The Drop Times: DEI in the Drupal Community Is Collective: Von Eaton | NEDCamp

We had to reshape the structure and vision for [DrupalCon Portland] to better meet community needs in a COVID-conscious world, recalls Von Eaton as he speaks about the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Director of Programs, DA, was replying to TDT over an email correspondence as a curtain raiser to the New England Drupal Camp 2022.

The Drop Times: The Support I Felt from the Boston Drupal Community Only Grew the More I Engaged: Mike Miles | NEDCamp

As long as the Drupal community is willing to experiment with new methods, frameworks, and technologies and openly share that knowledge, then I see a long future for Drupal, predicts Michael Miles as he replies to our email interview prior to the New England Drupal Camp 2022.

The Drop Times: Drupal Commerce Is the Single Most Powerful Content and Commerce Solution: Kyle Einecker | NEDCamp

Whether it’s an eCommerce site with a little bit of content or a content site with a little bit of eCommerce Drupal Commerce allows you to get up and running quickly with standard eCommerce functionality, vouches Kyle Einecker, a Senior Technical Architect at Perficient. TDT talked to him at the onset of the New England Drupal Camp 2022.

Web Wash: Add Theme Suggestion to Menus using Menu Block in Drupal

Menu Block gives you additional functionality around managing the display of menus in block regions. Drupal core allows you to add any menu such as main navigation, footer, etc… into any region and you can control how many menu levels should be displayed. Menu Block gives you additional options such as setting a fixed parent item, changing the block title, and more.

But the one feature of Menu Block I want to show you in this tutorial is the ability to add a custom theme hook suggestion to menus.

Nonprofit Drupal posts: November Drupal for Nonprofits Chat

Join us TOMORROW, Thursday, November 17 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, as we resume our normally scheduled call to chat about all things Drupal and nonprofits. (Convert to your local time zone.)

No pre-defined topics on the agenda this month, so join us for an informal chat about anything at the intersection of Drupal and nonprofits.  Got something specific on your mind? Feel free to share ahead of time in our collaborative Google doc: https://nten.org/drupal/notes!

(We'll return to visual regression testing soon!)

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. 

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    • Meeting ID: 818 1746 9653
      Passcode: 551681

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    • Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpV1o65N

  • Follow along on Google Docs: https://nten.org/drupal/notes

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Chapter Three: Four Ways to Make Drupal Fun Again

How do we make Drupal the cool kid again?  Did you know that about 60% of Drupal sites are still on D7, even with D10 about to be released in December? There’s been chatter that many folks are waiting on whether to stick with Drupal or slow roll their upgrade because D7 has been more challenging than anticipated. We know upgrading to D9 (or now D10) results in a much better experience than D7, but for those still unsure where they’re headed, we’d like you to consider this: Drupal Can Be Fun. No, super fun, at least in the developer and content editor sense. Read on, please. Drupal's Future Can Be Fun So, how do we make Drupal fun and exciting to work on? Here are four ideas to spice things up!  Focus on the Native API Platform Using Next-Drupal as a TWIG replacement