be merged. That responsibility belongs to both contributors and maintainers. AI is changing how code gets written, but it does not change that responsibility. In fact, it may make it easier to forget.

Code you don't understand becomes someone else's problem. In Open Source, that someone is often the maintainer reviewing your patch.

Offloading bad code onto maintainers slows down reviews for everyone. Plus, you miss the chance to learn from the code and grow as a developer.

It shouldn't matter what tools you use. But if you submit code, you should be able to explain what it does, why it works, and how it interacts with the rest of the code.

Everyone starts somewhere. Even today's top contributors submitted imperfect patches early on. You are welcome here, with or without AI tools. Perfection isn't required, but understanding your code is. Own your code.

Maybe it's time for some new stickers and T-shirts.

Never submit code you don't understand.

Thanks to Natalie Cainaru, Jeremy Andrews and Gábor Hojtsy for reviewing my draft.

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DrupalCon News & Updates: Drupal Powering Digital Ecosystems: Showcase your case study at the DrupalCon Europe 2026 Success Stories and Innovation track

As we look ahead to DrupalCon Europe 2026 in Rotterdam this October, we invite organizations, agencies, and digital leaders to submit their stories to the Success Stories & Innovation track.

This track showcases how Drupal is used today to power far more than websites. Across industries, Drupal enables organizations to build digital platforms, integrate complex systems, automate workflows, and create scalable ecosystems that support real business needs. From AI-driven personalization to DevOps automation and composable architectures, we want to highlight real-world projects that demonstrate how Drupal drives innovation.

In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, organizations must continuously evolve to stay competitive. Digital transformation is no longer just about launching a new website — it’s about building connected systems, automating processes, and delivering consistent experiences across multiple channels. Drupal plays a key role in this transformation as a flexible, secure, and extensible open-source platform that adapts to complex enterprise environments.

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Why Drupal?

Drupal is not just a content management system. It is a powerful platform that can act as the backbone of digital ecosystems, integrating content, data, services, and applications into a unified experience.

Organizations use Drupal to power digital experience platforms, API-first architectures, multi-site environments, and enterprise integrations. Its flexibility, scalability, and strong security model make it a trusted choice for governments, universities, global companies, and nonprofits.

With the rapid growth of AI, automation, and composable architectures, Drupal continues to evolve. Teams are using Drupal together with modern DevOps pipelines, personalization engines, headless front-ends, and cloud platforms to create future-ready digital solutions.

Today, Drupal powers more than 1.6 million active sites worldwide and supports platforms used by governments, media companies, universities, healthcare providers, and global enterprises.

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How organizations use Drupal for digital transformation

Drupal is used in a wide range of industries to power critical digital systems, large-scale platforms, and complex content environments. For many organizations, Drupal is not just a website CMS, but the foundation of a broader digital infrastructure.

Across sectors, Drupal supports platforms such as:

Government and public sector services
Secure, accessible, and compliant platforms used by citizens, agencies, and institutions.
Higher education and research ecosystems
Multi-site university platforms, student portals, research publishing, and internal collaboration systems.
Enterprise and corporate platforms
Global websites, intranets, partner portals, and multi-brand environments.
E-commerce and transactional systems
Commerce platforms connected to payment providers, product systems, and ERP integrations.
Healthcare and life sciences platforms
Secure, multilingual, and compliant solutions for hospitals, research organizations, and health agencies.
Media, publishing, and content-heavy platforms
High-traffic sites, editorial workflows, and multi-channel publishing systems.
Nonprofit and international organizations
Fundraising platforms, campaign sites, and global content networks.
Content hubs and API-driven platforms
Drupal as a central system connected to multiple front-ends, apps, and services.

In many of these environments, Drupal is part of a larger ecosystem that includes cloud infrastructure, external services, internal tools, and custom applications. We want to showcase how organizations are using Drupal in these real-world contexts.

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DrupalCon Europe 2026 Rotterdam: Share your success story

Join us at DrupalCon Europe 2026 in Rotterdam this October and present your case study in the Success Stories & Innovation track.

This track is designed for organizations, agencies, digital managers, CTOs, CMOs, product owners, and business leaders who use Drupal to build impactful digital platforms and innovative solutions.

Our sessions are aimed at decision-makers and teams who want to understand how Drupal is used in real projects — not just as a CMS, but as part of larger digital ecosystems.

Whether you are building enterprise platforms, integrating AI, automating workflows, or connecting multiple systems, your experience can help others learn what is possible with Drupal.

What can you showcase?

For the Success Stories & Innovation track, we are especially looking for case studies that go deeper into how Drupal is used, how projects were built, and what makes them innovative.

We welcome submissions that explore themes such as:

Drupal as part of a larger ecosystem or platform architecture
Using Drupal beyond traditional websites
Composable, headless, or API-first implementations
Using AI in Drupal projects, including content automation, personalization, or intelligent search
DevOps, CI/CD, and automated deployment workflows
Integrations with CRM, ERP, marketing, or data platforms
Automation of editorial, content, or business processes
Managing multi-site, multi-brand, or multi-product platforms
Building long-term, scalable, and maintainable systems
Security, compliance, and accessibility at scale
Using Drupal as a content hub, data hub, or integration layer

We are particularly interested in stories that show how decisions were made, what challenges were solved, and what others can learn from the experience.

Tell us not only what you built, but why you built it that way.

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Why participate?

Tell your story

DrupalCon is the perfect place to share how your organization uses Drupal to solve real problems — whether you are building platforms, integrating systems, improving workflows, or creating new digital experiences.

Give back to the community

DrupalCon is about learning, sharing, and connecting with one of the largest open-source communities in the world. Your experience can inspire others and help shape the future of Drupal.

Submit your case study: https://events.drupal.org/rotterdam2026/submit-your-session-proposal

Are you ready to showcase your Drupal-powered innovation? Submit your proposal for the Success Stories & Innovation track at DrupalCon Europe 2026 in Rotterdam and share your story with the global Drupal community.

Let’s build the future of digital experiences together.

See you in Rotterdam!

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Jacob Rockowitz: Drupal (AI) Playground: Crawling with Recipes

Incorporating AI into my development workflow

I've just begun exploring how to incorporate AI into my development workflow to tackle ongoing challenges for my client. Drupal's AI initiative is progressing rapidly with continuous updates and improvements. At DrupalCon Chicago, there will be numerous discussions about the future of AI in Drupal.

At the same time, through various channels like the Talking Drupal podcast and Planet Drupal feeds, we are hearing about people achieving significant success with AI-driven development using coding agents such as Claude Code. There is understandable hesitation within the Drupal community about adopting AI. Additionally, there is a lot of buzz and hype around AI replacing traditional software development.

Personally, I cut through the hype to find the clear truths about AI. I am specifically listening to what senior engineers like Steve Yegge, Kent Beck, and Martin Fowler say about the future of AI, software, and software development. I recently found "The Pragmatic Engineer" podcast, which, for me, is the best place to get genuine, honest, and tangible insights into the future of AI-driven development.

Adapting and adopting AI-driven development

My personal conclusion is that, for better or worse, AI-driven development is something individuals, teams, companies, and communities need to adapt to and adopt. For me, the starting point is setting up a local Drupal...Read More

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Undpaul.de: Drupal AI 1.3.0: Why This Update Matters for Editorial Teams, IT, and Compliance

The update brings new features, but above all greater maturity to the practical use of AI in Drupal. It strengthens governance, editorial workflows, and production operations.

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The Drop Times: What Accessibility Audits Reveal About Drupal Websites

Accessibility has long been part of Drupal’s core philosophy, yet accessibility audits continue to uncover recurring issues across many Drupal websites. Findings from the DrupalFit Challenge Vienna Edition show that even professionally built Drupal projects can struggle with problems such as insufficient colour contrast, missing alternative text, and improper heading structure. As regulatory requirements expand and digital services become more essential, accessibility reviews are becoming increasingly important for Drupal teams working across government, education, healthcare, and enterprise platforms. The audit results offer practical insight into where development teams can strengthen accessibility practices across Drupal projects. read more

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Capellic: Developer Roundtable AI Edition

The developers at Capellic share how they're integrating AI tools like Junie and Rovo Dev into their daily Drupal work — not to replace expertise, but to eliminate repetitive tasks, reduce friction, and free up time for more creative and complex problem-solving. read more

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Tag1 Insights: It's 106 Miles to DrupalCon and We Got a Full Tank of Gas: Tag1 Is Headed to Chicago

DrupalCon is coming back to Chicago, March 23 to 26, and Tag1 will be there as a Champion Plus sponsor with sessions, coffee, and a lot to talk about.

This year's conference coincides with Drupal's 25th anniversary, which feels like the right moment to take stock of where we've been and where the platform is headed. We've been building and contributing to Drupal since its earliest days, and the work the community is doing right now, particularly around AI integration, Workspaces, and modern developer tooling, is some of the most exciting we've seen.

We're bringing three sessions to DrupalCon Chicago this year, covering testing, enterprise content staging, and what happens when you point AI at a seriously complex migration.

Drupal Test Traits: Learn by Example

Moshe Weitzman | Tuesday, March 24 at 9:00 AM | Salon A-1

Moshe will kick off our session lineup with Drupal Test Traits (DTT), the open source testing framework he built that takes a fundamentally different approach to testing content-heavy Drupal sites. Rather than spinning up empty databases and populating them with mock data, DTT tests against your actual site content, so you're validating the things that actually matter to your editors and visitors. Expect practical examples drawn from Massachusetts' mass.gov testing suite.

Workspaces Is Revolutionizing Drupal Core

Fabian Franz & Peta Hoyes | Wednesday, March 25 at 3:00 PM | Salon A-4

Fabian and Peta will present on Workspaces, one of Tag1's major contributions to Drupal core and the foundation for true enterprise content management in Drupal. If you've followed our recent work on the Drupal AI Initiative, you already know that Workspaces is the governance layer we're extending to manage AI-driven changes, but the session goes well beyond AI, covering site-wide content staging, publishing workflows, rollbacks, translation management, A/B testing, and more. If your organization has outgrown single-item content moderation, this is the session for you.

Migrate Smarter: How a Structured AI Methodology Unlocked a Complex Drupal 7 to 11 Migration

Marco Molinari | Wednesday, March 25 at 3:00 PM | Salon A-5

Yes, we know, we're double-booked. How awkward! Marco's talk on AI-assisted migration covers how he used BMAD (Breakthrough Method for Agile AI-Driven Development) to migrate an Italian humor site (132K nodes, 100K newsletter subscribers, 18 custom modules, 93 contrib modules) from Drupal 7 to Drupal 11. What makes the session valuable is Marco's candid assessment of where AI-assisted development delivered real acceleration and where human expertise was still irreplaceable.

Come See Us (and Try Something New)

You'll find us at the big orange Tag1 booth on the expo floor with coffee in the morning, cool drinks in the afternoons, and comfy seating all day. Come recharge with us!

We're also offering a special sneak peek of Tag1's Drupal AI site builder. It can generate multi-page sites with real content, multilingual support, and layout customization, all using Plus Suite, Workspaces and Drupal best practices. If you catch Fabian and Peta's Workspaces session, the demo is a natural next step to see that content staging infrastructure in action. And if you've read our recent post on joining the Drupal AI Initiative, this is where that work comes to life. Come play with it, and tell us how you're using AI on your own sites.

On Tuesday evening, we'll have two tables at the Drupal 25th Anniversary Gala. We're looking forward to great food, a special anniversary beer, live music, and a chance to celebrate 25 years of Drupal with the people who built it. We'd love to see you there.

See you in Chicago!

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Announcing Drupal AI 1.3.0: Largest feature update ever!

Authors: Will Huggins, Jeremy Chinquist

Drupal AI 1.3.0 is now available, delivering the largest feature update since the module's initial release. This version focuses on three areas that organisations told us matter most:

Keeping AI safe and accountable
Making AI useful for content teams
Giving technical teams the visibility they need to operate AI in production with confidence

And because Drupal AI is open source, you stay in control of your models, your data, and your infrastructure.

AI Guardrails: stay in control of every AI interaction

Trust is the foundation of responsible AI adoption. Drupal AI 1.3.0 introduces AI Guardrails, configurable checks that run before or after any AI request.

Teams can define rules to control how AI interacts with their content and data. For example, they can block sensitive data from leaving their organisation, filter harmful responses, or enforce compliance policies. All of this can be configured without writing code.

Guardrails work across all AI operations in Drupal. This gives security and compliance teams a single place to oversee how AI is used across the site.

In practice, this means AI governance becomes part of the platform itself, rather than something teams must manage separately.

One-click AI for editors, right where they work

AI should meet editors in their workflow, not force them into a separate tool.

Drupal AI 1.3.0 introduces Field Widget Actions, one-click AI workflows attached directly to content fields.

Editors can now:

Generate images from text descriptions and attach them as media
Create structured FAQs from existing content
Extract addresses from images using AI and Google Places
Plot data from a CSV into a chart field
Generate audio summaries with text-to-speech
Auto-fill metadata such as telephone numbers and office hours from unstructured text
Evaluate whether the content is ready for publication and update its moderation state

Each action is backed by a customisable workflow allowing site builders to tailor AI behaviour to their organisation’s needs and editorial standards without writing code.

A smarter, more flexible chatbot

Editors often need quick assistance while working on content. The built-in Drupal AI chatbot has been expanded to support this directly within the editing experience.

Open the chatbot via slide-in or full-screen mode, allowing the editor to choose the interface that best fits their workflow.

The chatbot receives page context, meaning it understands the content currently being viewed or edited.
Editors can ask questions such as:

Make this title more engaging
Summarise this article for social media

Because the chatbot receives the current page context, its responses relate directly to the content on the screen.
Custom loading messages replace generic spinners, allowing site builders to provide clearer feedback while AI requests are processed.

Better tools for developers and site builders

As organisations begin building AI-powered features in Drupal, developers need tools that simplify configuration and reduce boilerplate.

Drupal AI 1.3.0 includes a set of reusable form elements designed specifically for AI workflows.
These components provide consistent interfaces for working with AI providers, prompts, and structured outputs.

The new elements include:

Markdown editor with WYSIWYG, diff view, and Word paste compatibility
Mentions autocomplete, allowing users to type @ or { to insert prompt variables
Provider Selector, a unified interface for selecting AI providers
JSON Schema editor with validation for structured output configuration
Chat History viewer that mirrors the conversational interface of modern AI playgrounds

Configuration files have also been improved. Prompts are stored in a human-readable format rather than single-line strings, making code reviews easier and reducing merge conflicts when teams collaborate on AI workflows.

New AI operation types: rerank, summarize, detect

Drupal AI’s provider-agnostic architecture continues to expand with three additional operation types.

Rerank reorders search results or document lists based on relevance to a query. This is particularly useful in retrieval-augmented generation workflows.

Summarize uses lightweight summarization models instead of full language models, reducing cost and processing time.

Object Detection identifies objects in images using traditional machine learning models. The AI Validations module already uses this to verify image content automatically.

All operation types work with compatible providers, allowing organisations to change models without rewriting integration code.

Production-grade AI observability

Running AI in production requires visibility into how systems behave. Drupal AI’s observability module exports spans, traces, and metrics through OpenTelemetry, the industry standard for application monitoring.

Teams are able to connect this data to platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Sentry, or any OpenTelemetry-compatible system.

This allows engineering teams to monitor AI agent decisions, track usage and cost, and audit AI interactions across their sites.

Combined with the exclude-tags feature for logging, organisations also gain fine-grained control over what information is recorded and what remains private.

A maturing platform: consolidation and clear direction

Drupal AI 1.3.0 also simplifies parts of the platform.

AI Translate gives way to TMGMT (Translation Management Tool), aligning AI-assisted translation with Drupal’s standard translation workflow.

Field Widget Actions now provide a flexible framework for AI-assisted editorial tasks. AI Content Suggestions remains available as a contrib module for teams that want to continue building on that approach.

AI Validations will use the Object Detection operation type going forward, while still allowing different validation modules to build on the same abstraction.

These changes simplify the core architecture while leaving room for contrib modules and alternative implementations.

Closing the Loop

AI in a CMS brings practical challenges around governance, editorial workflows, and production visibility.

Drupal AI 1.3.0 shows that these problems can be handled directly within Drupal.

AI can be governed, integrated into everyday publishing workflows, and monitored in production as part of the platform.

Get started

Documentation and guides: https://www.drupal.org/project/ai
Download Drupal AI 1.3.0
Join the conversation: #ai on Drupal Slack

Drupal AI remains open source and provider-agnostic, allowing organisations to integrate AI capabilities while maintaining control over their infrastructure, data, and model choices.

Full release notes

This post highlights the major additions. For the complete list of changes, bug fixes, and improvements in 1.3.0, see the full release notes on drupal.org.

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Upcoming Webinar: A Real-World Example of Responsible AI: World Cancer Day

Every year, the global campaign organised by the Union for International Cancer Control invites people affected by cancer to share their personal experiences as part of World Cancer Day. These stories provide an important human perspective on the realities of cancer. They help build solidarity, encourage early diagnosis, and ensure the voices of patients, survivors, families and carers are heard around the world.

However, when a global campaign encourages participation at scale, the practical challenges quickly become clear. Hundreds of deeply personal stories can arrive from many different countries in a short period of time. Each submission needs to be reviewed carefully, handled with sensitivity, and prepared for publication. For a small team responsible for managing the campaign, this can create significant pressure during the peak period around World Cancer Day.

To address this challenge, the World Cancer Day team partnered with 1xINTERNET to explore how artificial intelligence could support their existing editorial workflow within Drupal.

Balancing efficiency and human oversight in AI assisted moderation

Rather than attempting to automate the process entirely, the approach focused on supporting human decision making. AI was introduced to assist moderators by helping them review incoming submissions more efficiently. This allowed the team to process stories more quickly while ensuring that personal experiences remained at the centre of the review process.

The result is a practical example of how AI can be applied responsibly. Technology is used to assist people rather than replace them, helping organisations manage growing volumes of content while maintaining appropriate oversight and care.

In this upcoming webinar we will explore the approach taken by the World Cancer Day team and the lessons it offers for other organisations facing similar challenges.

Register for the webinar

What the webinar will cover

Participants will hear about:

The role that personal stories play in the global World Cancer Day movement
The operational challenge of moderating hundreds of submissions from around the world
How AI supported a human moderation process rather than replacing it
Practical lessons for organisations considering responsible applications of AI

The session is designed for organisational leaders, communications teams, and others exploring how artificial intelligence can be introduced in a considered and practical way. Using a real global campaign as its foundation, it offers a practical example of how AI can support teams managing large volumes of user generated content.

Event details

Title: Helping people tell their cancer stories using AI: Lessons from World Cancer Day
Date: 16 March 2026
Time: 2:00 PM GMT*
Format: Live webinar

Register now to secure your place.

*If the timing is not convenient, the session will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers so it can be watched afterwards.

Speakers

Charles Andrew Revkin

Communications professional working on the World Cancer Day campaign at the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). Charles leads global storytelling efforts that amplify the voices of people affected by cancer around the world.

Diego Costa

Chief Operating Officer at 1xINTERNET. Diego works with organisations to design and deliver complex digital platforms using open-source technologies including Drupal.

Matthew Saunders

AI Ambassador at amazee.io and long-time member of the Drupal community. Matthew works on initiatives that help organisations adopt AI in ways that respect privacy, transparency, and human decision-making.

More webinars and events

This is part of a series of webinars and global events organised by Drupal AI. For full details visit our events calendar.

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Dries: What's Coming at DrupalCon Chicago 2026 (+ a Special Announcement)

Drupal founder and project lead Dries Buytaert shares a personal preview of what's coming at DrupalCon Chicago 2026 — and why this year's event is something truly special. Drupal turned 25 in 2026, and the celebration is happening live in Chicago. In this video, Dries gives a sneak peek at his keynote, which will cover the latest Drupal innovations, the impact of AI on the platform, product and ecosystem evolution, and why he's more optimistic about Drupal's future than ever before — including a first look at new innovations he hasn't revealed yet. And there's more: this year DrupalCon is hosting a special gala in honour of Drupal's 25th birthday. It's a separate ticketed event, and one you won't want to miss. 🎟️ Get your DrupalCon tickets at https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026 and join Dries in Chicago. Gala tickets available here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/drupal-25th-anniversary-gala read more

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Drupal AI Summit NYC: Building AI that lasts

Written by guest blogger María Fernanda Silva

Something is shifting in how organizations think about AI. The early excitement around what it could do is giving way to a harder, more important question: how do you build AI that actually holds up — at scale, under pressure, and over time?

On 14 May 2026, New York City becomes the place where that question gets answered. The Drupal AI Summit brings together enterprise leaders, digital decision-makers, and senior practitioners from across the US and Europe — not to explore AI in theory, but to share what responsible, durable AI looks like in practice.

The decisions that define what AI becomes

Thirteen focused sessions. Real case studies. The Summit is built around the strategic and organizational questions that determine whether AI delivers real value or stays stuck in pilot mode: governance, investment, long-term architecture, and what it actually takes to scale. If you are responsible for those decisions, this is where you belong.

Open source and the architecture of trust

Most AI implementations fail quietly — locked into black boxes, disconnected from the workflows where real work happens, impossible to adjust without starting over.

There is a different path. When AI is embedded directly into content, data, and workflow systems (where enterprise work actually happens), teams maintain transparency, organisations retain control, and the architecture evolves alongside the business without the cost of replatforming. This is not a niche concern. It speaks to every enterprise leader navigating AI in environments where trust, regulation, and scale are not optional considerations — they are the entire challenge.

The Summit explores what this looks like in practice, with sessions grounded in the architectural and organizational choices that make responsible AI adoption real, not just possible.

What to expect on 14 May

From 9:00 am to 5:45 pm at 360 Madison Avenue in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, you will have access to thirteen sessions built entirely around case studies from peers who are applying AI in production environments. No theoretical frameworks. No technical deep-dives. Just honest, grounded conversations about what works, what doesn't, and what it takes to build AI your organization can trust for the long term.

Practitioners and leaders are flying in from across the US and Europe to share first-hand experience and to learn from each other. Your pass also grants access to the wider apidays New York event running across both days, connecting you with communities exploring APIs, AI agents, cybersecurity, and modern digital infrastructure — all under the same roof.

Explore the summit in detail

Want to learn more? Explore our dedicated AI Summit New York City hub where you can learn more about the format, who the event is designed for. This will also be where the agenda is published once finalised in mid March.

Early Bird tickets available until 13 April

Secure your place at the Drupal AI Summit NYC for $150 USD before 13 April 2026. After that, tickets are $200 USD.

The Paris edition sold out. If you're planning to join us in New York, early is the right call.

The foundations for enterprise-grade AI already exist. Come and see how they're being built — openly, responsibly, and together.

Secure your Early Bird ticket today!

Photos by Paul Johnson

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SearXNG - Privacy-First Web Search for Drupal AI Assistants

If you’ve been following the rapid rise of AI‑driven chatbots and ‘assistant‑as‑a‑service’ platforms, you know one of the biggest pain points is trustworthy, privacy‑preserving web search. AI assistants need access to current information to be useful, yet traditional search engines track every query, building detailed user profiles.

Enter SearXNG - an open‑source metasearch engine that aggregates results from dozens of public search back‑ends while never storing personal data. The new Drupal module lets any Drupal‑based AI assistant (ChatGPT, LLM‑powered bots, custom agents) invoke SearXNG directly from the Drupal site, bringing privacy‑first searching in‑process with your content.

What is SearXNG?

SearXNG aggregates results from up to 247 search services without tracking or profiling users. Unlike Google, Bing or other mainstream search engines, SearXNG removes private data from search requests and doesn't forward anything from third-party services.

Think of it as a privacy-preserving intermediary: your query goes to SearXNG, which then queries multiple search engines on your behalf and aggregates the results, all while keeping your identity completely anonymous.

The Drupal SearXNG Module

The Drupal SearXNG module brings this privacy-focused search capability directly into the Drupal ecosystem. It connects Drupal with your preferred SearXNG server (local or remote), includes a demonstration block, and provides an additional submodule that integrates SearXNG with Drupal AI by offering an AI Agent Tool.

This integration is particularly powerful when combined with Drupal's growing AI ecosystem, including the AI module framework, AI Agents and AI Assistants API.

Key Benefits

Privacy by design

The most compelling benefit is complete privacy protection. When your Drupal AI assistant uses SearXNG to search the web:

No user tracking or profiling occurs
Search queries aren't stored or analysed
IP addresses remain private
No targeted advertising based on searches
Compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR

This makes it ideal for organisations in healthcare, government, education and any sector where data privacy is paramount.

Comprehensive search results

By aggregating results from up to 247 search services, SearXNG provides more diverse and comprehensive search results than relying on a single search engine. Your AI assistant gets a broader perspective, potentially finding information that might be missed by individual search engines.

Self-hosted control

Organisations can run their own SearXNG instance, giving them complete control over:

Which search engines to query
Rate limiting and usage patterns
Data residency requirements
Custom configurations and preferences
Complete audit trails

Getting started is remarkably straightforward thanks to SearXNG's official Docker image, which makes launching a local server as simple as running a single command. This means organisations can have their own private search instance running in minutes, without complex server configuration or dependencies.

Seamless AI integration

The module's AI Agent Tool integration means that Drupal AI assistants can seamlessly incorporate web search into their workflows. Whether it's a chatbot helping users navigate your site or an AI assistant helping content creators research topics, web search becomes just another capability in the assistant's toolkit.

Practical Use Cases

Internal knowledge assistants

Imagine a corporate intranet where employees use an AI assistant to find both internal documentation and external resources. The assistant can search your internal Drupal content while using SearXNG to find external information, all while maintaining complete privacy about what employees are researching.

Privacy-conscious educational platforms

Universities and schools increasingly need to protect student privacy. A Drupal-powered learning management system with an AI tutor can use SearXNG to help students research topics without creating profiles of their academic interests and struggles.

Government and public sector portals

Government organisations can leverage AI assistants to help citizens find information and services. Using SearXNG ensures that citizen queries remain private and aren't used for commercial purposes.

The Future of Privacy-First AI

The SearXNG Drupal module represents an important step forward in building AI systems that respect user privacy. As AI assistants become more prevalent in web applications, the ability to access current information without compromising privacy will become increasingly valuable.

Drupal's AI framework supports over 48 AI platforms, providing flexibility in choosing AI providers. By combining this with privacy-respecting search through SearXNG, organisations can build powerful, intelligent applications that align with growing privacy expectations and regulations.

Conclusion

Privacy and powerful AI don't have to be mutually exclusive. The SearXNG Drupal module proves that organisations can build intelligent, helpful AI assistants that respect user privacy. Whether you're building internal tools, public-facing applications, or specialised platforms, this module provides a foundation for privacy-first AI that can search the web without compromising user trust.

As data privacy regulations continue to evolve and users become more aware of digital privacy issues, tools like the SearXNG module will become increasingly essential. By adopting privacy-first approaches now, organisations can build user trust while delivering the intelligent, helpful experiences that modern web applications demand.

Find out more and download on the dedicated SearXNG Drupal project page.

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February 2026 Drupal for Nonprofits Chat

Join us THURSDAY, February 19 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, for our regularly scheduled call to chat about all things Drupal and nonprofits. (Convert to your local time zone.)

We don't have anything specific on the agenda this month, so we'll have plenty of time to discuss anything that's on our minds at the intersection of Drupal and nonprofits. Got something specific you want to talk about? Feel free to share ahead of time in our collaborative Google document at https://nten.org/drupal/notes!

All nonprofit Drupal devs and users, regardless of experience level, are always welcome on this call.

This free call is sponsored by NTEN.org and open to everyone.

Information on joining the meeting can be found in our collaborative Google document.

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Four Weeks of High Velocity Development for Drupal AI

While Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly, many applications remain experimental and difficult to implement in professional production environments. The Drupal AI Initiative addresses this directly, driving responsible AI innovation by channelling the community's creative energy into a clear, coordinated product vision for Drupal.

In this article, the third in a series, we highlight the outcomes of the latest development sprints of the Drupal AI Initiative. Part one outlines the 2026 roadmap presented by Dries Buytaert. Part two addresses the organisation and new working model for the delivery of AI functionality.

Authors: Arian, Christoph, Piyuesh, Rakhi (alphabetical)

Dries Buytaert presenting the status of Drupal AI Initiative at DrupalCon Vienna 2025

Converting ambition into measurable progress

To turn the potential of AI into a reliable reality for the Drupal ecosystem, we have developed a repeatable, high-velocity production model that has already delivered significant results in its first four weeks.

A Dual-Workstream Approach to Innovation

To maximize efficiency and scale, development is organized into two closely collaborating workstreams. Together, they form a clear pipeline from exploration and prototyping to stable functionality:

The Innovation Workstream: Led by QED42, this stream explores emerging technologies like evaluating Symfony AI, building AI-driven page creation, prompt context management, and the latest LLM capabilities to define what is possible within the ecosystem.
The Product Workstream: Led by 1xINTERNET, this team takes proven innovations and refines, tests, and integrates them into a stable Drupal AI product ensuring they are ready for enterprise use.

Sustainable Management through the RFP Model

This structure is powered by a Request for Proposal (RFP) model, sponsored by 28 organizations partnering with the Drupal AI Initiative.

The management of these workstreams is designed to rotate every six months via a new RFP process. Currently, 1xINTERNET provides the Product Owner for Product Development and QED42 provides the Product Owner for Innovation, while FreelyGive provides core technical architecture. This model ensures the initiative remains sustainable and neutral, while benefiting from the consistent professional expertise provided by the partners of the Drupal AI Initiative.

Professional Expertise from our AI Partners

The professional delivery of the initiative is driven by our AI Partners, who provide the specialized resources required for implementation. To maintain high development velocity, we operate in two-week sprint iterations. This predictable cadence allows our partners to effectively plan their staff allocations and ensures consistent momentum.

The Product Owners for each workstream work closely with the AI Initiative Leadership to deliver on the one-year roadmap. They maintain well-prepared backlogs, ensuring that participating organizations can contribute where their specific technical strengths are most impactful.

By managing the complete development lifecycle, including software engineering, UX design, quality assurance, and peer reviews, the sprint teams ensure the delivery of stable and well-architected solutions that are ready for production environments.

The Strategic Role of AI in Drupal CMS

The work of the AI Initiative provides important functionality to the recently launched Drupal CMS 2.0. This release represents one of the most significant evolutions in Drupal’s 25-year history, introducing Drupal Canvas and a suite of AI-powered tools within a visual-first platform designed for marketing teams and site builders alike.

The strategic cooperation between the Drupal AI Initiative and the Drupal CMS team ensures that our professional-grade AI framework delivers critical functionality while aligning with the goals of Drupal CMS.

Results from our first Sprints

The initial sprints demonstrate the high productivity of this dual-workstream approach, driven directly by the specialized staff of our partnering organizations. In the first two weeks, the sprint teams resolved 143 issues, creating significant momentum right from the first sprint.

Screenshot Drupal AI Dashboard

This surge of activity resulted in the largest regular patch release in the history of the Drupal AI module. This achievement was made possible by the intensive collaboration between several expert companies working in sync. Increased contribution from our partners will allow us to further accelerate development velocity, improving the capacity to deliver more advanced technical features in the coming months.

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Highlights from the first sprints

While the volume of work is significant, some new features stand out. Here are a few highlights from our recent sprint reviews:

AI Dashboard in Drupal CMS 2.0: Artem from 1xINTERNET presented the AI Dashboard functionality. This central hub for managing AI features and providers has been officially moved into the Drupal CMS 2.0 release, serving as the user interface for AI site management.
Advanced Automation: Anjali from QED42 presented new JSON and Audio field automators, which enable Drupal to process complex data types via AI.
The Context Control Center: Kristen from Salsa Digital presented the evolution of our context governance, converting config entities into content entities to enable revision management and better targeting.
The New Markdown Editor: Bruno from 1xINTERNET demonstrated a sleek new Markdown editor for prompt fields, featuring type-ahead autocomplete for variables and tokens. This will be released with the 1.3 version of the Drupal AI module.
Agents Debugger: To help developers see "under the hood," Marcus from FreelyGive introduced the new debugger module to trace AI agent interactions in real-time.
Technical Deep-Dives: We’ve seen steady progress on Symfony AI (presented by Akhil from QED42), Model Context Protocol (presented by Abhisek from DropSolid), and Reranking Models (led by Sergiu from DropSolid) to improve search quality.

Become a Drupal AI Partner

Our success so far is thanks to the companies who have stepped up as Drupal AI Partners. These organizations are leading the way in defining how AI and the Open Web intersect.
A huge thank you to our main contributors of the first two sprints (alphabetical order):

We invite further participation from the community. If your organization is interested in contributing expert resources to the forefront of AI development, we encourage you to join the initiative.

Sign up to join the Drupal AI Initiative

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GitLab issue migration: how to use the new workflow

Now that some of the projects that opted-in for GitLab issues are using them, they are getting real world experience with how the issue workflow in GitLab is slightly different. More and more projects are being migrated each week so sooner or later you will probably run into the following situations.

Creating new issues

When creating issues, the form is very simple. Add a title and a description and save, that's it!

GitLab has different work items when working on projects, like "Incidents", "Tasks" and "Issues". Our matching type will always be "Issue". Maintainers might choose to use the other types, but all integrations with Drupal.org will be made against "Issue" items.

Labels (issue metadata)

As mentioned in the previous blog post GitLab issue migration: the new workflow for migrated projects, all the metadata for issues is managed via labels. Maintainers will select the labels once the issue is created.

Users without sufficient privileges cannot decide things like priority or tags to use. Maintainers can decide to grant the role "reporter" to some users to help with this metadata for the issues. Reporters will be able to add/edit metadata when adding or editing issues. We acknowledge that this is probably the biggest difference to working with Drupal.org issues. We are listening to feedback and trying to identify the real needs first (thanks to the projects that opted in), before implementing anything permanent.

Reporters will be able to add or edit labels on issue creation or edit:

So far, we have identified the biggest missing piece, the ability to mark an issue as RTBC. Bouncing between "Needs work" or "Needs review" tends to happen organically via comments among the participating contributors in the issue, but RTBC is probably what some maintainers look for to get an issue merged.

The previous are conventions that we agreed on as a community a while back. RTBC is one, NW (Needs Work) vs NR (Needs Review) is another one, so we could use this transition to GitLab issues to define the equivalent ones.

GitLab merge requests offer several choices that we could easily leverage.

Draft vs ready could mimic "Needs work" vs "Needs review". Contributors will switch this back and forth depending on the feedback needed on the code.
Merge request approvals could mimic "RTBC". This is something that can even be required (number of approvals or approval rules) per project, depending on the maintainer's preferences.

We encourage maintainers to look at the merge requests listing instead (like this one). Both "draft" vs. "ready" and "approved" are features you can filter by when viewing merge requests for a project.

Automated messages

There are automated messages when opening or closing issues that provide links related to fork management, fork information, and access request when creating forks, and reminders to update the contribution record links to the issue to track credit information.

Crosslinking between Drupal.org issues and GitLab issues

When referring to a Drupal.org issue from another Drupal.org issue, you can continue to use the [#123] syntax in the summary and comments, but enter the full URL in the "related issues" entry box.

When referring to a GitLab issue from another GitLab issue, use the #123 syntax, without the enclosing [ ].

For cross-platform references (Drupal to GitLab or GitLab to Drupal), you need to use the full URL.

What's next

Same as before, we want to go and review more of the already opted-in projects, collect feedback, act on it when needed, and then we will start to batch-migrate the next set: low-usage projects, projects with a low number of issues, etc.

The above should get us 80% of the way regarding the total number of projects to migrate, and once we have gathered more feedback and iterated over it, we'll be ready to target higher-volume, higher-usage projects.

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Drupal's AI Roadmap for 2026

This is cross-posted from Dries Buytaert's blog

For the past months, the AI Initiative Leadership Team has been working with our contributing partners to define what the Drupal AI initiative should focus on in 2026. That plan is now ready, and I want to share it with the community.

This roadmap builds directly on the strategy we outlined in Accelerating AI Innovation in Drupal. That post described the direction. This plan turns it into concrete priorities and execution for 2026.

The full plan is available as a PDF, but let me explain the thinking behind it.

Producing consistently high-quality content and pages is really hard. Excellent content requires a subject matter expert who actually knows the topic, a copywriter who can translate expertise into clear language, someone who understands your audience and brand, someone who knows how to structure pages with your component library, good media assets, and an SEO/AEO specialist so people actually discover what you made.

Most organizations are missing at least some of these skillsets, and even when all the people exist, coordinating them is where everything breaks down. We believe AI can fill these gaps, not by replacing these roles but by making their expertise available to every content creator on the team.

For large organizations, this means stronger brand consistency, better accessibility, and improved compliance across thousands of pages. For smaller ones, it means access to skills that were previously out of reach: professional copywriting, SEO, and brand-consistent design without needing a specialist for each.

Used carelessly, AI just makes these problems worse by producing fast, generic content that sounds like everything else on the internet. But used well, with real structure and governance behind it, AI can help organizations raise the bar on quality rather than just volume.

Drupal has always been built around the realities of serious content work: structured content, workflows, permissions, revisions, moderation, and more. These capabilities are what make quality possible at scale. They're also exactly the foundation AI needs to actually work well.

Rather than bolting on a chatbot or a generic text generator, we're embedding AI into the content and page creation process itself, guided by the structure, governance, and brand rules that already live in Drupal.

For website owners, the value is faster site building, faster content delivery, smarter user journeys, higher conversions, and consistent brand quality at scale. For digital agencies, it means delivering higher-quality websites in less time. And for IT teams, it means less risk and less overhead: automated compliance, auditable changes, and fewer ad hoc requests to fix what someone published.

We think the real opportunity goes further than just adding AI to what we already have. It's also about connecting how content gets created, how it performs, and how it gets governed into one loop, so that what you learn from your content actually shapes what you build next.

The things that have always made Drupal good at content are the same things that make AI trustworthy. That is not a coincidence, and it's why we believe Drupal is the right place to build this.

What we're building in 2026

The 2026 plan identifies eight capabilities we'll focus on. Each is described in detail in the full plan, but here is a quick overview:

Page generation - Describe what you need and get a usable page, built from your actual design system components
Context management - A central place to define brand voice, style guides, audience profiles, and governance rules that AI can use
Background agents - AI that works without being prompted, responding to triggers and schedules while respecting editorial workflows
Design system integration - AI that builds with your components and can propose new ones when needed
Content creation and discovery - Smarter search, AI-powered optimization, and content drafting assistance
Advanced governance - Batch approvals, branch-based versioning, and comprehensive audit trails for AI changes
Intelligent website improvements - AI that learns from performance data, proposes concrete changes, and gets smarter over time through editorial review
Multi-channel campaigns - Create content for websites, social, email, and automation platforms from a single campaign goal

These eight capabilities are where the official AI Initiative is focusing its energy, but they're not the whole picture for AI in Drupal. There is a lot more we want to build that didn't make this initial list, and we expect to revisit the plan in six months to a year.

We also want to be clear: community contributions outside this scope are welcome and important. Work on migrations, chatbots, and other AI capabilities continues in the broader Drupal community. If you're building something that isn't in our 2026 plan, keep going.

How we're making this happen

Over the past year, we've brought together organizations willing to contribute people and funding to the AI initiative. Today, 28 organizations support the initiative, collectively pledging more than 23 full-time equivalent contributors. That is over 50 individual contributors working across time zones and disciplines.

Coordinating 50+ people across organizations takes real structure, so we've hired two dedicated teams from among our partners:

QED42 is focused on innovation, pushing forward on what is next.
1xINTERNET is focused on productization, taking what we've built and making it stable, intuitive, and easy to install.

Both teams are creating backlogs, managing issues, and giving all our contributors clear direction. You can read more about how contributions are coordinated.

This is a new model for Drupal. We're testing whether open source can move faster when you pool resources and coordinate professionally.

Get involved

If you're a contributing partner, we're asking you to align your contributions with this plan. The prioritized backlogs are in place, so pick up something that fits and let's build.

If you're not a partner but want to contribute, jump in. The prioritized backlogs are open to everyone.

And if you want to join the initiative as an official partner, we'd absolutely welcome that.

This plan wasn't built in a room by itself. It's the result of collaboration across 28 sponsoring organizations who bring expertise in UX, core development, QA, marketing, and more. Thank you.

We're building something new for Drupal, in a new way, and I'm excited to see where it goes.

— Dries Buytaert

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KEYNOTE: Neurodiversity: An Underrated Superpower in Business

Vera Herzmann In tech, some of the most innovative minds think differently – and that difference is often misunderstood. People with ADHD, Autism, or High Sensitivity bring unique strengths like deep focus, pattern recognition, creativity, empathy, and sharp intuition. Yet many workplaces still see neurodivergence as a challenge, rather than recognizing it for the powerful asset it truly is. This keynote challenges that mindset and reframes neurodiversity as a competitive advantage in business. Drawing from lived experience and years of organizational consulting, you’ll gain a science-backed understanding of neurodiversity, hear real-world stories from the workplace, and explore how recognizing and embracing neurodivergent talent can unlock hidden potential in teams. Whether you build, design, manage, or lead, this session will shift your perspective, spark meaningful dialogue, and leave you with practical tools to apply in your own professional setting. read more

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AI Agents in Drupal CMS - Create your own agent

Speaker: https://www.drupal.org/u/vincenzo-gambino You’ve seen what AI Agents can do in Drupal. What if you could create your own Agents? What if this were so easy that every module across the Drupal ecosystem could have its agents, and they all worked together in harmony? What if, as a result, Drupal became the de facto place to build all AI applications, not just web publishing? If this is you, then this is the talk for you! This talk will teach you how to create agents from scratch using an existing Drupal module. We will explore: - How to code an agent using the framework in the Drupal ai_agents module. - Best practices and theory for splitting out functionality into multiple agents. - How can all those agents be brought together to effectively answer user queries and prove they work with the AI evaluations framework. read more

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Declarative Shadow DOM and the future of Drupal Theming

Speaker: JohnAlbin Drupal's old school theming system is server-side rendering. And in the tech world, everything old is new again. In the last two years, modern frontend frameworks have been trying to figure out how to server-side render their client-side JavaScript. React v19 has figured out how to split its components into client and server parts. As of August 2024, this same "split component" capability is now a part of native Web Components with the introduction of Declarative Shadow DOM. Instead of being written in client-side JavaScript, web components with Declarative Shadow DOM can now be defined using HTML and CSS only. So if Drupal was server-side rendering before it was cool, can we leverage Declarative Shadow DOM inserted into Single Directory Components to make Drupal cool again? read more

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Recipes: It's About Time!

Speaker: mandclu One of the key elements of the Starshot Initiative is the rapidly evolving system for Recipes. Designed to accelerate site-building, recipes will help people new to Drupal to solve for common needs, and for users of all skill levels to quickly build out content architectures using best practices. This talk will do a deep dive into the Events recipe and its available add-ons, allowing you meet even complex requirements quickly and without custom code. We'll discuss what capabilities are available out-of-the box in Drupal CMS, and the options available to extend them. We'll also talk about how you can add the same capabilities to a site not build with Drupal CMS. Best of all, during the session we'll do a live demonstration of adding capabilities to your site using Events and other recipes read more

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"当たり前"を疑いましょ ~ フレームワークからドメインを守るDrupalアーキテクチャ ~

Speaker: umekikazuya 「Taxonomy便利ですよね。」って導入をいつもだったらするんですが、今回はできません。なぜなら私は、TaxonomyをCoreから外してほしいと思っているから。この冒頭で「何言ってるの？」って感じた方。Taxonomyの強みを言えますか？本セッションでは、「分類要件といえばTaxonomy！」というDrupalの常識(当たり前)にフォーカスをあてて、その“当たり前”や”習慣”が本当に合理的かを評価し、フレームワークとの向き合い方について、今までのDrupalからすると当たり前ではない提案をさせていただきます。 read more

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大規模Drupalサイトの成功事例：全豪オープンが毎分53万リクエスト以上を処理する仕組み

Speaker: jimmycann テニスの全豪オープンは3週間の開催期間中に100万人を超える観客が来場し、さらに世界中から数百万人がウェブサイトやモバイルアプリを通じてアクセスする世界的なイベントです。この巨大なデジタル体験を支えているのが大会の情報、選手データ、コンテンツ管理、イベント予約などを統合的に扱う高度なDrupalサイトです。本セッションでは世界でも有数のアクセス数を誇るDrupalサイトをどのように準備し、安定的に運営しているかをご紹介します。Drupalの強力なキャッシュ機能を最大限に活用し、リスクを適切に管理し、万が一の事態に備える方法について詳しく解説します。 Drupalがどんな規模でも優れたデジタル体験を実現できることを学び、自社サイトで「コストを抑えながら楽にスケールする」実践的なノウハウを得られます。 read more

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Drupal in the Loop: チームで育てる学習データ

Speaker: umekikazuya, sachikonitta 数年前まで、機械学習やファインチューニングは、一部の研究機関やAIスタートアップの専有領域でした。しかしこの数年、さまざまなツールやプラットフォームの登場によって、それが少しずつ、私たちにとっても身近なものになりつつあります。学習データは、モデルの「知性」を決める最も重要な基盤です。けれど、そのデータをチームで育てるための仕組みである、バージョン管理、ワークフロー、セキュリティ、アクセス制御、監査ログ出力などの要素を包括的にカバーできるツールは、まだ多くありません。本セッションでは、Drupalを活用し、研究者やエンジニアだけでなく、コンテンツ制作者や企画担当者も含めたチーム全体で学習データを「育てていく」仕組みを提案します。 read more

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One kilobyte of JS is enough to make a decoupled FE block in Drupal. And no Babels required!

Speaker: murz To make a Drupal website modern we usually bring there interactive frontend components in JavaScript. But not only just components! Together with them, we have to bring a couple of more things: - A pretty heavy framework: React, Angular, Vue, etc. - Typescript transpiled to JavaScript. - Something like Babel to pack all your JS dependencies into one large bundle. - Rebuild the whole bundle after every change in any TS file! And, suddenly, to display a simple frontend component, your Drupal webpage should download and execute hundreds of kilobytes, or even megabytes of large JS bundles! What if I tell you, that you can simply get rid of all these, and just write a kilobyte of a pure and compact JS code? And with no dependency on any JS framework! So, come and see how it works! read more

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Smart Search, Safe Search: How Drupal + AI Work Together

Speaker: sachikonitta AI search is powerful—but without access control, it can leak private content. This beginner-friendly session introduces RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and shows how Drupal can sit between users and AI to enforce roles and permissions. The session will include these topics: - What AI search and RAG really are - Why just embedding content in a vector database isn’t enough - Drupal as truth for permissions - How to connect Drupal with vector DB and AI - PoC (How a safe AI search looks like) read more

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デジタル庁が取り組むDrupalを活用した共通CMSの構築

Speaker: Akihiko Sakamoto, Hirokazu Awaji Drupalを活用して構築した共通CMSの歩みそのプロトタイプとしてのデジタル庁ウェブサイトの取組アクセシビリティに対応するためのデジタル庁デザインシステムとの親和性向上の取組等 read more

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I’m Not a Front-End Dev: Building Clean UI in Drupal with SDCs and Shoelace

Speaker: yi_jiang As a full-stack Drupal developer, I’ve often found front-end frameworks too opinionated or hard to plug into Drupal cleanly. With Single Directory Components (SDCs) and Web Components like Shoelace, we now have a scalable, framework-free way to build modern UI — without needing React or Vue. This session shows how to use Web Components inside SDCs to create reusable, maintainable elements that integrate easily with Twig, Layout Builder, or Paragraphs. I’ll walk through practical examples and share trade-offs from real projects. This talk is for developers who live in Drupal, not Figma — and want a sustainable, future-friendly UI approach that doesn’t require becoming a front-end specialist. read more

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The Future of Workflow Optimization with AI & Drupal Canvas

Speaker: Maggie Schroeder, shumpei AI is no longer a “nice-to-have” but a necessity for businesses looking to maintain a competitive edge. By identifying inefficiencies and integrating AI solutions from Drupal, organizations can create more collaborative, efficiency, and optimize workflows and the content creation process. Join us to learn the top 5 ways you can start leveraging AI today with Drupal & Acquia. read more

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Drupal の拡張性を強化する Fastly 〜AI 時代のトラフィック増加に柔軟に対応する次世代 CDN〜

Speaker: 晋平加藤, 俊平詫間 AI 活用が急速に進む中、Web サイトはこれまで以上に高速性・安定性・セキュリティを求められています。本セッションでは、次世代 CDN/WAF である Fastly を活用し、Drupal サイトのパフォーマンスと拡張性をどのように最大化できるのかを、現場の事例や最新トレンドを交えながらご紹介します。特に、以下のポイントにフォーカスして解説します：高速なキャッシュ処理と柔軟なエッジ制御による Drupal 運用の最適化 AI 時代に増加する画像生成・API リクエストなどの新種トラフィックへの対応方法セキュリティ脅威の高度化に対抗するための最新WAF・Bot対策開発者が最小限の手間でモダンなインフラを実現するためのアーキテクチャやベストプラクティス Fastlyを活用することで、Drupalサイト運用は「速く・安全で・管理しやすい」環境へと進化します。 read more

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Epic things you built with Drupal AI

Speaker: schnitzel Curious about how AI is actually being used in the wild? Join Michael for an in-depth look at the awesome things that have been built with Drupal AI. This session gives an overview of actual running Drupal AI Implementations, how they work, and what we can learn from them. Whether you're a developer, architect, or strategist, you'll walk away with actionable insights and inspiration for your next project. read more

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Don’t Write Code, Start Prompting! AI Orchestration of Digital Experiences

Speaker: yas We introduce the architecture of a technology-agnostic workflow engine that defines human-readable decision rules in YAML, ingests them into a RAG datastore, and leverages an LLM to retrieve relevant rules and instantly determine and execute the next approver. First, we’ll demonstrate the end-to-end flow from rule definition through prompt design to datastore registration. Then, we’ll share production-ready best practices for maximizing retrieval accuracy, using GenAI to extract structured request data from unstructured documents, and keeping workflows current. Attendees will leave with guidance on expressing approval workflows, practical techniques for structuring decision rules for optimal retrieval, and a roadmap for embedding AI-driven innovation into Drupal or any platform. read more

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Next steps for Drupal Canvas

Speaker: lauriii Drupal Canvas initiative aims to revolutionize how content creators and site builders create digital experiences. While there has been significant progress already, the journey is far from over. This session dives into the exciting next steps for Drupal Canvas, outlining the vision and roadmap on the horizon. You'll leave with concrete understanding of when specific features will be available, how to prepare your projects for Drupal Canvas adoption, and whether it's the right fit for your team's use cases. read more

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Inside Sharp: How a Global Brand Powers Digital Innovation with Drupal

Speaker: Jason Cort The Day 2 keynote at DrupalCon Nara 2025 shines a spotlight on how one of the world’s most recognised brands is using Drupal to drive digital success. On Tuesday 18 November at 9:15am JST, Jason Cort, European Director of Product Management and Marketing at Sharp Europe, will share how this division of the renowned Japanese multinational has embraced Drupal to power its digital ecosystem. From their flagship website to a vital partner portal, Sharp has built a dynamic and resilient digital presence on Drupal. In this keynote, you’ll hear how open source enables a global corporation to scale with confidence, stay secure, and innovate at speed. read more

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Migrate APIで移行 (イコー)

Speaker: Matthew Messmer, aniketto Drupalコアの優れた機能の一つであるMigrate APIは、サイトのバージョンアップはもちろん、さまざまなデータ移行のケースで活用できます。本セッションでは、その具体的な活用例をいくつかご紹介します。 read more

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Brilliant, But Doubting: Imposter Syndrome and the Experience of Women in Tech

Speaker: gargsuchi, JCT321 Despite increasing participation of women in the technology sector, many continue to grapple with imposter syndrome, a psychological pattern marked by persistent self-doubt and a fear of being exposed as a fraud, despite evident competence and achievements. This session explores the impact of imposter syndrome among women in tech. Drawing on research, lived experiences, and industry data, the session identifies the different factors that contribute to imposter syndrome and explores strategies to foster inclusive environments that support confidence, belonging, and professional growth. By addressing imposter syndrome not as a personal failure but as a cultural and structural issue, this work aims to contribute to more inclusive and psychologically safe workplaces in the tech industry. read more

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The future of Drupal core and the ecosystem in the age of Drupal CMS

Speaker: gábor hojtsy The introduction of Drupal CMS has created a buzz in the Drupal community, redefining how we think about building with Drupal. Its flexible, modern approach to development has opened up new possibilities for innovation. By the time DrupalCon Nara takes place, Drupal CMS 2.0 will have been released with Drupal Canvas and site templates. But what does this mean for the future of Drupal core and the ecosystem? Especially for those people not using Drupal CMS (yet)? How will Drupal still cater for key use cases, such as headless architectures, social, and e-commerce? What can different personas not in the focus of Drupal CMS (such as developers) expect? Let's discuss how Drupal CMS may shape the broader ecosystem, and consider the long-term implications for the community. read more

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Further Empowering Drupal with Single Directory Components using UI Suite

Speaker: drupak UI Suite is a powerful set of Drupal modules comprising of modules like UI Patterns, UI Patterns Layouts, UI Patterns Block, UI Patterns Field Formatters, UI Patterns Views, UI Styles, UI Skins, UI Icons etc. All these modules empower site builders to use Single Directory Components in a powerful way. These modules add extra metadata to Single Directory Components which can then be used in block, views, field formatters, layouts. This session is about all this. read more

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奈良市進出企業インタビュー/奈良市企業誘致PR動画

#DrupalConNara2025 #NaraCity #OpenSource DrupalCon Nara 2025に向けて、奈良市から公式ウェルカムメッセージをお届けします。日本最古の都・奈良。「伝統と革新」が交わるこの場所で、世界中のDrupalistをお迎えする準備が進んでいます。この動画では、奈良市がどのようにIT企業の誘致支援に取り組んでいるのか、そしてDrupalConを通じて未来へつなげていきたい想いを、奈良市に進出した企業のインタビューを通してご紹介しています。【動画目次】 00:00｜奈良市進出企業インタビュー：進出の決め手は？ 00:08｜Ironstar Japan株式会社 01:08｜ジェネロ株式会社 ◆Why Nara × Drupal? ・古都の文化 × グローバルなOSSコミュニティ・集中しやすい落ち着いたワーク環境・奈良市としてオープンソース文化を応援・持続可能なIT産業の定着を目指した取り組み ◆DrupalCon Nara 2025 世界のDrupalコミュニティが奈良に集結する特別な日。オープンソース × 地方都市の未来を、ここから一緒に育てていきましょう。 ▼奈良で新しい働き方をつくりたい方へ奈良市企業誘致公式サイト https://www.city.nara.lg.jp/site/ricchi/ ▼事業展開・拠点づくりのご相談はこちら相談窓口 https://www.city.nara.lg.jp/site/ricchi/247901.html #Drupal #DrupalCommunity #企業誘致 #奈良市 #TechInJapan #RemoteWork #IT企業 #地方創生 read more

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Global Reach, One Platform: The Journey to Implementing Multilingual in Drupal CMS

Speakers: anjali-rathod, ygoex After the release of Drupal CMS 1.0, a language selector was introduced but it was later removed due to technical limitations. Today, multilingual support is more essential than ever. Organizations need to deliver content in multiple languages to expand their global reach, foster trust, and increase user engagement. To align Drupal CMS with the multilingual features already built into Drupal Core, a dedicated team of experienced contributors kicked off the multilingual initiative in February 2025. Join us to explore: - The approach to move beyond an English-only installation, the technical challenges faced to embed multilingual support. - Research and design process behind the multilingual UI/UX. - A glimpse into ongoing work, and how future of multilingual looks like in the Drupal CMS. read more

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Drupal の拡張性を強化する Fastly 〜AI 時代のトラフィック増加に柔軟に対応する次世代 CDN〜

Speakers: 晋平加藤, 俊平詫間 AI 活用が急速に進む中、Web サイトはこれまで以上に高速性・安定性・セキュリティを求められています。本セッションでは、次世代 CDN/WAF である Fastly を活用し、Drupal サイトのパフォーマンスと拡張性をどのように最大化できるのかを、現場の事例や最新トレンドを交えながらご紹介します。特に、以下のポイントにフォーカスして解説します：高速なキャッシュ処理と柔軟なエッジ制御による Drupal 運用の最適化 AI 時代に増加する画像生成・API リクエストなどの新種トラフィックへの対応方法セキュリティ脅威の高度化に対抗するための最新WAF・Bot対策開発者が最小限の手間でモダンなインフラを実現するためのアーキテクチャやベストプラクティス Fastlyを活用することで、Drupalサイト運用は「速く・安全で・管理しやすい」環境へと進化します。 read more

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ネスレグループ日本拠点のDrupal導入の事例：　グローバル戦略と現場の運用を繋いでいく

Speakers: taishi, Kozo Takada 前半では日本拠点でのDrupal導入における課題や取り組みを紹介し、後半はグローバルDXPにおけるアジリティ実現をテーマにネスレ日本の担当者の方と対談します。実務担当者の視点からの知見を共有します。 read more

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Kintsugi for the Web: Repairing, Rebuilding, and Reimagining with Drupal

Speaker: dreambubbler Join Dallas Ramsden on a journey connecting personal resilience with Drupal's transformative power through science, culture, and community. Learn how historical figures like Mo Tzu and the scientific method parallel the "Open Web" and "Open Source" movements, demonstrating how openness drives innovation and freedom. Having recently relocated to Okinawa, Dallas celebrates DrupalCon Japan by exploring how the island's rich cultural tapestry mirrors Drupal's diverse community. Discover how embracing different perspectives strengthens the Drupal ecosystem and ensures its relevance through forward-thinking solutions. read more

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CMSに留まらない - AIを操るDrupalの新たな可能性

Speakers: Masami, Akihito.Kimura@ntt.com Drupalはもはや単なるCMSではありません。AIの一部として機能しながら、同時にAIを操り、対話し、共に進化していく存在へと変わりつつあります。このセッションでは、DrupalがどのようにAIと共に進化し、新たな可能性を切り拓いていくのかを紹介します。 read more

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改めて振り返るDrupalのモジュール/テーマのデバッグ方法

Speaker: otofu Drupalでモジュールやテーマを開発する際や動作の中で気になる挙動を見つけた際の原因特定を行う為のデバッグ方法について普段私がどのように行っているかをハンズオンを交えて紹介します。主な内容は以下の通りです。・デバッグ環境の整え方・デバッグに便利なコントリビュートモジュールの紹介(Devel, Web Profiler) ・IDE(PhpStorm)とXdebugを組合せたデバッグ方法 read more

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Drupalプロジェクトの成功は、プロジェクトマネージャー・スクラムマスター・UXデザイナーの力で加速する―多様な視点を巻き込むMeetupNaraの挑戦―

Speakers: Miki Yoshida, Misako Fukagawa Drupalは高機能なCMSとして多くの実績を持つ一方で、日本では「技術者向け」「専門的すぎる」という印象を持たれがちです。しかし実際には、プロジェクトマネージャー（PM）、スクラムマスター（SM）、UXデザイナー、コンテンツプランナーなど、多様な職種が関わり合いながらプロジェクトを成功に導いています。私たちは「Drupalは特定の人だけのものではない」と感じられるようなMeetupを毎月企画しています。このMeetupでは、これまでにのべ人数100人以上のご参加をいただいており、技術的な知識よりも、「なぜDrupalを使うのか」「それぞれの職種がどう関わるのか」「多様なチームでどんな可能性が生まれるか」といった視点を重視。誰もが自分の立場からDrupalに関われるイメージを持てることを目指しています。本セッションでは、こうしたMeetupを立ち上げた背景や運営の工夫、これまでに寄せられた参加者の声を交えながら、プロジェクトの現場におけるPM・SM・デザイナーの価値を再発見する機会を提供します。Drupalとの関わりに新しい視点を加えたい方に、ヒントや気づきを持ち帰っていただける内容です。 read more

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Lessons from Integrating AI Into Real Marketing Teams

Speaker: saxenaakansha30 I’ve been working directly with AI to help solve real challenges faced by marketing teams, improving workflows, reducing manual effort, and supporting better decision-making. In this session, I’ll share lessons learned from trying out different approaches in real marketing use cases. We’ll talk about what worked, what didn’t, and how to introduce AI into a team without disrupting how people already work. Whether you’re leading a team, building marketing tools, or just curious about how AI fits into day-to-day work, this session will offer real, honest insights from the field. read more

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That's Not a Theme, It's a Template

Speaker: elliott.mower The Drupal Canvas design system for Drupal CMS: one system, three site templates, and a streamlined path to low-code site creation—launching together to guide site builders, themers and designers. read more

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Drupal Commerce's Starshot Roadmap

Speaker: zaporylie The vision for Drupal CMS (née Starshot) is bold and inspiring, inviting everyone in the Drupal community to consider how they might help end users accomplish even more with Drupal. Hear from the Drupal Commerce maintainers how they revised their roadmap to incorporate Starshot initiatives and to rethink key elements of Commerce Core in line with the Drupal Starshot product strategy. Recent, pending, and future features include: * Commerce recipes to solve common eCommerce use cases * AI agents that help merchants with complex configuration tasks * Experience Builder support for product and order pages You will leave ready to evaluate the platform afresh yourself, contribute to these and other initiatives, and implement it for your next merchant client. read more

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Zero-downtime Drupal deployment with Kamal

Speaker: hktang You've built an amazing Drupal site ready to deploy. You want your deployments zero downtime, error-free, scalable, and future-proof. Yet, you are almost on your own, and Kubernetes is quite a beast to tame! You don’t want to be overwhelmed by the complexities of container orchestration, nor do you want to gamble with a shaky base system. You need a deployment workflow that’s reliable and stress-free, with a gentle learning curve. If this resonates with your experience, join this session to explore Kamal — a deployment tool that helps achieve these goals with greater simplicity. I will share my journey of setting up a Kamal-based deployment workflow dedicated for Drupal, and the lessons learned along the way, including on configuration, networking, file system, search API, caching, and more. The code introduced in the presentation is available at https://github.com/hktang/drupal-kamal read more

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Beyond Iframes: Modern Embedding in Drupal with Media and oEmbed

Speaker: pcambra oEmbed is a well established format, however ever evolving content usage policies and security restrictions are preventing site builders from using iFrames to inject external content from sources such as YouTube, Instagram, X, and many social networks and content providers. By using oEmbed standard practices, external content can be safely embedded to a Drupal website by using core tools such as the Media module and contributed modules such as oEmbed Providers. In this session we will cover: - What is oEmbed format and how does it work under the hood. - What Drupal modules can be leveraged to embed content from third parties. - CKEditor best practices for embedded objects. - How to enhance embeds with auth or privacy controls - How to build your own resources to embed custom content. read more

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長期運用のためのDrupal開発入門

Speaker: kazukomurata このセッションでは、Drupalを使い始めた開発者の方に向けて、長期運用を見据えたDrupal開発の実践的なトピックを紹介します。 Drupalはセキュリティや拡張性に優れ長期プロジェクトに適したCMSですが、継続的な運用には工夫やノウハウが必要です。本セッションでは以下のトピックを取り上げます： - Drupalが長期運用に適している理由 - モジュール選定の考え方 - サイト構成管理のベストプラクティス - アップデート戦略 - CI/CDによる自動化 read more

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First things to keep in mind when building a worldwide multi-site, multilingual site with Drupal

Speaker: ken_taguchi Drupal is so popular in the enterprise market that there is no single Drupal development project that is easy for developers. One of the biggest challenges is the global project of deploying multiple sites in multiple languages in so many regions and countries. In such projects, we have to create a consistent platform while considering the requirements of multiple stakeholders, legal systems, network environments, etc. in each region and country. As a Drupal agency in Japan, we have helped large Japanese companies build websites around the world with Drupal in many projects. In this session, we will share some of the key ideas and points to keep in mind when using Drupal to deploy digital marketing in countries and regions around the world. read more

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Backwards and in High Heels: Early adopter insights on Drupal in Japanese academia

Speaker: shinmaikeru Fax machines for marketing? Carved ivory seals for bank accounts? These aren't just "WTF Japan" memes; they grew out of the context of the bureaucracy, language, society, and culture. The better you understand this context, the more effective you will be here. Drawing on over 30 years living in Japan and 20 years working in Japanese universities, I will offer a perspective on the technical and administrative challenges facing Japanese educational institutions. I will also offer context on the challenges Japan has faced in using the web. I believe that Drupal is a valuable tool for organizations like mine, and I want to help you understand Japanese organizations better so you can help them benefit from Drupal. read more

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How to sell Drupal in AI times

Speaker: nielsaers AI is reshaping buyer expectations faster than any CMS trend we’ve seen. Prospects now ask: “How will your platform harness my data for AI without locking me in?” This session arms agency leads, sales engineers, and product owners with a pitch that lands. We’ll map the AI conversation to Drupal’s core strengths—its open-source DNA, composable architecture, and unrivaled content-model flexibility—showing how those translate into faster model training, lower TCO, and freedom from black-box SaaS traps. You’ll leave with a jargon-free narrative, fresh proof points (from real AI-enabled Drupal builds), and a one-page value-matrix you can drop into your next proposal. read more

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Drupal CMS now and beyond

Speakers: pameeela, ckrina With Drupal CMS 2.0 released in September, it's a great opportunity to showcase what we have built so far, what we have planned next on the roadmap, and briefly look back at the process so far. Some topics we may cover: * Features and areas we're working on now * Plans for future versions ongoing * What we're looking for from contributors * How we defined the strategy and scope * Using the strategy to define the roadmap and what it looks like now * How the community has come together to work toward the same goal * Highlights from the initial work tracks and what we learned from them read more

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Welcome Remarks from Nara City Mayor Gen Nakagawa

Welcome remarks from Nara City Mayor Gen Nakagawa --- Dear DrupalCon Japan participants, On behalf of the Government and citizens of Nara City, I would like to offer my wholehearted support to the DrupalCon Japan 2025. Nara is the roots of Japan, where international exchange through the Silk Road flourished and the first capital city was built over 1300 years ago, when people talk about "the real Japan", the landscape of Nara is what comes to mind. Close to Kyoto and Osaka and quickly accessible by train, Nara is a living history book, full of World Heritage sites and well-preserved temples and shrines. Nara provides a very calm and peaceful environment. We believe the historical ambience created by Nara's authentic environment will enhance your stay and enrich your mind. It is also good for creative work, drawing inspiration from them. We look forward to welcoming your delegates and colleagues to Nara. Yours faithfully, Gen Nakagawa Nara City Mayor read more

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A conversation with Drupal’s founder and project lead, Dries Buytaert

On Monday 17 November at 9:55am JST, Drupal founder and project lead Dries Buytaert took the stage for a special Q&A keynote. Dries created Drupal in 2001 and has guided its growth into one of the world’s leading open source projects. As project lead, he continues to champion Drupal’s innovation and community-driven spirit. This keynote is your chance to hear directly from Dries about the future of Drupal, community priorities, and the questions that matter most to you. Look out for a survey link to submit your questions in your inbox the week before the event takes place. read more

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Forks, Features, and Frustration: Technical Lessons from 100+ Drupal Sites

Benjamin Rasmussen (Ras-ben) Scaling Drupal across 100+ independent sites brings technical chaos: config overrides, rogue modules, forked repos. In this session, we’ll explore real-world solutions — and the scars — from managing it. Prerequisite The talk will be developer-focused, and include code solutions - however, as a use case, it might also be interesting to sitebuilders. Outline I work for Reload, a Danish digital agency. We recently built a Drupal platform that is used as the public facing website for 100+ libraries across 3 countries. Some of these libraries are very small, with very few editorial resources, where things just need to work out of the box. Others have many editors and technical ambitions, such as having their own modules developed, uploaded and managed, without Reload getting involved. On-top of all that, the platform is also open-source, meaning that there are some libraries that are completely out of Reload’s control - managed by other digital agencies. All of this results in a situation where we need to both have a site that can be strictly controlled for some, and very open for others. A platform, where we need to be able to force through our updates, without overwriting the webmasters work. Learning Objectives - Learn practical techniques for managing shared configuration across large numbers of Drupal sites. - Understand how to structure deployments when allowing different degrees of editorial and technical freedom. - Identify governance models that reduce platform instability without over-restricting innovation. - Recognize early warning signs of dangerous forks, rogue modules, or config drift in a platform ecosystem. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Transforming Drupal Agency Ops using Gleicher's Formula for Change

Speaker: Hetal Mistry (Hetalad) When things are going well, agencies fall into the trap of cognitive ease. There is a false sense of security in the status quo. This sense of security is often disrupted by a change in the business environment. Cognitive ease leaves agencies unprepared for this disruption. Build resilience and adaptability by leveraging Gleicher’s Formula for Change — Dissatisfaction × Vision × First Steps must exceed Resistance. Prerequisite Familiar with the Drupal agency ecosystem Openness to hearing truth bombs about the current uncertainty and volatility in the Drupal agency space Curiosity about agency growth stages and evolution Interest in change management and transformation strategies to scale agencies sustainably Outline Introduction In this session, I will share the story of how my team transformed operational and financial decision-making by applying Gleicher’s Formula for Change (D × V × F > R). This framework helped us break free from the trap of “cognitive ease”—a period when things seemed fine on the surface but deeper dysfunction was building underneath. The Trap of Cognitive Ease During favourable periods, agencies experience cognitive ease, no significant disruptions, or a need for a heightened focus or mobilised efforts. My team was no different. However, as change began to creep in, we detected warning signs such as longer opportunity cycles and mismatch of capability versus needs. Gleicher’s Formula for Change: An Agency-Friendly Framework Once warning signs became significant, the need for change kicked in like a survival mechanism. Unsure what needed to change and how, my research led me to Gleicher’s Formula. For a change to be successful, the consolidated effect of dissatisfaction, vision, and the initial steps had to be greater than the resistance to change. If any of these are lacking, the transformation may only be theoretical or unsuccessful. I now had the pieces of the puzzle; what remained was to place them together Leveraging Dissatisfaction An immediate result of being in a state of cognitive ease amidst an uncertain business environment was dissatisfaction. Factors such as projects running longer than planned, unpredictable opportunities cycle, and inaccurate/no forecasts. We leveraged the dissatisfaction to draw attention to specific and tangible impact areas such as revenue forecasts, project margins, and workforce planning. Vision Clarity The current state of the impact areas helped me define what the vision or desired state looks like. The vision was not shared tools, dashboards and metrics, but a shared understanding of what we needed and why. We wanted to equip each team with a shared language of financial intelligence & impact. It started with something as basic as defining essential metrics, designing how to track them consistently and regularly sharing outcomes with the team. Building Momentum, Not Perfection A change or transformation is often misunderstood as a big sweeping movement when in reality it is several incremental updates that result in a meaningful impact. We assessed the information available to create building blocks, such as the number of projects, their billing models, actual invoice data and deal pipelines. These became the foundation of our reporting, and we chose to live with accurate data instead of aiming for precision. Overcoming Resistance Once the initial reports and models started taking shape, we started soft rollouts with teams. The initial feedback ranged from doubts about overthinking the problem, questioning the impact, and the reliability of data. The combined forces of dissatisfaction with the status quo, a clear vision, and tangible outcomes demonstrated enough evidence that the transformation was much needed, and challenging the status quo was essential for maintaining resilience. Conclusion The journey of driving the operational and financial transformation became clearer and easier through the framework of Gleicher’s Formula for Change. If your agency is showing signs of cognitive ease, the Gleicher Formula can guide your shift. Leverage your dissatisfaction, set a clear vision, and let your first steps build momentum. Because when the resistance shows up—and it will—what matters is that the change feels worth it. Learning Objectives Identify signs of “cognitive ease” in agency life and understand why it can stall growth. Apply Gleicher’s Formula for Change to drive meaningful transformation, not performative process shifts. Learn from my experience of implementing financial visibility through small, iterative, cross-functional steps. Leave with a tangible framework for mapping dissatisfaction, articulating vision, and reducing resistance inside your agency. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Git into the Groove - Moving from Freelance to Collaborative Workflow

Speaker: AmyJune Hineline (Volkswagenchick) Git into the groove and git ready to move from freelance to working in an agency. In this session, learn the basics of version control, branches & local environments... all to the tune of our favorite 80s songs! Prerequisite Basic Command Line knowledge Outline Going from freelance to working in an agency can be overwhelming, but don’t let the fear of a collaborative workflow scare you. What is Git?? Better question, what is version control? And what the heck is a local environment? We’ll cover the basics of: - Local environments, multidevs, and branches - Version control - Overview of a git client Learning Objectives Target Audience Freelance Developers Transitioning to Team Environments: Folks used to working solo who want to better understand how to work with teams, version control, and shared environments. Junior Developers or New Hires at Agencies: Especially those without prior experience using Git, multidevs, or local development environments. Career Changers or Bootcamp Grads: People coming into tech from other industries who may have limited exposure to collaborative coding workflows. Designers or Site Builders Dipping into Code: Those who are starting to work with Git and need a low-stress, beginner-friendly introduction. Experience level Beginner read more

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Secure by Design: Integrating Security into Drupal Development

Janna Malikova (Jannakha) In today's threat landscape, securing Drupal applications is paramount. This session diving into the practical application of 'Secure by Design' principles. Prerequisite This session does not require any prerequisites and provides the list of resources, best practices, tools for designing and implementing more secure applications and to prepare for penetration testing. Outline Cyber security (or lack of) has been covered extensively in the news. In modern development lifecycle it is responsibility of software engineers to incorporate cyber security best practices. Secure by design initiative is being adopted by many countries around the world. Products designed with Secure by Design principles prioritise the security of customers as a core business requirement, rather than merely treating it as a technical feature. Learning Objectives We'll explore Drupal-specific security vulnerabilities, demonstrate how to integrate security tools into your development workflow, and provide actionable strategies for building inherently secure web applications. Experience level Intermediate read more

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TCP Fast Open and HTTP/3: Network-Level Optimizations for Lightning-Fast Drupal

Nicolas PERUSSEL (mamoot) Experience dramatic performance gains by diving beneath Drupal's application layer into the network protocols that power the web. This session explores cutting-edge transport layer technologies to supercharge your Drupal sites without changing a single line of PHP code. Learn how TCP Fast Open eliminates connection establishment latency, how HTTP/3 with QUIC revolutionizes data transfer through multiplexing and improved congestion control, and how TLS optimization techniques minimize handshake overhead. We'll demonstrate practical implementation techniques for these technologies in production Drupal environments, including CDN integration strategies and performance measurement methodologies to quantify your gains. Suitable for developers and system administrators seeking to push Drupal performance to its absolute limits, this presentation goes beyond traditional optimization approaches to unlock millisecond-level improvements that compound into transformative user experiences. protocol innovations in their own infrastructure. Prerequisite Some basic knowledge about network (http), webserver configuration with Nginx or Apache. Outline Learning Objectives Attendees will leave with actionable configurations ready to deploy and the knowledge to leverage transport Experience level Advanced read more

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Nestlé Nutrition Scalable Multibrand Design System on Drupal

Olga Tsiamliak (Volha-tsiamliak), Bastien Chanot A scalable multi-brand design system enables companies to effectively manage multiple brands, reduce costs, comply with accessibility regulations and deliver a consistent user experience across all digital touchpoints. By implementing a core design system with flexible brand adaptations and automating design updates through design tokens, businesses can achieve faster time-to-market, higher design consistency, and better scalability across digital products. Additionally, implementing DesignOps practices ensures more efficient collaboration between developers and designers, further accelerating delivery and improving quality. Prerequisite This session is ideal for product owners, business leaders, UX designers, and developers who are interested in building scalable digital experiences. No deep technical knowledge is required — a basic understanding of UI/UX principles and familiarity with the concept of design systems is helpful. Outline - Introduction: why managing multiple brands is challenging - Core Design System (CDS): what it is and how it solves these challenges - Brand adaptation: preserving identity within a unified system - Design tokens: automating the bridge between Figma and Drupal - Frontend development: practical steps for using tokens effectively - DesignOps: optimizing collaboration between designers and developers - Case study: real-world implementation, business results - Common challenges and best practices for adoption - Q&A Learning Objectives Learn how a scalable core design system can support multiple brands. Understand the role of design tokens in automating frontend updates. Discover how DesignOps enhances cross-functional collaboration. Gain practical insights into building scalable, consistent digital experiences with Drupal. Identify strategies for overcoming operational and technical challenges. Experience level Beginner read more

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Scaling Drupal’s Marketing to Match Its Innovation: Uniting the Community as Drupal's Super Power

Lenny Moskalyk (Lenny Moskalyk), James Hall (jamesh-0), David Bishop (David_bishop), Paul Johnson (pdjohnson), Matthew Saunders (Matthews) Drupal’s technical innovation has reached new heights, but marketing must now match its ambition. This session unites community leaders to present a bold plan: align global efforts, amplify success stories, and trigger a new wave of Drupal adoption in the accelerating AI-driven digital world. Prerequisite Open to all skills and experience levels Ideally suited to agency owners, marketing, staff at end user organisations, content writers, creatives including writers, designers, photographers, podcasters, those in roles which often appear on webinars etc Outline Drupal is at a pivotal moment in its history, fuelled by rapid innovation within the community and the accelerating rise of AI, where Drupal has taken a commanding lead. Since the launch of Drupal CMS, the community has mobilised and shifted towards structured initiatives, targeted development, and a clearer strategic direction. Drupal is evolving fast with renewed focus and purpose. Latest innovations such as Drupal Canvas and Drupal AI are opening new pathways to reach broader audiences and new sectors. Combined with Drupal’s established strengths — governance, transparency, and openness — the platform stands ready to meet the needs of organisations navigating an increasingly complex digital environment. The technical foundations have never been stronger. However, for Drupal to fully realise this potential, our marketing efforts must now match the ambition and pace of our technical progress. While important steps have been taken — including the brand refresh, the new Drupal.org, greater access to Drupal CMS demos, and the growth of platforms such as The Drop Times — the work of reaching new audiences is only beginning. Much of the market remains unaware of the extraordinary advancements Drupal offers today. The opportunity is clear, but the moment must be seized. Now is the time to scale our marketing efforts with the same ambition that has driven our technical innovation. We have a unique advantage over proprietary competitors: a global network of agencies, contributors, and advocates who all directly benefit when Drupal succeeds. By aligning efforts around a shared strategy, building mechanisms to surface and amplify ideas, success stories, and materials, and strengthening existing networks that allow these stories to flow outward and be adapted locally, we can create the momentum needed to trigger a new wave of adoption. This session will bring together presenters from Drupal Certified Partners, The Drupal Association, contributors from Promote Drupal, the founder of The Drop Times, and organisers of large-scale marketing campaigns. Together, they will share a vision for how Drupal can elevate its marketing ambition to match its technical leadership, expanding its reach into new markets and securing its place at the forefront of the digital future. A vision which is missing one key element, you! Learning Objectives Understand the strategic importance of aligning marketing efforts with Drupal’s technical innovation to strengthen Drupal’s position in a rapidly evolving, AI-driven digital landscape. Explore proven approaches for amplifying success stories, initiatives, and new features to reach wider audiences and open new markets for Drupal and Drupal CMS. Recognise the unique opportunity presented by Drupal’s global community network and how agencies, contributors, and advocates can collaborate to scale marketing impact collectively. Learn how a strategic marketing framework can be established to ensure consistent, high-quality messaging flows from the centre of the community to regional and local levels. Leave with practical insights on how participants and their organisations can contribute towards Drupal’s unified marketing efforts, helping to accelerate adoption and future-proof the ecosystem. Experience level Beginner read more

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The secret lives of OSS designers: Diary studies of designers contributing to OSS

Speaker: Eriol Fox, Victory Brown (Victory Brown) Listen to the unfiltered inner worlds and experiences of Designers contributing to critical OSS projects in order to make your projects more accessible to designers and design contributions. Prerequisite A concept of what design is broadly beyond UI/UX/Graphics (but the talk covers that) Outline In October 2023 Superbloom.design published findings from 10-16 week diary studies reported by designers actively working on OSS contributions. The diary studies aim was to investigate some of the key questions relating to design in OSS and fill some of the larger systemic “gaps” of information from non-code contributors’ experiences in OSS. There is existing research about designers in open source, but it has focused on analysis of data on issue trackers or interviews with designers. This session will cover an overview of the study, some of the key learnings and recommendations from Superbloom Designers on how to improve and progress design in OSS. Learning Objectives - Understand the aspects of OSS that designers find the most challenging - Experience OSS pains from the perspectives of designers - Learn the specific format of feedback for design success in OSS - Understand how an OSS project wants to be entered and exited by designers. - Learn how to speak the language of design in order to make your OSS project more usable and accessible for more users and contributors. Experience level Beginner read more

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Synchronizing an ad hoc subset of my Drupal users with the members of an Azure AD Security Group

Speaker: Rodrigo Panchiniak Fernandes (Rodrigo-panchiniak-fernandes) To be honest, I would've rather preferred not having had to deal with Azure AD. You know! The Open Source vs. the-other-way-around thing. But once I was asked to do that and was not in a power position to avoid it completely, I tried to make the best out of it. In this session I'm going to say what I did and what I learned in the process, which includes: 1. Azure APP and Security Group. 2. Permissions for reading users in the Tenant. 3. Using Drupal as a Control Panel for those never-going-to be-open-source "cloud" beasts. Prerequisite Attending this session is better when you already have some knowledge of web services and API consumption as well as basic Drupal site building concepts such as users and authentication. Outline 1. Introduction & Context (3 min) Quick personal anecdote about open-source vs. enterprise ecosystems Why synchronize Drupal to Azure AD? (Enterprise compliance, hybrid environments) Key challenge: Minimal permissions philosophy ("Never grant more than needed") 2. Azure AD Setup (6 min) Creating the Security Group: Purpose and configuration App Registration: Scopes vs Roles (Application vs Delegated permissions) Tenant restrictions: Reading users without admin-level access Least privilege principle in practice: Microsoft.Graph.User.Read.All 3. Drupal Architecture (6 min) Cron-driven sync vs Form-driven sync Handling group membership changes in Azure AD 4. Security & Maintenance (3 min) Token storage best practices (Never as plain text in database) Handling Azure AD API rate limits Live Demo & Q&A (2 min) Quick demo of synchronization flow Learning Objectives Design a secure Azure AD integration respecting the principle of least privilege. Configure Azure App Registrations with precise Microsoft Graph API permissions. Implement user synchronization using Drupal's automatically via cron and manually via configuration form. Troubleshoot common authorization challenges in cloud to Drupal integrations. Evaluate when to use native modules vs custom code for AD integrations Experience level Beginner read more

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Strategies for Integrating Drupal Canvas in Your Existing Drupal Platform

Speaker: Boyan Borisov (boyan.borisov) Explore practical strategies for adopting Drupal's Drupal Canvas in existing platforms, ensuring a smooth transition without compromising current investments. Prerequisite A foundational understanding of Drupal's content management system, including familiarity with tools like Layout Builder or Paragraphs, will help participants fully engage with the session content. Outline Drupal's Drupal Canvas, expected to reach its first stable release at DrupalCon Vienna 2025, introduces a new approach to content management with an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface for creating and styling pages directly within the browser. For organizations with established Drupal sites utilizing tools like Layout Builder or Paragraphs, transitioning to Drupal Canvas presents both opportunities and challenges. This session will explore practical strategies for adopting Drupal Canvas in existing platforms, ensuring a smooth evolution without compromising current investments. Learning Objectives Gain insights into the features and capabilities of the new Drupal Canvas and how it enhances the content editing experience. Learn how to evaluate your current site's architecture to determine the feasibility and benefits of integrating Drupal Canvas. Explore methods for incorporating Drupal Canvas alongside existing tools like Layout Builder and Paragraphs, including hybrid models and phased rollouts. Discuss potential challenges and solutions when migrating content and layouts to Drupal Canvas. Experience level Beginner read more

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Your Camp Website Here! What’s New and Exciting with Drupal’s Event Platform

Speaker: Martin Anderson-Clutz (mandclu) Have you wanted to organize a new Drupal camp or similar event that features community-provided talks? Feeling daunted by the prospect of creating a website that will allow your team to efficiently collect, evaluate, moderate, and schedule the submitted sessions? This session will demonstrate a purpose-built solution that will make the process easy. Prerequisite Some experience organizing a Drupal camp or similar community event will help attendees appreciate the time-saving value of the features they will see. Outline Drupal’s Event Platform is a community-built, open source solution for organizing and promoting a Drupal camp or similar community event. In this session we’ll discuss what inspired its creation, how it got started, and most importantly how it can help with your event. We will cover recent additions like: A configurable theme that will let your site reflect your camp’s personality within minutes of installing your site A dedicated, built-in system to score and bulk moderate sessions Tools to bulk generate time slots and drag-and-drop to schedule accepted sessions A template on Drupal Forge you can use to spin up an Event Platform site in seconds An updated content architecture designed to let a single site host content for multiple events (e.g. many years of an annual camp) We will also explore the roadmap for the Event Platform, and how the next major version will embrace recent Drupal features like recipes and site templates to be even more flexible. We will cover the modular architecture, and how you could use specific parts of the Event Platform if that would better suit your needs. We will demo the initial setup, session selection and scheduling, and more. You’ll learn about the current technical approach, and most important of all, how you can help! Learning Objectives • The history of the Event Platform and how it has evolved to its current state • How to install and configure the Event Platform to quickly begin collecting community-provided session submissions • What's ahead for the Event Platform and how you can help Experience level Beginner read more

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Why we left Drupal, tried Storyblok, and what happened next

Iztok Smolic (iztok) Tempted by SaaS CMS promises? The marketing for SaaS CMS solutions is persuasive, often highlighting ease of use and contrasting it with traditional CMS systems. I got sold on those claims and decided to put them to the test by migrating our website from Drupal to Storyblok. Learn from our honest comparison, migration lessons, and new ways to champion Drupal against competitors based on real-world experience. Prerequisite A basic understanding of Content Management Systems (like Drupal) and general web development concepts is helpful. No specific Storyblok or advanced technical knowledge is required to benefit from the session. Outline This session details our journey moving a project from Drupal to Storyblok. We'll cover: 1. The specific Drupal pain points that led us to explore alternatives like Storyblok. 2. The migration process: What went well and what challenges we faced. 3. An honest look at Storyblok: What problems did it solve, and what new challenges did it introduce? Key takeaways: Lessons for evaluating CMS options and insights into how SaaS CMS market themselves, revealing how we can better position Drupal, while acknowledging its trade-offs. Learning Objectives Attendees will leave able to: 1. Critically evaluate the marketing claims of SaaS CMS platforms against practical realities. 2. Anticipate specific challenges and benefits when considering a move from Drupal to a headless/SaaS CMS. 3. Identify key Drupal strengths that become more apparent after experiencing alternatives. 4. Develop stronger arguments and positioning to effectively advocate for and sell Drupal in a competitive market. Experience level Beginner read more

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Drupal CMS now and beyond

Speaker: Cristina Chumillas (ckrina), Pamela Barone (Pameeela) Drupal CMS 1.0 has arrived, but what’s next? Join us as we unveil the roadmap for the next versions, explore key development areas to shape the future of Drupal. Prerequisite Outline With Drupal CMS 1.0 released in January, we're now well into development of the next version. So it's a great opportunity to discuss what we have planned next on the roadmap, provide updates on how we are tracking and briefly look back at the process so far. Some topics we may cover: * Features and areas we're working on now * Plans for future versions ongoing * What we're looking for from contributors * How we defined the strategy and scope * Using the strategy to define the roadmap and what it looks like now * How the community has come together to work toward the same goal * Highlights from the initial work tracks and what we learned from them Learning Objectives - Explore the current state, key contributions, and achievements of Drupal CMS - Get updates on the roadmap, including Drupal CMS 2.0+ Canvas 1.0 and the latest announcements made at DrupalCon Atlanta. - Learn what you or you company can get from Drupal CMS Experience level Beginner read more

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Communicating Collaboratively: Steering Clients Towards EAA Compliance

Speaker: Paul Sebborn (psebborn) The European Accessibility Act has come into force, bringing new responsibilities for our clients. This session reveals our dialogue-driven approach: candid discussions, targeted workshops, and collaborative roadmaps to help clients understand the new guidelines and become accessibility advocates! Prerequisite None. Outline The European Accessibility Act came into force in June this year, and means that businesses must now legally provide accessible experiences for anyone operating in the EU. Whilst the Act covers more than just websites, Digital Accessibility is our speciality and our entry point for communication with clients. Within the Drupal community especially, we understand the importance of providing accessible solutions. However, for some clients who haven't had to prioritise this in the past, justifying the cost and effort involved in making a site accessible can be an uphill battle. This session takes you through the tools, processes and conversations that we employed with our existing clients to help their teams understand the EAA, and the impact it will have on their business as a whole. Most importantly the roadmap to making and maintaining an accessible digital presence. During the talk we'll showcase some of the sites where we helped clients improve and become compliant, as well as how we have worked to upskill in-house teams and make them accessibility advocates. Key to this will be empowerment: we'll touch on the importance of providing teams with the knowledge and processes to promote accessibility through their organisations and work together with suppliers rather than being solely dependent on us. Learning Objectives - An understanding of the EAA and what impact it can have for businesses operating in the EU (and also the UK) - Tools, tips and techniques to upskill others on digital accessibility - Foster discussion on how we can all champion accessibility and make everyone an advocate! Experience level Beginner read more

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Autowiring all the things

Luca Lusso (lussoluca) Have you ever wondered how Drupal efficiently manages the complex dependencies that power its modules? The service container is the backbone of modern Drupal applications, streamlining service management and boosting performance. With Drupal 11, it’s more potent than ever—fully embracing Symfony’s capabilities to simplify development and unlock new possibilities. Prerequisite Some knowledge about how a service is defined and used in a module. Basic PHP object-oriented programming skills. Outline The service container, introduced in Drupal 8 as an adaptation of Symfony's Service Container Component, is a cornerstone of modern Drupal applications. It centralizes service management, enabling modules to access and share dependencies efficiently. With Drupal 11, the service container has evolved significantly, now fully harnessing the capabilities of the original Symfony component. This advancement simplifies dependency management, enhances performance, and gives developers more powerful tools for structuring their applications. This session will explore key concepts such as dependency autowiring, compiler passes, dynamic services injection, and more. Attendees will gain deeper insight into how these features streamline development, improve maintainability, and open new possibilities for extending Drupal. Whether you are new to the service container or looking to refine your expertise, this session will provide practical insights and real-world examples to elevate your Drupal development workflow. Learning Objectives By the end of this session, attendees will be able to: Explain the role and architecture of Drupal’s service container. Identify key features such as dependency autowiring, compiler passes, and dynamic service injection. Apply best practices for registering and managing services in custom modules. Optimize service usage to improve code maintainability, performance, and scalability. Confidently extend or override services to customize Drupal’s behavior. Experience level Advanced read more

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From chaos to control: Why automation is non-negotiable in big projects

Stanislav Todorov (Stodorov) Have you ever been part of a huge project that’s as big as it is messy? I’m here to show you how automation can make your life a whole lot easier. Prerequisite This session is designed for both technical and non-technical audiences. A basic understanding of software development or project workflows is helpful but not required. Whether you're a QA professional, developer, project manager, team lead, or business stakeholder, you'll gain valuable insights into why automation becomes essential as projects grow in size and complexity. Outline If you’ve ever worked on a large project, you know how quickly things can get out of hand—missed bugs, repeated regressions, last-minute panic before releases. In this session, I’ll talk about why automation isn’t just a nice-to-have in big projects—it’s essential for keeping things on track. We’ll look at the challenges that tend to come up in fast-moving teams and complex builds, and how introducing the right testing strategy early can make a huge difference. I’ll break down the different types of tests and when they’re most useful, how to build an approach that works for your team, and how to grow your coverage over time. I’ll also share lessons learned from real projects—both successes and failures—and give you practical tips on how to build a culture around testing, even if you’re starting from scratch. Whether you're in QA, development, or project management, there’ll be something here for you. Learning Objectives By the end of this session, you’ll: Understand why automation becomes more important the bigger a project gets Be able to identify the types of tests that bring the most value at different stages Learn how to approach test coverage in a way that grows with the project Have strategies for introducing automation into your team or improving what you already have Gain insight into common pitfalls and how to avoid them Feel confident in explaining the value of automation to both technical and non-technical stakeholders Experience level Intermediate read more

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The Human Edge in Presales: Beating AI-Drafted Drupal Proposals

Monisha Navlani (monishanavlani) In a world where AI—and therefore every agency—can draft a solid Drupal proposal in minutes, standing out has never been more urgent. Yet the agencies that win bring hard-earned success stories, tailored demos, and clear trust signals in every pitch. Come learn how. Prerequisite Attendees should have participated in or observed at least one Drupal RFP or proposal cycle and be familiar with requirement mapping, effort sizing, and crafting a pitch. Outline 1. Why now: the urgent challenge of AI-generated noise in Drupal presales 2. Reality check: what AI can—and can’t—do for Drupal presales today 3. The copy-paste trap: how reviewers spot look-alike proposals in seconds 4. Live mini-build: spin up a clickable Drupal prototype and risk table in under 10 minutes 5. Standing out: success stories, custom walk-throughs, and trust signals only humans add—plus the key lesson from a near-miss RFP that shaped our approach 6. Governance: how to ensure accuracy, stay on-brand, and protect confidential RFP data throughout the process 7. Scorecard: three numbers that show your new process is paying off Learning Objectives 1. Identify which 80 % of proposal work AI should own—and which 20 % you must humanise 2. Design a demo-first presales workflow using rapid Drupal prototypes 3. Package past wins and domain expertise into trust-building assets that AI can’t fake 4. Leave with an actionable governance checklist to keep your AI outputs accurate, secure and on-brand Experience level Beginner read more

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Leaving Work at Work – How to successfully finish your working day without thinking about work in

Norman Kämper-Leymann (normanlol), Svitlana Fedchenko (svitlana) Push your last commit, then push away from the desk. Clear your cache, recharge your brain. Great code starts with a well-rested mind. Prerequisite None Outline During last year's Drupal User Group Berlin December meetup right before Christmas this topic was presented as an open discussion with all attendees. We wanted to collect things, habits, routines that people do to keep work at work and finish their working day. Surprised by the big interest and the great contributions we collected that evening, we presented the results at an internal developer-focused meeting at 1xINTERNET. And we were again surprised by even more, great contributions. We will show what we collected, maybe there's something in for you. And we are very happy to collect even more, interesting routines and habits from the people at the session. Learning Objectives Identify common habits and triggers that make it difficult to mentally "log off." Apply practical strategies to create a clean mental handoff at the end of the workday. Establish personal rituals or boundaries that support recovery, creativity, and sustained focus. Experience level Beginner Diamond read more

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Back Together Again: Lessons from Reviving a Community Post-COVID

Nikita Aswani (Nikitaaswani) When the world shut down, so did our meetups, camps, and energy. But coming back wasn’t just about restarting, it was about rebuilding something better. This is the real story of the Drupal India community revival. Prerequisite This session is for anyone interested in community building — whether you’re restarting a local meetup, planning a camp, or simply looking to contribute beyond code. No prior experience in organizing events is required, but a basic understanding of how open source communities work (especially Drupal’s) will help you connect the dots. Outline This is a case study of how we brought the Drupal community in India back to life after the pandemic, not just to where it was, but into a healthier, more sustainable structure. I’ll talk about the post-pandemic silence, the scattered connections, and the moment we realized we didn’t just need a comeback — we needed a reset. What followed was a series of small, intentional steps: one meetup, one sticker, one conversation at a time. And over time, they added up to something bigger than we’d imagined. Expect a story that’s honest, human, and hands-on. You’ll hear what worked (and what flopped), and how we built momentum that’s still growing — across cities, across communities, and across contributor roles. I’ll share: - What actually broke during COVID — and what was already fragile - How we restarted local meetups and created rituals people looked forward to - The power of lightweight structure: cross-city collabs, shared docs, open calls - Experiments that helped re-energize folks and bring in new contributors - Why Drupal events still matter — and how we made them matter again - Lessons in pacing, culture, and co-ownership to avoid burnout and grow Learning Objectives - Understand practical ways to revive dormant or slow communities - Learn how to build momentum without over-relying on a few individuals - Be inspired to restart (or reimagine) meetups, camps, and contributor days - Reconnect with the value of in-person events and cultural continuity Experience level Beginner read more

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JavaScript frontend development with Drupal Canvas: Beyond decoupling

Bálint Kléri (balintbrews), Wolfgang Ziegler (fago) With its built-in code editor, Drupal Canvas lets you create JavaScript components right in your browser. This session will start with this feature's essentials before delving into techniques for taking full advantage of components developed outside of Drupal with a modern JavaScript stack, such as React or Vue. Prerequisite Attendees will get the most out of this session if they're already familiar with Drupal Canvas core purpose and have basic knowledge of modern JavaScript frameworks (such as React or Vue). Outline The session will begin by exploring Drupal Canvas built-in code editor and its capabilities for creating JavaScript components directly in your browser. You'll learn how Preact/React components work within Drupal Canvas and how they become available for use in your projects. Then, we'll demonstrate methods for integrating components developed outside of Drupal Canvas using any modern JavaScript framework. We'll also examine various server-side rendering approaches, comparing Drupal-first versus frontend-first methodologies. Throughout the session, we'll reinforce concepts with practical examples, showcasing real-world implementations such as Lupus Decoupled. Learning Objectives - Attendees will understand how Drupal Canvas works with JavaScript components. - Attendees will walk away with the necessary skills to build JavaScript-focused projects with Drupal Canvas. - Attendees will learn how to ensure JavaScript-heavy pages stay fast. - Attendees will have an overview of varying approaches and when to use what. Experience level Beginner read more

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From CMS to Platform: How to Build Future-Proof Digital Ecosystems with Drupal

Speaker: Lukas Fischer (lukasfischer) Don't just build a website — build a platform. Learn how to design Drupal solutions that scale with your business, evolve with technology, and stay ahead of changing needs. Prerequisite Basic understanding of Drupal site building, content architecture, and project lifecycle management. Outline This session explores how to move beyond traditional website thinking and architect Drupal-based digital platforms. We’ll cover platform-first design, modular content structures, strategic integrations, scalable governance models, and how to plan for long-term evolution. Learning Objectives - Understand the mindset shift from project to platform. - Learn how to architect scalable Drupal solutions. - Gain strategies to design for flexibility, integrations, and future growth. Experience level Beginner read more

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The post-product product manifesto: AI is disrupting both the SaaS and the consulting world

Speaker: Bram ten Hove, Kristof Van Tomme (kvantomme) What happens when organisations expect that they no longer need to hire agencies, because they think they can just vibe code applications themselves? And for those organisations that are still buying, developers have just become a lot more efficient, right? How will this affect price expectations? What happens to the SaaS business model when it suddenly becomes a lot easier to replicate a product? What if armies of developers, laid off during a recession start using AI to build even more SaaS applications? How will customers choose between hundreds or even thousands of solutions? In this session you will learn from Drupal product company co-founders (Open Social and Pronovix) why this double threat, could actually be a massive opportunity for a Drupal rennaisance. Prerequisite - Interest in product business models - Rudimentary familiarity with product management principles Outline The threat and the opportunity: - A perfect storm: Drupal 7, AI, and a recession - When software products become commodities - Why homes are not mass-produced in factories - Why vibe-configuring is better than vibe-coding - The new scarcity in a world of abundance Lessons learned from a FOSS product company: - Insights from building and scaling Open Social and Pronovix in competitive market, in the open. - Vertical specialization is not optional, it’s survival. - Open code demands differentiated experience, not just differentiated features. - Product and service models must be symbiotic, not separate. What technically enables this future: - A way to safely update and evolve config, you’re trapped maintaining snowflake sites forever. - The need for clearer ownership layers: core vs platform vs client config. The Drupal Renaissance: - The triple-P manifesto - A SaaS hitlist for the Drupal community Learning Objectives - How AI and SaaS evolution are fundamentally shifting client and market expectations. - Why Drupal’s architecture is ideally suited for a post-product (commodity), post-SaaS (as we know it) future. - How agencies and consultancies can restructure their business models. - What product builders need to rethink about customization, reuse, and scale. - The role of composability, open platforms, and shared economies in future digital delivery models. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Workshop - Start with Drupal and AI. Up and running with the AI ecosystem in Drupal in no time.

Speaker: Christoph Breidert (breidert), Frederik Wouters (Wouters_f) After doing this workshop you are well prepared to build your own Drupal AI powered applications. We'll walk you through everything from installing the Drupal AI module to building your first working AI-powered application, step by step. Whether you want to generate content, summarise PDFs, automate enitre flows, or experiment with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), you'll leave this session with practical skills, and working code. No AI background required, just a little curiosity and your laptop. Prerequisite - Bring a laptop if you want to follow along hands-on (strongly recommended) - Some basic familiarity with modules and configuration - No prior AI or machine learning experience is needed Outline - Welcome to AI in Drupal - Step-by-Step Setup - Content generation - Building Your First AI Workflows - AI powered search: RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) - Creating your own AI Agents - Wrap-Up & Q&A Learning Objectives - Learn how to install and configure the Drupal AI module - Discover and use the out-of-the-box AI features in a practical way - Build simple and powerful AI workflows - Understand how RAG works and how to experiment with it in Drupal - Being able to create your own Agents - Leave with a working project and the skills to build more advanced AI integrations. Experience level Beginner read more

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How we built Drupal CMS 2.0's design system and site templates

Speaker: Jason Thompson (Galactus86), Pamela Barone (Pameeela) What if launching a Drupal site didn’t mean starting from scratch—or stitching together a dozen modules, recipes, and a theme manually? Site Templates change the game: fully composed, customizable starting points that bring best-in-class content models, functionality, and design into a single install. With Drupal CMS 2.0, Drupal Canvas and a new bundled design system, we’re unlocking a faster, smarter way to build. Prerequisite Ideal for site builders, designers, marketers, and anyone curious about trying Drupal CMS for the first time. No code required—just an interest in a more intuitive, design-led approach to building with Drupal. Outline What are Drupal Site Templates? Defining Site Templates: Understanding the pieces. How a Site Template includes a theme, structured content types, features, demo content, and setup instructions in a single installable project. Why Site Templates? Solving the Real Problems How Site Templates Work Under the Hood Meet Drupal CMS 2.0 Site Templates The new Design System Future Impact: What This Means for the Future of Drupal CMS Q&A and Open Discussion Let’s open it up: questions, ideas, and your take on what’s next. Learning Objectives Understand how site templates are built and the default templates shipped with Drupal CMS 2.0 Discover the power of a unified design system that unlocks flexibility, consistency, and scalability for Drupal themes. Learn how Figma, Storybook, and Drupal Canvas come together to integrate design and development into one seamless workflow. See how Drupal Canvas empowers editors to craft dynamic, custom pages with zero coding—putting creative control in the hands of non-developers. Explore how the new default design system powers three distinct Drupal themes, each tailored for a unique audience and real-world use case. Experience level Beginner read more

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£16 million of public funding for Open Standards, Open Source collaboration and Drupal

Will Callaghan (Willguv), Finn Lewis (finn lewis) Since 2018 the Local Digital Fund has provided over £16 million of funding and support to 61 council-led projects in the UK, including LocalGov Drupal, Open Referral, Local Gov IMS and Open Digital Planning. What can we learn from this and how can we replicate the successes? Prerequisite No prior knowledge required. Outline Since 2018 the Local Digital Fund has provided over £16 million of funding and support to 61 council-led projects in the UK, including LocalGov Drupal, Open Referral, LocalGov IMS and Open Digital Planning. The conditions of the fund are set out in the Local Digital Declaration, requiring at least two councils to collaborate and explicitly encouraging working in the open and using open source and publishing open source. These conditions are crucial to laying the foundation for an open and collaborative approach to public sector digital solutions. In this session we will explore the objectives of each of these projects, look at the successes and outcomes of each and reflect on what we can learn. - Open Referral UK - https://openreferraluk.org/ - LocalGov Drupal - https://localgovdrupal.org/ - Open Digital Planning - https://opendigitalplanning.org/ - LocalGov IMS https://localgovims.digit This session will demonstrate how important funding can be to help establish open source projects and lead to productive collaboration, increase innovation, reduce vendor lock in and generate tangible economic benefits for the public sector and ultimately citizens. Learning Objectives Attendees to this session should leave with a better understanding of: - how public funding can help seed and nurture productive open source collaborations - how the conditions of funding are crucial to establishing an open and collaborative culture - how we need new innovative business models to continue to sustain open source collaborations when the funding runs out Experience level Beginner read more

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AIO automation testing framework - we've built it, so you don't have to!

Miroslav Rusev (Mup0), Daniel Angelov (danielangelov) Supercharge your QA automation with Cuppet - the all-in-one Node.js framework designed to streamline functional, performance, SEO, and accessibility testing - for free! Prerequisite Attendees will get the most out of this session by being familiar with basic concepts of QA automation, including functional and performance testing. Prior experience with Node.js-based automation tools such as Cypress, Puppeteer, or Cucumber will be beneficial. Additionally, a basic understanding of Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and test architecture principles will help participants fully appreciate the capabilities of the framework being introduced. Outline In this session, we’ll introduce a comprehensive tool that seamlessly integrates functional, behavioral, performance, SEO, and accessibility testing into one powerful package. On top of that, the tests are written in a human-readable language and can serve as documentation. And the best part? It’s open-source - completely free with no strings attached! Discover how this framework harnesses the strengths of modern Node.js tools like Cucumber and Puppeteer to provide greater control over test architecture, improved scalability, and faster execution times. This session will guide you through its core components, structure, and configuration, highlighting how it stands out from other automation tools. Whether you’re looking for more flexibility in your testing framework or seeking a streamlined approach to QA, this tool will transform the way you approach automation. Learn how it addresses the diverse needs of QA teams, from managing complex test structures to supporting a wide range of testing types - all in a single, unified platform. Join us for an in-depth look at its practical applications and real-world success stories from implementing it in large-scale projects. Discover how this open-source solution can elevate your QA strategy and why it’s the perfect fit for modern automation teams. Learning Objectives At the end of this session, attendees will be able to implement Cuppet in their own projects, streamlining functional, performance, SEO, and accessibility testing with ease. They will gain the ability to configure and customize Cuppet’s testing architecture to fit the unique needs of their QA teams, enhancing flexibility and control in the testing process. Additionally, attendees will leave equipped to evaluate the advantages of using Cuppet over other automation tools and apply best practices to maximize its potential in their workflows. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Beyond Borders: Building Strong Open Source Communities from Local Roots to Global Collaboration

Esmeralda Tijhoff (Esmoves) Imagine a community where every voice is heard, every contribution is valued, and the power of collaboration drives innovation. Now, picture that community stretching across organizations, regions, and even entire continents. Sounds like a dream? It’s not—this is the reality of successful open source communities. Building an open source community isn’t just about rallying a group of developers around a project—it’s about creating a space where people from all walks of life can come together, share knowledge, and build something greater than the sum of its parts. But what does it take to grow a community from the ground up? How do you unite local initiatives into a thriving global network? And most importantly, how can you foster a sense of ownership and purpose in your community, whether it’s within a single organization or a diverse ecosystem of clients, contributors, and stakeholders? In this session, we’ll explore the secrets to building strong, sustainable open source communities, drawing from my experience in fostering growth within the Dutch Drupal community, uniting European associations through NEDA, and creating internal developer communities in large organizations. Whether you’re working with public sector clients, scaling a grassroots movement, or navigating the complexities of enterprise development, you’ll leave with actionable insights on how to make your community not only survive—but thrive. Join me for an interactive and thought-provoking session that will empower you to lead your community toward lasting success. Let's build something meaningful, together. Prerequisite none Outline Open source communities are the lifeblood of innovation, but building and sustaining them is no easy task—especially when you’re dealing with diverse stakeholders, multiple regions, and large organizations. In this session, we’ll explore actionable strategies for building vibrant communities across a variety of contexts: from multi-client projects and regional growth efforts to scaling collaboration within large developer organizations. Drawing from my experiences working within the Dutch government, leading NEDA, and helping foster internal communities in a large organization, I’ll share the real-world challenges, successes, and lessons learned. You’ll leave with examples to inspire and practical tools to engage, unify, and empower contributors in any environment, whether you’re managing an open-source project or facilitating internal knowledge-sharing in a corporate or governmental setting. I will draw on principles from SAVE, Agile workforms, Liberating Structures, and show how to use Slack and other communicational tools to bring your community together. This session is not just talking about principles, it will show you the best practices. You will walk away with new insights you can implement immediately. Key Topics: 1. Building Community for Multiple Clients: - How to foster collaboration when your stakeholders are multiple clients or organizations with different priorities. 2. Community Building in the Netherlands: - Strategies for growing a thriving open source community within a specific region or country. 3. Uniting European Associations for Growth: - Lessons learned from uniting local Drupal associations across Europe through the Network of European Drupal Associations (NEDA). 4. Building a Healthy Internal Community in a Large Organization: - How to cultivate knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and a sense of ownership within large organizations divided into multiple scrum teams. Building and nurturing an open source community requires a deep understanding of both the technical and human aspects of collaboration. This session will provide you with the insights and strategies you need to grow your community, whether you're facing the challenge of aligning multiple clients with differing goals, uniting local associations for a shared mission, or fostering collaboration across internal teams in large organizations. Through practical examples and actionable advice, we’ll show you how to create a sense of belonging, ownership, and sustainable growth—no matter where your community is located or what its size is. Learning Objectives Understand the challenges and strategies for building and sustaining open source communities across multiple clients or stakeholders, and how to align different goals for a unified vision. Gain insights into regional community-building efforts and learn how to tailor strategies to suit the unique needs of a local open-source community. What's the difference between the Netherlands and e.g. France? Learn how to unite diverse different groups through collective initiatives, such as the Network of European Drupal Associations (NEDA), and drive growth across local communities with a shared mission. Develop skills to build and maintain a healthy internal community within large organizations, specifically in environments with multiple sc... read more

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Smart Routing Between Legacy and Modern Drupal Sites with Cloudflare

Speaker: Constantin Dumitrescu (oldspot) Still running Drupal 7, rebuilding in Drupal 10/11, and stuck with some on-prem along the way? What if your traffic could pick the right path automatically, all while using one domain? Join us for a routing adventure through legacy, modern, and everything between! Prerequisite Some familiarity with CDN features Outline In complex migration scenarios, delivering the right content from the right backend is critical, especially when juggling legacy systems and new builds. This talk will explore a real-world implementation of advanced routing logic using Cloudflare to seamlessly handle traffic across three different types of backends for a Drupal multisite setup with over 500 sites. We’ll break down the technical approach, and walk you through how we built a flexible routing logic in Cloudflare where requests are directed through one domain to three different backends using: - Direct DNS routes for legacy on-prem applications - Cloudflare Workers for the Drupal 7 multisites - Cloudflare Origin Rules for the migrated Drupal 10 rebuild multisites Whether you're mid-migration or planning a phased rebuild, this session will provide practical insights on using Cloudflare as a flexible traffic director between your Drupal worlds. The session will also touch on other CDN provider's equivalent features, so it doesn't matter if you're not using Cloudflare. Learning Objectives - Insight into Cloudflare Workers and Origin Rules implementations - Handling migration of Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 multisites using different backends - Learning to handle phased site launches, moving sections of a site incrementally Experience level Intermediate read more

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“We Need to Talk: Burnout, Belonging, and Being Human in Drupal”

Speaker: Panagiotis Moutsopoulos (Vensires), Esmeralda Tijhoff (Esmoves) In this session, we’ll explore the emotional toll of today’s fast-paced society— burnout, depression, and the fatigue that can come from even the most meaningful contributions. Through conversation, connection, and co-creation, we’ll reflect on how businesses and open source communities like Drupal can support well-being and sustainability. Prerequisite You don't need to follow a talk about mental health in order to participate in this workshop. Outline Facilitators: Panagiotis Moutsopoulos (session lead), Esmeralda Tijhoff (co-organizer), Will Huggins (CEO and co-founder of Zoocha), Alejandro Moreno López (Partner manager in Pantheon & Drupal Association board member) We’ll begin with a short introduction on why mental health in business and open source matters, and how this session connects to upcoming discussions. Then, we’ll host a brief panel (15–20 minutes) featuring 3–4 Drupal contributors who will openly share their personal experiences with burnout, depression, or volunteer fatigue. Each panelist will also share concrete tips and small habits that helped them cope and recover. This is about real stories, not perfect answers. After the panel, we’ll move into small-group breakout conversations with guided prompts: * What does burnout look or feel like for you? * What helps you cope—and what doesn't? * What support do you wish existed in your businesss/community? Finally, we’ll gather insights and patterns in a closing reflection, inviting participants to contribute ideas—anonymously if they prefer—to a shared “map” of emotional needs, support strategies, and community improvements. These insights can help enrich and extend the framework Will will propose in his next-day session. This workshop is not about fixing anyone. It’s about listening, validating, and building a more sustainable, compassionate community—together. Who this is for: Anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed, unseen, or overextended in their contribution to Drupal—or who wants to make the community more mentally healthy and inclusive. Learning Objectives Recognize the signs and impact of burnout, depression, and volunteer fatigue. Participants will gain language and awareness to identify mental health challenges in themselves and others within the Drupal and open source community. Learn from real stories and personal strategies. Through a short panel, participants will hear accounts from fellow contributors, including how they navigated burnout or depression, and what practical tools or habits helped them cope. Reflect on personal experiences in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Guided prompts and small group discussions will support introspection, emotional validation, and peer-to-peer learning. Explore and co-create supportive practices for healthier contribution. Attendees will identify what kinds of support structures —formal or informal—would make community involvement more sustainable and humane. Contribute to a collective map of needs and solutions. Insights from the workshop will be synthesized into a shared resource or visual “map,” offering community leaders and contributors a foundation for future improvements in mental health support. We will share the outcome through the newsletters of NEDA and EOWG. Experience level Beginner read more

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Debugging techniques: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Mauricio Dinarte (dinarcon), Wendy Baltodano (Baltowen) Debugging is an essential skill for software development. Attend this workshop to learn how to debug and solve pesky coding issues. Prerequisite Understanding of PHP and basic Drupal development skills are expected to take full advantage of this training. Outline Drupal has grown to be a sophisticated PHP application. It is built on top of other open source projects like Symfony, Twig, Guzzle and more. This allows us to innovate without reinventing the wheel. At the same time, this make our code harder to debug as there are multiple layers involved. In this workshop we will present multiple Drupal code examples with a variety of errors to flex your debugging techniques. Some will also let us peek beyond PHP into Drupal's database to have a better understanding of how Drupal sites are created. A fully configured DDEV environment with all the tools will be provided for you to follow along. Learning Objectives You will learn about: * Using a proper debugger like XDebug to troubleshoot issues. * Leveraging IDE features and the command line to find where errors are coming from. * Taking a peek at the database and knowing what to look for. * Blowing up the project (temporarily) with a call to the good ol’ die() function. Experience level Intermediate read more

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From Chaos to Clarity: Planning for success with a Drupal Content Architecture

Duncan Worrell (Dunx) Great sites start with great plans: how the process of creating a content architecture can transform your next Drupal build — better, faster, stronger, and ready to grow. Prerequisite No prior Drupal knowledge is required. This session is intended to benefit both newcomers and experienced site builders — anyone interested in learning how to plan and structure content effectively before building a site with Drupal. Outline We'll explore how to design a smart content architecture — defining content types and taxonomies, and their relationships — to build scalable, maintainable, and user-friendly Drupal sites. Whether you're building your first Drupal site or refining large-scale projects, this talk will give you a clear, practical framework to avoid content chaos and unlock Drupal’s full power. You'll learn: 1. Why structured content matters for UX, SEO, and site longevity. 2. Practical advise on how to create your content model. 3. How the process enhances team collaboration. 4. Why this will result in a better website, faster. Learning Objectives After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1. Understand the key components of a robust Drupal content architecture. 2. Identify when to use content types, taxonomies, or entity references appropriately. 3. Plan scalable, maintainable, and flexible content models before development starts. 4. Improve UX, SEO, editorial efficiency, and site scalability through structured content. 5. Engage more effectively with UX designers, developers, and clients by using architecture to drive early discussions and decisions. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Hooks, from magic names to php language feature

Fabian Bircher (Bircher), Sally Young (Justafish) In bygone versions you could extend Drupal by creating a special module file and write php functions with magic names like mymodule_block_info or mymodule_form_alter. In Drupal 11 almost all of that code lives in particular places and has php attributes but it doesn't have to be frightening. Prerequisite All you need to know is some features of modern php. No familiarity with Drupal 7 and before is required. While the session makes a nod at how "easy" it was to hook into Drupal, it makes the argument that with modern php you have the same basis but a lot of improvements for DX. Outline Code for Drupal 11.1 looks almost like magic again for someone who was used to the magic naming that kept working the same way even in Drupal 11.0. Hook_block_info has become a plugin a long time ago, and recently plugins changed to use php annotations. But the big change that happened in Drupal 11.1 is that most of the hooks can now be methods on classes. This allows for better code organisation and better testing because one can use dependency injection. We will showcase that implementing hooks the new way is just as easy and everyone should know about it. Learning Objectives You will learn how easy it is to adapt your code to the object oriented way of defining hooks and see that you can test your code much better. Experience level Beginner read more

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How to Land an EPIC Contribution in Drupal (Without Losing Your Mind)

Matt Glaman (mglaman), Mike Herchel (mherchel) Behind every great Drupal feature is a stubborn person (not necessarily a developer) who refused to let it stay broken. Want to be that person? We’ll show you how. In this wildly entertaining session from two seasoned Drupal core maintainers and bug fixers, you’ll be walked through the murky steps of getting your feature or bugfix into Drupal core, Drupal CMS, or prominent contrib project. Prerequisite Have you ever rage-clicked a Drupal admin screen and thought, “Why is it like this?!” Good news: you can fix it. Better news: we’ll show you how, and you don't need to be a developer! Outline * Identifying issues or features that can be fixed * Pitching the idea to relevant stakeholders * Assembling your team * Doing the actual work (including what makes a MR review-worthy) * Handling the complexities of communication (spoiler: this is often the hardest part) * Getting it across the finish line (aka committed!) We’ll also break down real-world case studies of contributions to Drupal core—from first idea to final commit—including the wins, the failures, and the desperate Slack messages in between. Learning Objectives * Identifying issues or features that can be fixed * Pitching the idea to relevant stakeholders * Assembling your team * Doing the actual work (including what makes a MR review-worthy) * Handling the complexities of communication (spoiler: this is often the hardest part) * Getting it across the finish line (aka committed!) At the end of this session, you’ll walk away with the motivation, ability, and confidence to land your very own EPIC contribution. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Help! My search page is getting hammered by an AI bot!

Speaker: Antje Lorch (Ifrik) AI bots are bringing websites down with never ending search queries. What can you as a site builder do about that? Which modules can help? And how do you get a better search experience at the same time. Prerequisite Some experience in site building, esp. with setting up faceted search pages is useful for this session. Outline I will show what site builders can do with contrib modules such as Solr Search, Facets 3 and Antibot to mitigate the effect of AI bots crawling a Drupal website - and to optimize the search for users at the same time. We will go through some of the configuration step-by-step to understand the reasoning behind it, and through some simple debugging steps. Additionally we will look at measures that can be done on the server. This is followed by a discussion of what other measures site builders and developers take, and what of these could be formulated as feature requests for contrib modules. Learning Objectives Site builders will be able to configure existing or new search pages to reduce the negative effects of AI bots and to improve the UX for visitors at the same time. They should also be able to communicate to their hosting providers what kind of measures can be taken on the server. Module developers should get an insight in how their modules can help site builders with this specific problem. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Carbon Impact Evaluator: Measuring and Reducing Drupal's Digital Carbon Footprint

Speaker: Cláudia Desidério (claudiadesiderio) In a world that values sustainability, the "Carbon Impact Evaluator" is essential for web developers and technology companies to reduce the environmental footprint of their websites. Discover how this innovative module can transform digital practices with precise methods of measuring CO2 emissions. Prerequisite For a better understanding during the session, it is desirable that participants have a basic knowledge of web development and familiarity with concepts such as climate change and sustainability. Outline Session description: In recent years, sustainability has become a central concern in technology due to increased energy consumption and carbon emissions. Drupal developers are encouraged to create solutions that minimize environmental impact. In this context, the "Carbon Impact Evaluator" emerges as an important tool for developing sustainable digital practices, allowing precise measurement of CO2 emissions and helping to reduce the ecological footprint of websites. Our session will highlight how developers can use this tool to implement sustainable digital practices, crucial in a period of growing energy consumption and environmental concerns. Key Topics: Introduction to Digital Sustainability - Digital sustainability: where can we intervene? - Carbon emissions in the digital world: how can we measure these emissions? Presentation of the Carbon Impact Evaluator - Purpose and motivation behind the module - Explanation of the two emission calculation methodologies: Sustainable Web Design and OneByte Practical Demonstration - Step-by-step implementation of the module - Results analysis: real-time vs summary table Impact and Adoption of Sustainable Practices - How companies can integrate the module and assess the impact on web pages - Future perspectives and potential for eco-friendly innovation Brief Overview: The session will highlight how Drupal developers can take responsibility for the carbon emissions of the sites they create, using the "Carbon Impact Evaluator" module. This tool serves as a guide for implementing sustainable digital practices, offering a practical approach to minimizing the environmental impact of digital services, crucial in an era of increasing energy consumption and environmental concerns. Learning Objectives - Understand how to communicate sustainability improvements to clients and stakeholders as a competitive advantage. - Understand the importance of measuring carbon emissions on the web. - Familiarize oneself with the functionalities and advantages of the "Carbon Impact Evaluator". - Learn how to implement and customize the module in own projects. - Adopt sustainable practices in web development and assess the environmental impact of websites. Experience level Intermediate read more

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AI vs. Human Creativity: How to Strike the Right Balance in Drupal

Speaker: Anubhav Tiwari (tiwarianubhav22) AI is transforming the way we build and manage digital experiences, but where does human creativity fit in? In this session, we’ll explore how to leverage AI as a tool to enhance—not replace—human creativity in Drupal. From automating repetitive tasks to generating content and code, we’ll discuss practical ways to integrate AI into your workflow while keeping the creative spark alive. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for striking the right balance between AI and human input in their Drupal projects. Prerequisite - Basic familiarity with Drupal (no advanced technical knowledge required). - An understanding of content management concepts (e.g., content creation, workflows, and user experience). - Curiosity about AI and its applications in digital experiences (no prior AI expertise needed). Outline 1. Introduction (5 minutes): - Brief overview of AI’s role in Drupal and the importance of human creativity. - Setting the stage for the “AI vs. Human Creativity” discussion. 2. The Rise of AI in Drupal (10 minutes): - Overview of AI tools and technologies relevant to Drupal. - Examples of AI use cases in content management, design, and development. 3. The Role of Human Creativity (10 minutes): - Why human creativity is irreplaceable in Drupal projects. - Examples of tasks where human input is critical. 4. Striking the Right Balance (10 minutes): - Practical strategies for integrating AI into workflows without overshadowing human creativity. - Real-world examples of successful AI-human collaboration in Drupal. 6. Interactive Segment: AI vs. Human Challenge (5 minutes): - Live demo comparing AI-generated content with human-created content. - Audience participation: Voting and discussion. 7. Ethical Considerations and Best Practices (5 minutes): - Addressing the risks and ethical implications of AI in Drupal. - Best practices for responsible AI integration. 7. Q&A and Wrap-Up (5 minutes): - Open floor for questions and final thoughts. Learning Objectives - Understand the capabilities and limitations of AI in Drupal. - Learn how to identify tasks that can be automated with - AI and those that require human creativity. - Gain practical strategies for integrating AI into Drupal workflows while maintaining a human touch. - Explore real-world examples of AI-human collaboration in Drupal projects. - Develop an awareness of the ethical considerations and best practices for using AI in Drupal. Experience level Beginner read more

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Institutional Intelligence How Yale Uses Drupal 2 Transform Bureaucratic Complexity 2 Conversational

Speaker: Franz Joseph Hartl (Franzhartl) Journey inside Yale's digital transformation as we reveal how our Drupal-based YaleSites platform has become the foundation for Beacon—an AI system that transforms bureaucratic complexity into intuitive conversations. Prerequisite Basic familiarity with Drupal site building concepts Interest in how large institutions manage digital knowledge Curiosity about practical AI applications in higher education No specialized technical expertise required Outline This session takes you inside Yale University's ongoing journey to transform our digital landscape using Drupal as the foundation for conversational AI that breaks down traditional bureaucratic barriers. When we began, Yale faced challenges familiar to many institutions: thousands of isolated websites built by different departments, critical information scattered across disconnected systems, and complex processes requiring navigation through multiple knowledge silos. Our YaleSites Drupal implementation has become the cornerstone of our solution. We'll share: Yale's Knowledge Challenge: How we identified the disconnect between our mission of knowledge creation and our fragmented digital infrastructure that made knowledge harder to find and use YaleSites' Evolution: The architectural decisions that transformed our Drupal implementation from a website platform into a knowledge ecosystem, including our block-based component library and semantic structure Beacon's Development: How we built and continue to refine our conversational AI agent that navigates Yale's complex landscape, including the discovery that Drupal's structured content creates the perfect AI foundation Organizational Transformation: The deliberate process we followed to change not just our technology but how Yale approaches digital challenges entirely. Real Yale Examples: Live demonstrations showing how we are creating conversational experiences rather than bureaucratic mazes The session will reveal both technical implementations and organizational strategies, showing how our approach balances academic independence with institutional coherence, creating a system where knowledge flows freely across traditional boundaries. Learning Objectives Architectural Blueprint: Our proven approach to structuring Drupal content that simultaneously serves human readers and AI systems, transforming static pages into dynamic knowledge resources Component Design Principles: Yale's methodology for creating block-based "knowledge components" that maintain their integrity across contexts while enabling AI to recombine them intelligently in conversation Process Transformation Strategy: Our framework for identifying which bureaucratic processes deliver the highest value when transformed into conversational experiences, with metrics for measuring impact Cross-Functional Collaboration Model: Yale's successful approach to building teams that bridge technical, editorial, and organizational perspectives—creating true institutional capability rather than just technical solutions Implementation Roadmap: Our phased approach to evolution rather than revolution, allowing institutions to build on existing Drupal investments while systematically expanding capabilities Governance Framework: Yale's model for balancing departmental autonomy with institutional coherence, creating systems where freedom and structure reinforce rather than conflict with each other Experience level Beginner read more

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From Recipe Platform to Consumer Hub - The Maggi.de Drupal Evolution

Baddý Sonja Breidert (baddysonja), Grischa Marky (Gmarky) Explore Maggi.de's transformation from a recipe platform to a thriving consumer hub. Discover how Drupal's power enabled Maggi to deliver personalized, innovative services, driving user engagement and setting new standards in the food industry. Learn how this Splash award winning site leverages Drupal to connect with over 12 million users per year. Prerequisite Basic understanding of Drupal, web development concepts, and digital marketing strategies. Outline Maggi.de, a leading recipe platform in Germany with over 12 million annual users, faced increasing competition and the need to differentiate itself. The goal was to transition from a simple recipe site to a full-service portal, providing users with food information, preparation guidance, and innovative features. This session will cover how Maggi, a subsidiary of Nestlé Deutschland AG, has leveraged Drupal to achieve this transformation over the past three years, evolving from its initial Drupal distribution. The presentation will be delivered by the Senior Digital Manager of Maggi.de, offering a first-hand perspective on the challenges, solutions, and successes encountered along the way. The Maggi.de project won first place in the "Enterprise National" category at the German Splash Awards 2023. This session will cover: * The Initial Challenge: Maggi's need to evolve beyond a basic recipe platform and create a more engaging, user-centric experience, driven by increasing competition and the need to provide more value to its large user base (12+ million users annually). * The Drupal Solution: How Drupal's modularity, open-source nature, security, and integration capabilities made it the ideal choice for Maggi.de's transformation, enabling the implementation of innovative ideas and continuous development to meet growing customer needs. The platform leverages the extensibility of Drupal to adapt to user needs and reposition itself as a service portal. * Key Implementation Details: This section will detail the implementation of key features: ** How Maggi leveraged their existing Nestlé's Drupal distribution as a foundation. ** The process of expanding the website to incorporate new features and functionalities, including a focus on innovative solutions to meet customer needs. ** Integrating with third-party solutions, such as supermarket offer APIs (Drotax database with market price data from over 78,000 supermarkets in Germany). ** Technical details including the connection to the Maggi microservice (central interface for database access), a React application for an optimized search experience, and SOLR search to improve recipe discovery (2,600+ recipes offered). ** Implementation of key services: *** "Lecker Retter": A food-saving campaign with a chatbot feature, offering tips on storing and using leftovers, and providing recipes to minimize food waste (11 million tons of food are thrown away annually in Germany). (https://www.maggi.de/lecker-retter/) *** "KiM" Chatbot: Provides 2,600+ recipes and cooking ideas, accessible via WhatsApp, offering recipe search, cooking courses, weekly plans (via push notification), and tips. (https://www.maggi.de/kochstudio/chatbot-kim/) *** "Promotion Finder": A Germany-unique service that integrates weekly price fluctuations from local supermarkets (EDEKA, Rewe, etc.) to suggest recipes that utilize on-sale ingredients, addressing consumer cost-consciousness. Integration of data from 78,000+ supermarkets. (https://www.maggi.de/aktionsfinder/) * The Results: The impact of the Drupal-powered transformation on user engagement, brand perception, and business goals. This section will highlight Maggi.de's success in achieving positive brand perception and increased engagement through its new services, catering to current user needs such as food waste reduction, cost awareness, and consumer convenience. It will also highlight the project's recognition at the German Splash Awards 2023, where it won first place in the "Enterprise National" category, a testament to its exceptional Drupal implementation and innovation. Maggi.de now boasts 20,000,000 page views and 12,000,000 users per year. * Lessons Learned: Key takeaways and best practices from the Maggi.de project that can be applied to other large-scale digital transformations, including the challenges of implementing innovative ideas in short timeframes, responding to customer feedback, and managing large amounts of data (processing 1,500 new offers per week and comparing them with 2,600 recipes and thousands of ingredients in the Promotion Finder). This session will provide valuable insights for: * Marketers and content strategists looking to create engaging digital experiences. * Developers and architects considering Drupal for complex, enterprise-level websites. * Business stakeholders seeking to understand the role of CMS platforms in digital transformation. read more

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AI Content Migrate for Drupal: Automating Large-Scale Content Migrations with AI

Speaker: Raffaele Chiocca (Rafuel92) Speed up website migrations and cut costs: discover how AI can automate content analysis, simplify workflows, and help you migrate your old Drupal website into a new one faster and smarter. Prerequisite Participants should have a general understanding of how Drupal manages content types and fields. Basic knowledge of website structures and content migration challenges will help maximize the session’s value. Outline Are you planning to migrate one or multiple websites to Drupal and looking for a way to simplify the process? Migrating content can be complex and time-consuming, especially when dealing with different structures and large amounts of data. The AI Content Migrate module helps you drastically reduce repetitive tasks, time and costs associated with migrations. By leveraging AI to automatically analyze the structure of an existing website, this module can suggest appropriate Drupal content types and fields. It even handles complex operations such as mapping existing content via HTML selectors and retrieving associated media. With AI Content Migrate, you can: - Analyze content structure using AI to automatically generate Drupal content types and fields. - Optimize migrations by significantly reducing manual effort and the overhead of repetitive tasks. - Map fields to HTML selectors so that each piece of legacy content populates the correct Drupal field. - Include existing media from the old website, ensuring images and other assets are properly assigned. - Dry run mode to test your migration result without impacting production. This module is ideal for anyone migrating large or multiple websites from another platform to Drupal, offering an automated approach that saves time and boosts reliability. Learning Objectives - Discover how AI can optimize website migrations to save time and resources. - Learn practical strategies to automate content type and field creation. - Understand how to minimize errors and improve the reliability of migration projects. - Gain actionable insights for faster, smarter, and more cost-effective moves to Drupal. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Beyond 99 Red Balloons: a guide to alternative text and accessible images

Chris Vickery (Kafkadoodledoo), AmyJune Hineline (Volkswagenchick) Ready to make your content sing? Join us for a deep dive into inclusive content creation, alt text best practices, and how 80s imagery can help bring it all to life. Let’s ensure every reader feels the beat! Prerequisite None Outline Accessible code is imperative for inclusion, but all the code in the world doesn’t do any good if the content is not meaningful to our content consumers. In this session, we’ll go over what we can do as content authors to ensure inclusivity for all of our readers beyond semantic markup and structured content around images. And because we love to include images on our digital assets to support and add context to our information and concepts, we'll do a deep dive into best practices for adding alternative text. We'll make it fun by walking through some imagery from the 80s music scene. From 99 Red Balloons shaking us all night long, to Burning Down the House we don’t want to leave any of our users behind. Learning Objectives - Discover how to create content that speaks to all readers - Understand the best practices for adding alternative text (alt text) - Turn up the volume on visuals Experience level Beginner read more

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Digital Sovereignty by Design

Jeffrey McGuire (horncologne), Mathias Bolt Lesniak (mabolek) Digital sovereignty is a topic on the rise, but true digital sovereignty cannot happen without the freedoms of open source software. Let's look at what digital sovereignty really is and how you add true "digital sovereignty by design" to your sales pitch. Prerequisite You have a role in selling or procuring an open source CMS or you are generally interested in digital sovereignty. Outline What are the real sovereignty challenges faced countries, businesses, and individuals today? We'll look at how CMS users are faced with different digital sovereignty challenges and threats depending on size and financial strength, and how choosing an open source CMS can be one of the keys to greater independence. Is "digital sovereignty washing" the new "open washing"? Some voices make it seem like controlling your data is everything. Those voices are often the voices of proprietary vendors. Restricting the conversation is the only solution they have, because digital sovereignty challenges their business model. How does digital sovereignty impact different markets? Sovereignty and residency is central to Europen policy, but businesses in the US are not automatically digitally sovereign because they share home turf with Google and Amazon. Small countries in Africa and the Pacific are also facing their own set of challenges. What is your digital sovereignty status today? We'll talk about how to cope with your own digital sovereignty challenges — and advicing your clients on how to reduce theirs. Maybe perfection is impossible, but pragmatism is not to give in to everything. Let's take a mature approach to managing digital sovereignty. Learning Objectives Be able to discern the true requirements for digital sovereignty. Know how digital sovereignty options differ between countries, businesses, and individuals. Find new ways to use digital sovereignty as a sales tool, especially in competition against proprietary vendors. Realize new benefits of working with open source software. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Drupal Business Survey 2025

Janne Kalliola (jannekalliola), Michel Van Velde (Michel Van Velde), Imre Gmelig Meijling (Imre-gmelig-meijling) The Drupal Business Survey investigates trends in the Drupal market based on data provided by digital service providers from all over the world. It analyses business insights and growth opportunities providing a comprehensive report presented at DrupalCon Europe, the international Drupal conference. This session covers the outcome of the survey supported by in depth insights and actual data. It provides an opportunity for Drupal business owners to look for market trends and deepdive on opportunities together. Prerequisite Outline The Drupal Business Survey shares valuable business insights from Drupal service providers worldwide. Drupal’s open source ecosystem is supported by a strong community of tens of thousands professionals worldwide, working together on the popular digital experience platform. Because Drupal is open source, anyone can work with Drupal or make changes to it. The Drupal Business Survey gives meaningful data for business owners and decision makers to build their next business strategy on. The Drupal Business Survey results in a comprehensive report on business outlook and customer engagement. It has been a valuable guide for digital service providers, even to those working with other technologies but Drupal. Participants are from all continents, with most of the companies being in business for 10 years or more. About the Business Survey The Drupal Business Survey support Drupal businesses worldwide and is organized by a team of industry experts Imre Gmelig Meijling (React Online), Janne Kalliola (Exove) and Michel van Velde (Craftmore) in collaboration with the Drupal Association. Drupal is the open source Digital Experience Platform used by many organisations worldwide including Nestlé, Lufthansa and WWF. Learning Objectives In this session you will get: An overview of the outcome of the Drupal Business Survey 2025. Analysis on key points including trends on market segments, the impact of DrupalCMS and AI. An insight on how peer business owners look on current uncertain times in the world and discuss the impact of geopolitical changes. An opportunity to engage directly with the international Drupal business community This session is a welcome bonus to the yearly Drupal Business Diner, held during DrupalCon. Here business owners get the first high level takeaways from the Drupal Business Survey and a chance to speak openly with fellow CEO’s and decision makers. Experience level Advanced read more

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Accessible by Default: How Drupal 11 Redefines Inclusive Design

Ulka Bendale (Bendale) Accessibility is no longer an afterthought — Drupal 11 builds it into every site by default. Discover how Single Directory Components, Recipes, and real-time tools empower you to create inclusive, scalable experiences effortlessly. Prerequisite Basic familiarity with Drupal (8/9/10), site building, and a general understanding of accessibility (WCAG standards recommended but not mandatory). Outline This session explores how Drupal 11 transforms accessibility from a separate step into an integrated, default practice. We’ll dive into creating accessible UI components using Single Directory Components (SDCs), deploying accessible structures using the Recipes API, empowering content creators with real-time accessibility validation, and automating accessibility maintenance through core update workflows. A live demo will illustrate building and validating an accessible component inside Drupal 11’s new architecture. Learning Objectives - Understand the accessibility improvements embedded in Drupal 11. - Build accessible, reusable UI components using SDCs. - Deploy accessible site architectures using Recipes API. - Empower content authors with real-time accessibility feedback. - Automate accessibility maintenance for sustainable compliance. Experience level Intermediate read more

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Improving and contributing Drupal Documentation. 2025 edition

Vladimir Roudakov (VladimirAus), Janna Malikova (Jannakha) Lately we've organised a series of help contribution sprints focused on reviewing, updating, and enhancing Drupal documentation based on feedback from the Slack documentation channel. We will share insights gathered over the past two years of teaching Drupal at the college and for private companies, combined with recent initiatives from the Drupal Association and successful documentation strategies from other open-source projects. We will also explore how new AI tools can be leveraged to create, promote, and improve documentation. Prerequisite This sessions is aimed at the new generation of Drupal help and guide contributors. Outline 1. The Current State of Drupal Documentation: An overview of how up to date and related existing Drupal documentation. 2. Contributing to Drupal Documentation: A step-by-step guide to the contribution process, including: 2.a Updating guides 2.b Contributing to API documentation 3. Tools and Resources: Exploring the tools and resources available to documentation contributors, including tools for outdated content, style checkers, translation and community channels. 4. Leveraging AI for Documentation: Examining how AI tools can assist in creating, maintaining, and improving documentation. Learning Objectives 📄 Highlight areas within Drupal's documentation that need improvement. 📄 Contribute to Drupal documentation by creating, updating, and reviewing pages. 📄 Utilise available tools and resources for documentation contributions. 📄 Apply best practices for collaborating within the Drupal documentation community. 📄 Demonstrating how modern AI tools can be used to improve documentation workflows. 📄 Get involved in documentation sprints and other community efforts. Experience level Beginner read more

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PRESERVING LEGACY, EMPOWERING FUTURE: HOW DRUPAL POWERS AMI’S GLOBAL DIGITAL NETWORK

Roland Obermair (Roromedia) How do you manage a diverse ecosystem of digital experiences while ensuring scalability, accessibility and streamlined content sharing? The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) has found its answer in Drupal. As the global steward of Maria Montessori’s educational philosophy, AMI operates a network of interconnected websites and digital platforms that support educators, students and institutions in over 100 countries. By leveraging Drupal, AMI has built a scalable, accessible and future-ready digital ecosystem that preserves Montessori’s legacy while delivering modern solutions for education, community engagement and knowledge-sharing. This session will showcase how AMI’s Drupal-powered infrastructure enables the organisation to efficiently manage multiple websites, integrate key enterprise tools, and provide an optimal experience across its global network. Prerequisite - Basic Drupal Knowledge: Understanding of CMS capabilities. - Education/Nonprofit Sector Experience: Not needed but might be especially useful for those in this digital strategy context. - Multi-Site & Multi-Language: Interest in managing interconnected platforms Outline Key Highlights Multiple Sites, One Shared Vision: Instead of a traditional multisite setup, AMI’s Drupal framework allows multiple independent sites to share core features, integrations and a unified theme—ensuring efficiency, consistency and flexibility. A Flexible Digital Archive: AMI utilises Archipelago, a Drupal-based archiving system for the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sector, developed by METRO (metro.org), to safeguard historical records while making Montessori’s educational legacy digitally accessible. It features metadata management, OCR capabilities and integrated digital asset viewers, all within a flexible data structure. Commerce and Membership Integration: A Drupal-powered commerce system facilitates seamless transactions for membership fees and benefits, while an advanced membership platform supports a thriving global educator network. Credit-Based Asset Platform: AMI has built a Drupal-powered digital materials platform where students and members can view and download educational resources using a credit-based system—enabling quality Montessori resources to be more readily available and translated into multiple languages. Enterprise Integrations: Drupal’s flexibility allows powerful integration with critical third-party systems, including: o FileMaker-based databases, ensuring smooth data flow between AMI’s in-house databases and Drupal websites. o Mailchimp, enabling targeted and automated communication to its global community. o GIT-based versioning and CI/CD Pipelines, enabling efficient development workflows, and streamlined deployment for AMI’s digital ecosystem across different staging environments. o OpenID authentication with Keycloak, providing a seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) experience across all AMI platforms for students, educators, and administrators. o Auditable, GDPR-Compliant, and Transparent: The Drupal ecosystem allows AMI to maintain a highly auditable system, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and transparency across all digital platforms. Built with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance in mind, Drupal provides robust data protection, user privacy controls and security measures essential for managing sensitive information in alignment with European regulations. Furthermore, Drupal’s adherence to the EU Accessibility Act ensures that AMI’s digital presence is fully inclusive and accessible to users of all abilities. Accessibility and Inclusivity by Design: A Tailwind CSS-based base theme, including RTL support for Sephardic languages, ensures all sites are built for inclusivity, accessibility and an optimal user experience—centrally managed and deployed across the ecosystem. Future-Ready, Scalable and Open: Drupal’s extensible architecture provides AMI with a sustainable and cost-effective foundation—future-proofing their digital strategy while allowing continuous evolution to meet the growing demands of a global educational movement. Additionally, Drupal’s AI-driven ecosystem will enhance automation, personalisation and intelligent content recommendations, allowing AMI to create more engaging and efficient digital experiences for educators and students worldwide. A Vision for the Future All of this is made possible by AMI’s commitment to open-source technology and digital transformation. With its headquarters in Amsterdam, AMI operates as a truly global organisation, serving educators and students across continents, time zones and languages. Experience level Beginner read more

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Opening Ceremony + Women in Drupal Award

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KEYNOTE: Driesnote

Belgium-born Drupal founder Dries Buytaert is a pioneer in the Open Source web publishing and digital experience platform space. As is tradition, Dries will take the stage at the Austria Center Vienna for his Driesnote presentation. read more

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Drupal Canvas unleashed: The future of Drupal is here

Lauri Timmanee (lauriii), Bálint Kléri (balintbrews) DrupalCon Vienna marks the arrival of Drupal Canvas 1.0, ready for production. It's time to adopt new mental models for the fundamental shift in how we build Drupal sites. Get practical insights from key contributors who've been shaping Drupal Canvas from its inception. Prerequisite Attendees will get the most out of this session by having basic Drupal sitebuilding knowledge and being familiar with the purpose of Single-Directory Components (SDCs). Basic JavaScript and React knowledge is helpful but not required. Outline Imagine building Drupal sites faster, more collaboratively, and by using cutting edge web development tools. We will explain how Drupal Canvas 1.0 helps you achieve that! This isn't just another update; this session is your front-row seat to understand how Drupal Canvas changes the way Drupal sites are built in future. In this presentation, you'll see firsthand what you can build right now. We'll guide you through practical steps to integrate Drupal Canvas into your existing sites and how your current modules fit in. You’ll leave understanding how Canvas enables faster builds, changes the development workflow, and sets you up to initiate new projects with confidence. Learning Objectives - Attendees will see how starting a new Drupal site with Drupal Canvas enables a fundamentally faster and more collaborative build process compared to traditional methods. - Attendees will understand how Drupal Canvas architecture, especially its component model and in-browser code, changes the development and site-building workflow for a new project. - Attendees will be able to set up a new Drupal installation with Drupal Canvas for production use. - Attendees will be able to articulate how to design and build custom components specifically for an Drupal Canvas-centric site architecture, and how this differs from building traditional Drupal projects. - Attendees will understand how existing contributed modules and standard Drupal site building practices fit into an Drupal Canvas site build. - Attendees will leave with a clear vision and actionable starting points to advocate initiating a new project using Drupal Canvas within their team or organization. Experience level Beginner read more

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The International Splash Awards 2025 Ceremony

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KEYNOTE: The Web in 2035: A Keynote Panel on the Future of the Web

Sebastian Bergmann, Sachiko Muto, Ondřej Mirtes, Derick Rethans - What will the web look like in 10 years? Will it be open, fair, and sustainable - or fragmented, automated, and opaque? Join us for a keynote panel, moderated by Aikaterine Tsiboukas, “The Web in 2035”, where four thought leaders will explore how today’s decisions are shaping the web of tomorrow. - Meet the Panelists We’ve assembled a unique mix of engineers and advocates - each with a deep stake in the web’s future: Sebastian Bergmann Creator of PHPUnit and advocate for sustainable software practices in the PHP ecosystem. Derick Rethans Core PHP contributor and expert in standards and low-level web infrastructure, creator of Xdebug. Ondřej Mirtes Creator of PHPStan, a leading static analysis tool, pushing for developer-friendly correctness and maintainability. Sachiko Muto Chair of OpenForum Europe and policy strategist, driving open-source and digital sovereignty conversations at the European level. - Together, they’ll tackle the big questions: How do we balance innovation with responsibility? What role will open source play in 2035? How do we ensure that the web remains a space for everyone - not just for those who control the infrastructure? Whether you’re a developer, marketer, agency executive, or a policy thinker this session has something to offer you: Predictions about how AI, regulation, and decentralization will shape the next decade Insights into the future of software development, ethics, and standards A rare crossover between policy, tooling, and real-world developer experience This isn’t a look back, it’s a challenge to look forward. If you care about: Open source and its long-term sustainability Developer tools and the people behind them Ethical design, digital sovereignty, or AI's role on the web …then you’ll want a front-row seat for this discussion. Join us as we peer into the near future of the internet and ask: What kind of web do we want to build? read more

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Drupal Canvas APIs: How to integrate and extend Canvas

Christian López Espínola (penyaskito) Drupal Canvas will revolutionize how you will empower your editors and marketers to build sites with Drupal. But that might not be enough for your audience, and you will want to put guiderails, extend or improve the Experience of your Builders. Prerequisite This session is oriented for backend and frontend devs. Won't be too deep, so backends should be able to follow the frontend pieces and the opposite. Outline - What is Drupal Canvas - Intro to backend data model - Intro to frontend client data model - BE: How can I provide my own building blocks? ComponentSources - BE: How can I interact with the internal API - FE: How can I create extensions for the UI. - FE: modifying the client model Conclusions - Designing the personalization UI - The Canvas data model: how it fits together. - Demo. Learning Objectives - Both frontend and backend developers will learn about the Drupal Canvas backend and client data model, and how they can interact with Canvas for providing the best custom experience to their users. - Developers will learn some internals about Drupal Canvas itself, which will make it easier for them to contribute to the Drupal Canvas efforts. Experience level Intermediate read more

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The AI Agent Swarm has come to Drupal Canvas!

James Abrahams (Yautja_cetanu) The Agent Swarm has come to Drupal Canvas and nothing in Drupal will ever be the same again! Since Barcelona, we have seen glimpses of how AI could help migrate designs and certain content into Drupal, but now with the release of Drupal Canvas, it’s finally here! Time to learn how to Do it with Drupal! Prerequisite No specific prerequisites other than an interest in Drupal AI and especially design. This session is ideal for developers, site builders, content strategists, and decision-makers interested in leveraging AI capabilities within Drupal CMS. It will be especially relevant to designers wanting to bring in their own designs from tools like Figma. Whether you're new to Drupal or a seasoned professional, you'll gain valuable insights into how AI is transforming web development, content management and now design. Outline Six months after introducing AI Agents to Drupal CMS, we're witnessing a revolution with the Drupal Canvas AI Agent Swarm. We will take what you've learnt in the DriesNote and Drupal Canvas sections and dive into the AI functionality specifically. We will also update you on what’s been going on in the Drupal AI CMS Ecosystem, focusing on Agent Swarms that you can create yourself, significantly improved search functionality and the deluge of new features for content editors in the AI Playground. The session will close with an overview of all the activity across the Drupal AI community over the last few months, from the European Commission to community agencies who are contributing and levelling the whole AI ecosystem. The session will explore: - The evolution from single AI Agents to cooperative AI Agent Swarms in Drupal - How Drupal Canvas empowers designers to import Figma designs directly into Drupal sites - The no-code promise fulfilled: creating complex experiences using natural language instructions - MCP (Rest for Agents): the connectivity layer allowing Drupal to integrate with everything - Config Agentic Architecture: how to build and customize your own AI Agent Swarms - Practical demonstrations of AI-powered design to Drupal workflows - Responsible AI practices and governance in the Drupal Canvas ecosystem - A glimpse into the future: what's next for AI Agent Swarms in Drupal Join us for an engaging session that will equip you with the knowledge to leverage AI Agent Swarms in your own Drupal projects. We'll conclude with a Q&A, so bring your questions and feedback! There’s never been a better time to Do It With Drupal! Learning Objectives - Understand the latest AI developments in Drupal CMS. - Go into more detail on how the Drupal Canvas AI Agents can help you build amazing experiences quickly with no code. - Learn how to bring your own designs into Drupal Canvas from your favorite tools such as Figma. - Learn about other AI innovations in Drupal CMS such as how MCP (Rest for Agents) will allow Drupal to connect to everything and use everything. - Learn how to create your own AI Agent Swarms with the new Config Agentic Architecture. Experience level Beginner read more

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Extend your Drupal Watchdog!

Speaker: Aleksei Korepov (Murz) Do you still use Database Logging in Drupal? Or already switched to the syslog, files, cloud? In both cases - you're cooking the logs wrong! And I'll explain why! Prerequisite A couple of looks at Drupal logs and an attempt to find something useful there. Outline Do you still use Database Logging in Drupal? Or already switched to the syslog, files, cloud? In both cases - you're cooking the logs wrong! And I'll explain why! Start using the full power of logging to make the log entries really meaningful, structured, and parseable, with the ability to store any metadata together with the log record. I'll teach you how to extend your Drupal Logger to include there additional information, that helps you to track operations performance, progress, and results, detailed errors, exceptions. You will be able to quickly filter your logs by any deep value of your unstructured metadata object. And even more: We will build colorful charts directly from your logs, without any separate metrics reporting to Prometheus! And all this - directly on your localhost, without any commercial services and clouds. Bonus for attentive listeners: integration of logs with OpenTelemetry Traces. Learning Objectives 1. Learn to store additional metadata via the default Drupal Logger interface. 2. Perform extending log records from Core like a Node save event and records from contrib modules with not enough data. 3. Deploy a log visualization system on your localhost and build analytic charts directly from metadata values in the log records. Experience level Intermediate read more

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The Future of Login: How Drupal Can Champion User Choice, Privacy, and Simplicity

Speaker: Unnikrishnan Bhargavakurup (Unnikrishnan), Anish Anilkumar (anish.a), Dick Hardt (Dickhardt), Santhosh Raju Login today often limits users to a few big tech providers -and compromises their privacy. Let's explore how Drupal can lead a new movement: one where users choose how they log in, safely and freely. Prerequisite Participants should have general familiarity with Drupal site building or administration. Basic knowledge of how social login (e.g., Google, Facebook login) works will enhance understanding, but no deep technical expertise is required. Outline - The problem today: Limited login choices and hidden surveillance risks. - Our journey: Challenges in offering users more freedom without complexity. - New possibilities: Models where users control their login method, providers can't track them, and site owners simplify setup. - Real-world example: How we built a privacy-first Drupal module following these principles. - Invitation: How the Drupal community can shape the future of ethical login on the open web. Learning Objectives - Understand limitations and privacy risks in traditional social login systems. - Discover user-first identity models that offer freedom and privacy. - Learn how to implement login solutions that protect user choice without adding complexity. - Be inspired to imagine and participate in building the future of open, ethical authentication. Experience level Beginner read more

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No more steep learning curve! How UX research is making a more user-centric Drupal CMS

Speaker: Emma Horrell (emma horrell) A UX mindset is our superpower in making Drupal CMS the gold standard for non-technical audiences. As Drupal CMS UX Research Lead, I’ll share how UX research is driving a product that’s changing the narrative about Drupal. You’ll learn about our ongoing user research schedule - what we’ve learned, how we’re learning it and what’s next. Curious to know what non-tech users want from AI and what they think about recipes and site templates? Excited to understand how Drupal Canvas supports intuitive user flows? Eager to get involved with future research or feedback on findings so far? This is the session for you. Prerequisite This session is for anyone excited about Drupal CMS and its potential for non-technical audiences. Maybe you’re a Drupal CMS user yourself, already putting it to use to build sites, maybe you work on Drupal CMS and want to embed user insights into your work. Maybe you’re interested in how it’s shaping up and curious about upcoming features and functionality. Maybe you signed the Starshot pledge, and would like to learn some ways to make sure your contributions keep Drupal as user-centred as it possibly can be. All are welcome! Outline Drupal CMS is well on its way to becoming the first choice for marketers, content creators, and everyone in between. At the heart of this is a comprehensive UX research programme — helping us deliver a blend of intuition, innovation and inclusivity to open up Drupal to new audiences. I'm thrilled to be leading this work. In this session, I’ll take you behind the scenes of our UX research journey — sharing our purpose, progress, and plans for the future. You’ll get consolidated learnings from our multi-method approach, including first-hand insights from AI feature testing, surveys, interviews, concept exploration, and usability testing. I’ll show how telemetry revealed the real experience of trialling Drupal CMS, and unveil what a community quiz on Drupalisms taught us about our terminology challenges. From a leadership perspective, I’ll explain how we’re using this rich data to guide product decisions and how we’re embedding a continuous discovery model to keep learning and iterating. There’ll be time for feedback, wishlist-sharing, and an open discussion — plus I’ll share a few of my favourite UX techniques that anyone can use to contribute to a more user-centred Drupal. Learning Objectives -Understand what people really want from Drupal CMS and what they think of it so far (from authentic UX research insights) -Appreciate how UX research is shaping the next generation of Drupal CMS, from leadership decisions to front-end experiences. -Share your thoughts, suggest research ideas, and find out how to contribute to shaping a future user-centred Drupal CMS. -Learn practical UX techniques like empathy mapping, consequence scanning, and roleplaying to easily embed UX into your work Experience level Beginner read more

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Drupal Without Limits: Expanding Drupal's reach into IoT, Commerce, and application ecosystems.

Speaker: Yorgos Andreadis (Esepia) As technology rapidly advances, Drupal’s adaptability positions it at the forefront of innovation, powering IoT platforms, cutting-edge applications, and sophisticated commerce solutions. In this session, we’ll showcase how Drupal transcends traditional boundaries, spotlighting a real-world IoT project where it drives a fully connected ecosystem. You’ll discover how Drupal’s scalability, and robust security make it the ideal foundation for the digital experiences of tomorrow. Prerequisite This session is tailored for sales, PMs, marketing, and business professionals from Drupal Agencies in order to explore together new market opportunities through innovative Drupal use cases. Technical knowledge is not required. Outline During this session we will discover and reimagine Drupal’s role in driving business growth. We'll explore practical strategies for winning new types of projects and expanding service offerings beyond traditional web builds. By tapping into the IoT, commerce, and application markets, Drupal agencies can stay ahead of digital trends, unlock new revenue streams, and strengthen their competitive advantage in a rapidly changing technology landscape. Learning Objectives This session will empower business, sales, and marketing professionals with practical strategies to expand their service offerings, strengthen Drupal's market position, and confidently pursue innovative digital projects. Beyond sharing insights, we will foster an open, collaborative discussion where participants are encouraged to exchange ideas, share experiences, and co-create new approaches together. Experience level Intermediate read more

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RT @TalkingDrupal: On episode #390, Employee Owned Business with Seth Brown, CEO @lullabot. https://t.co/KiYM6Zwz5C #drupal read more

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Nonprofit Drupal posts: March Drupal for Nonprofits Chat https://t.co/uJq3iqKikr #drupal read more

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Community Working Group posts: Call for creators for crafting future Aaron Winborn Awards https://t.co/JqGX6q9W1M #drupal read more

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Community Working Group posts: Nominations are now open for the 2023 Aaron Winborn Award https://t.co/wrYfMue23T #drupal read more

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The Drop Times: Just Keep Showing Up, and the Job Is Yours: Chris Wells | DrupalCamp NJ https://t.co/FL1c6MdS9Z #drupal read more

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RT @ironstar_io: The 2023 Drupal Local Development Survey has now been translated into French, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. We are ve… read more

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The 2023 Drupal Local Development Survey has now been translated into French, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. We are very grateful to @mupsigraphy for her work on this French translation. If you would like to add a translation, please let us know as there's still time! read more

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RT @e14t: Mastering Drupal 9 Layout Builder: A Comprehensive Guide to Effortlessly Customize Your Website's Design #drupal https://t.co/veg… read more

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Mastering Drupal 9 Layout Builder: A Comprehensive Guide to Effortlessly Customize Your Website's Design #drupal https://t.co/vegAGDzSdh read more

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RT @Drupalcameroun: How #Drupal communities on the #African continent can help their governments in their #digitalization process. @_Africa… read more

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Chapter Three: where we celebrate National Pi Day with forward-thinking NextJS and Drupal expertise, and National Potato Chip Day with an unparalleled snacking prowess. What is your favorite chip flavor? 🥧 🍟 🤓#PiDay #PotatoChipDay #drupal #nextjs read more

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Pues me está gustando mucho lo de hacer directos en #twitch sobre desarrollo en #Drupal, le estoy cogiendo el gusto. read more

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Drupal has offered top-notch no-code/low-code site building functionalities long before these two terms even existed. You can learn more about Drupal as a no-code/low-code tool in this @agiledrop article: https://t.co/TDwJn5DT6r #Drupal #NoCode #LowCode https://t.co/tGVQhtdtvH read more

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I spent the last week doing #peformance #optimization of our #drupal 9 application infrastructure. I learned a lot about #PHP #opcache #profiling and Drupal's internal caching systems. #webprofiler module was a big help, too! read more

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The Drop Times: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine https://t.co/VMWANTSAUe #drupal read more

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One of our Back-end Developers, Greg Carlson has officially been with Aten for one year! Greg's favorite project this year was creating a #Drupal module to easily import CSV files to create content for @C4LPreK. In his free time, Greg follows the KU Jayhawks in his hometown. https://t.co/CN5QDULccA read more

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RT @nmdmatt: .@phpstan's new not-deprecated annotation #drupal https://t.co/To2MLb1hpw read more

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RT @nmdmatt: .@phpstan's new not-deprecated annotation #drupal https://t.co/To2MLb1hpw read more

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Matt Glaman: PHPStan's new @not-deprecated annotation https://t.co/Idxe5nlpQV #drupal read more

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Session submission: »The Ten Ways of Trust in Communication« by @kanadiankicks | @open_strategy https://t.co/HpYj8309le #dcruhr23 #Drupal (tf) https://t.co/zkzLT1BNJZ read more

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#Drupalcamp Colorado has dates! Aug 4 and 5. We want YOU to speak! Your topic doesn't have to be Drupal specifically but should be Drupal adjacent. #drupal #camp #opensource @drupalcolorado Please share this post liberally! https://t.co/Yb1x3vxmQ5 https://t.co/jMBQUq2hPu read more

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Wozu braucht man Drush bei #Drupal 9? Module lassen sich direkt updaten. Drupal Update mit Drush hat einen Aufkleber "deprecated". read more

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RT @SamHuskey: Attention #Drupal developers: @scsclassics is hiring! Details at https://t.co/3lTYHaQys3 read more

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Why join the Acquia's Headless Developer Advisory Board? This board is an opportunity to have your say. Provide feedback into our headless products an roadmaps. Check it out! #Drupal #DrupalHeadless #Decoupled #Developers #Technology #Leadership https://t.co/HJVa4aEinQ read more

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RT @TalkingDrupal: On episode #390, Employee Owned Business with Seth Brown, CEO @lullabot. https://t.co/KiYM6Zwz5C #drupal read more

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Olivero is the new default theme in #Drupal10 & 9 – and the most accessible one yet. Learn more about this modern theme’s best features, as well as its notable namesake. https://t.co/JHwH3hexgq #Drupal https://t.co/zTEKd7wOMa read more

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Are you a developer looking to stay ahead of the game? Then mark your calendars for March 19th and join us for the #Drupal Meetup at Zain Zinc! Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your skills and connect with fellow professionals! Register Now! https://t.co/0HwzZfdoR6 read more

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What Is a Content Management System (#CMS)? https://t.co/4Pd3JMXeKS #Wordpress 'joomla #Drupal read more

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Le connecteur officiel #ONLYOFFICE pour #Drupal est est disponible dans le répertoire officiel de Drupal. En savoir plus : https://t.co/UuUhlOteJn https://t.co/ENue19M7aN read more

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.@phpstan's new not-deprecated annotation #drupal https://t.co/To2MLb1hpw read more

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RT @drupalfr: 🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle es… read more

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RT @drupalfr: 🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle es… read more

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RT @DrupalCampRuhr: Wir danken unserem Bronze-Sponsor @arocom_GmbH! 🥰 "Sie suchen eine auf das CMS #Drupal spezialisierte Internetagentur… read more

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RT @drupalasheville: If you have an amazing training idea for #Drupal Camp #Asheville, remember to submit by March 28. That’s in two weeks!… read more

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If you have an amazing training idea for #Drupal Camp #Asheville, remember to submit by March 28. That’s in two weeks! If you are an expert in #SEO, #accessibility, #front-end technology, etc. our attendees would love to learn from you. Learn more at https://t.co/kOg4BLfyXq. https://t.co/IBB17YWptn read more

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The latest Drupal Review! https://t.co/AWLDaVGtYD Thanks to @laravel_101 #drupal #developer read more

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RT @DrupalCampRuhr: Wir danken unserem Bronze-Sponsor @arocom_GmbH! 🥰 "Sie suchen eine auf das CMS #Drupal spezialisierte Internetagentur… read more

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Dziś chcemy przedstawić Wam ciekawe oferty na: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗶 𝗣𝗛𝗣/𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮🔥 𝗣𝗛𝗣/𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 👇 https://t.co/INoX6d6iSQ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 👇 https://t.co/9VmiuyNKZ6 #dataengineer #php #Drupal https://t.co/3lW6NZBTPn read more

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Wir danken unserem Bronze-Sponsor @arocom_GmbH! 🥰 "Sie suchen eine auf das CMS #Drupal spezialisierte Internetagentur? Dann sind Sie bei der arocom GmbH genau richtig. Wir entwickeln individuelle Internetauftritte, Portale, Shops und Intranetlösungen." (gs) #dcruhr23 https://t.co/eR7Ql6Tmns read more

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Join us April 27 for the Drupal Zurich Meeting with talks about Ting, AI-Powered-Search-Indexes as well as @SplashAwards_CH 2023 #Drupal #DrupalZH #DrupalSwitzerland https://t.co/HICNsoGSuv read more

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I love all my Drupal and Magento projects I developed in the past 😁🙌 especially Shutterstock from the USA liked it #drupal read more

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RT @drupalfr: 🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle es… read more

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🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle est désormais disponible en français, et vous avez jusqu'au 17 avril pour participer ! 🇫🇷 https://t.co/bvGG2Mh0cI read more

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On episode #390, Employee Owned Business with Seth Brown, CEO @lullabot. https://t.co/KiYM6Zwz5C #drupal read more

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Specbee: Mastering Drupal 9 Layout Builder: A Comprehensive Guide to Effortlessly Customize Your Website's Design https://t.co/J3m41Xemep #drupal read more

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In this blog's category, you’ll learn about useful features of Droopler - our #Drupal distribution for building websites/creating landing pages for #marketing campaigns 👨‍💻 Check the #SEO and navigation functionalities, and the web pages built on Droopler https://t.co/CeicqTnTad read more

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RT @ultimike: I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 http… read more

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¿Instalar #Drupal con un solo click? Si es posible con nuestros planes de #Hosting (Hospedaje Web), Contrata tu plan ¡Ahora! https://t.co/UyteHPrXCq read more

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ちょっと時間があったので、https://t.co/Fa5p1pcDT8 Blueprintsを触ってみた。Add https://t.co/Fa5p1pcDT8 content typeでレストランとかパン屋を定義してみて、結構ワクワクした。UIが良く属性定義のベストプラクティスが出てくる感じ。 #Drupal https://t.co/mkd5ciBgLy read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the is… read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the is… read more

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RT @ultimike: I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 http… read more

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RT @opensourceway: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to l… read more

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RT @ultimike: I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 http… read more

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With our #webhosting plans, #webdev create your awesome #website with #drupal a #Free content management system (cms) https://t.co/HbNxEroF4h read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the is… read more

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Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the Drupal issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open source. … https://t.co/yi56be3YUR read more

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The latest The drupal Daily! https://t.co/EXg9Mjai8k Thanks to @laravel_101 #drupal #wordpress read more

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@bretwp I recommend #Drupal for sites that have the need to tie together dynamic content in a plethora of ways. Good for HighEd or government sites. read more

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opensourceway: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the Drupal issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open sour… https://t.co/POww6YqRQP read more

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Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the Drupal issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open source. https://t.co/G3dSaUzV5r read more

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Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open source. read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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RT @boshtian: Drupal 10 upgrade: Custom code upgrades, post by @darthsteven of @computerminds https://t.co/StelwGvv96 #Drupal read more

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@iansvo @bretwp Not in the recommendation business anymore but here is how it normally goes - @rootswp for those who love #WordPress + #Laravel. @drupal for those who love @symfony I personally prefer #Drupal these days. read more

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RT @boshtian: Drupal 10 upgrade: Custom code upgrades, post by @darthsteven of @computerminds https://t.co/StelwGvv96 #Drupal read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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#365daysOfCode Day 356 1. Anki 2. Reading: Javascript Security 101 3. #Drupal : Block Views, built my first one! Still need to push more on drupal it's tough (anyone know any good resources?) 4. #100Devs Standup 5. PoW Dev Hangout 6. Codewars 6th read more

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Attention #Drupal developers: @scsclassics is hiring! Details at https://t.co/3lTYHaQys3 read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now o… read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #390 - Employee Owned Companies https://t.co/fUCxjhpPb5 #drupal read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now o… read more

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RT @DrupalContract: Now #hiring ➡️ We’re looking for a #Drupal Redesign Project Manager who is skilled with managing project development, d… read more

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RT @DrupalContract: Now #hiring ➡️ We’re looking for a #Drupal Redesign Project Manager who is skilled with managing project development, d… read more

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Now #hiring ➡️ We’re looking for a #Drupal Redesign Project Manager who is skilled with managing project development, defining project scope, goals, and deliverables, and estimating project resource requirements. Learn more & apply here: https://t.co/TqBE9ftdtR #techishiring read more

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Want to learn more about what Contribution Day at #MidCamp 2023 is going to involve? Have we got a meetup for you on April 19th! Thanks to @FoxValleyDrupal https://t.co/ROnSakuIlZ read more

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In the previous versions of #Drupal, you used the #rules module to trigger an action upon an event. In #durpal8 #drupal9 / #drupal10, you subscribe to events and dispatch your own. read more

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Excited to guest host this webinar and chat with some really great security experts to talk about #security in #Drupal read more

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Start taking digital security more seriously! Come see our webinar as guests from @ciandt and the @drupalassoc share insights on pressing security concerns for businesses and provide practical tips for protecting against emerging threats. Join us: https://t.co/E6pvqu2mWO https://t.co/TQcrqAxH5u read more

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Drupal 10 upgrade: Custom code upgrades, post by @darthsteven of @computerminds https://t.co/StelwGvv96 #Drupal read more

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By not upgrading your #Drupal websites to the latest version of #Drupal, you're making it difficult for yourself in the future. read more

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I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 https://t.co/gXLVYFZ19q Thanks, @kevinquillen, for giving me something new to be distracted by. read more

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Looking to scale up a Drupal site? Or test its capacity to handle surges in volume? Promet’s Josh Estep reviews four load-testing tools for Drupal. https://t.co/6mrfGgWghg #drupal #drupaldeveloper #drupal9 #drugdevelopment #training https://t.co/bKFDuBbrOb read more

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Sprawdź, który system CMS jest dla Ciebie najlepszy! 🤔👨‍💻 Czy to WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Shopify czy Magento, znajdziesz tu informacje, które pomogą Ci podjąć najlepszą decyzję.📝💻 https://t.co/c17hggTOsB #CMS #WordPress #Joomla #Drupal #Shopify #Magento read more

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To compete with some of the largest companies on the web, independent bookstores need a platform with all of the e-commerce features people have come to expect. See how we helped create a full-featured alternative to platforms like Shopify. https://t.co/A6ApsA1LWP #drupal read more

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Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now open https://t.co/rz4OkhIZhU read more

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Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now open https://t.co/6rFNhpIiwJ read more

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Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now open https://t.co/tVmHJ7JO2a read more

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This #WomensHistoryMonth, support #womenintech by sponsoring the Women in Drupal event at @drupalcon Pittsburgh! Grow and diversify talent in your organization by showcasing the #Drupal project and community at its best: https://t.co/j3fGMwOqyy https://t.co/GZUo6uBrlu read more

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You can write documentation and examples about that documentation. This is also considered a contribution towards the #Drupal project. read more

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I’ll be speaking at @drupalcampnj this week - who else is going? read more

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Yesterday we released #GinAdminTheme RC2. Get it while it's hot: https://t.co/O7ItwDngLu #Drupal read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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RT @specbee: Did you know #Drupal offers almost 50,000 modules for you to use in your projects?! All of these modules are creations of the… read more

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RT @specbee: Read our detailed blog on the must have Drupal modules for your Drupal project - https://t.co/TJXt8BGS1h read more

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Attending @DrupalCampNJ in Princeton? Then you won't want to miss @aburke626's session, "Creating a Culture of Documentation,” on Friday, March 17th from 14:30 - 15:15 EST. For more on Alanna's session, check out: https://t.co/1NztgYY9ps #OpenSource #DrupalCamp #Drupal https://t.co/67kIG6IVcn read more

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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #545 - DKAN

CKEditor: New in CKEditor Drupal modules: CKEditor AI and more

Help us reach Drupal 12's second release window in August

Recap of Drupal 12 release windows

Our new target release date for Drupal 12.0.0 is the week of August 10, 2026

We need your help to complete requirements by May 15!

PHPUnit 12 support

Import maps API

Update path related changes

Remove tests from release packages

Deprecate and remove libraries, modules, themes and dependencies

Move from Claro to Gin as admin theme

Update to ESLint 9

Drupal Core News: Help us reach Drupal 12's second release window in August

Recap of Drupal 12 release windows

Our new target release date for Drupal 12.0.0 is the week of August 10, 2026

We need your help to complete requirements by May 15!

PHPUnit 12 support

Import maps API

Update path related changes

Remove tests from release packages

Deprecate and remove libraries, modules, themes and dependencies

Move from Claro to Gin as admin theme

Update to ESLint 9

The Drop Times: DrupalCon Begins, Conversations Ahead

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EVENTS

ORGANIZATION NEWS

FREE SOFTWARE

The Drop Times: ECA Session at DrupalCon Chicago Focuses on Expanding Access Beyond Core Users

Agaric Collective: Join us at the Healthcare Summit at DrupalCon Chicago 2026 this Monday

Who Should Attend

COVID-19/DrupalFlu Safer Space

More about the Healthcare Industry Summit

Jacob Rockowitz: Drupal (AI) Playground: Walking with AGENTS.md

Creating some rules for my playground

Adding context via CLAUDE.md (aka AGENTS.md)

The Drop Times: Drupal Cafe Lutsk #30 Recap Highlights Community Meetup and Organiser Insights

Four Kitchens: The browser has grown up. Have we?

By Mari Núñez and Andrés Díaz Soto

Abstraction solved real problems

When thoughtful choices become defaults

The foundation is stronger than we remember

The hard part is not writing JavaScript. It is knowing what exists.

Join us at DrupalCon Chicago

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CodeLift: Building a Drupal contrib module with AI-assisted TDD

Joachim's blog: New Module Builder documentation site

Tags

Smartbees: Integrating Forms With an External Database

Darren Oh: Undocumented trick to make Composer copy a local package repository

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The Drop Times: Accessibility Beyond Compliance for Government and University Platforms

Helping people tell their cancer stories using AI: Lessons from World Cancer Day

#Driesnote | DrupalCon Chicago 2026

The Drop Times: Designing for Difference: Practical Strategies for Building a Neuroinclusive Organization

March 2026 Drupal for Nonprofits Chat

Nonprofit Drupal posts: March 2026 Drupal for Nonprofits Chat

UI Suite Initiative website: Announcement – Display Builder 1.0.0-beta4 is released

Tag1 Insights: Preparing File Upload Secure Validator for Drupal 12 with AI

Take Away

From "I'll Get to It" to Done: Modernizing File Upload Secure Validator

A Decade-Old Module Meets Drupal 12

Turning a Wish List Into a Working Plan

From Red CI Pipelines to Green Across the Board

AI-Amplified Maintenance for Critical Dependencies

Four Kitchens: When the people who run the platform aren’t the people who run the content

The quarterly PDF problem

The right moment to surface information

From awareness to action

Every dashboard reflects a choice

Guidance, not enforcement

Supporting editors at scale

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Specbee: How to add Taxonomy term references to Canvas (experience builder) components in Drupal

The Drop Times: Future-Proofing Accessibility for Government and University Drupal Platforms

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #544 - World Cancer Day

The Drop Times: When “Free Beer” Meets Infrastructure Reality

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