Welcome back for the final door of the 2024 Advent Calendar. We’ve already covered all 22 tracks of the Starshot initiative, as well as some non-track aspects. For our final door, we are looking at something that is absent from the initial release of Drupal CMS, but is hoped to come to fruition in 2025 and revolutionise website theming. Let me introduce Lauri Timmanee, who is here to tell us about Experience Builder.
At DrupalCon Lille 2023, Dries announced a new strategic initiative to build a Next Generation Page Builder. The goal of the initiative was to improve…
This Christmas, I want to share a vision for the year ahead—one rooted in the principles of openness, collaboration, and empowerment. Just as the spirit of giving inspires acts of kindness, the open-source community, including Drupal, shows us how collective effort can create tools that serve everyone. At this pivotal moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence, I believe it’s our responsibility to ensure that AI becomes a force for good.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how communication happens. Governments and corporations use AI to dominate narratives, leveraging its power for hybrid warfare, infodomwarfare, and highly targeted campaigns. These tools amplify their voices and shape public opinion at an unprecedented scale.
But while some benefit from this technological leap, countless others are left behind. Grassroots movements, small organizations, and individuals working for positive change often lack access to the same advanced tools. This disparity risks creating a digital landscape where only the most powerful can influence and persuade.
AI has the potential to level the playing field—but only if we act now to make it accessible to everyone, not just those with vast resources. The Drupal community has long championed the idea that technology should empower rather than exclude, and this belief continues to inspire our work.
AI offers powerful capabilities for creating, translating, and distributing content. But to truly empower communities, we must focus on making these tools both affordable and usable for all.
Here’s where AI can make the greatest impact:
These applications make AI a practical and transformative tool, not just for large organizations, but for anyone looking to make a difference.
Let’s be clear: AI will continue to play a significant role in shaping narratives, both for good and ill. It will be used for propaganda, hybrid warfare, and to amplify echo chambers. We cannot completely control this reality.
However, we can ensure that AI is also a force for good—a tool that enables collaboration, fosters mutual understanding, and empowers those working for positive change. By giving more people access to these tools, we can shift the balance away from dominance and toward dialogue.
This isn’t about revolutionizing AI’s role overnight; it’s about giving more people the resources they need to participate in the conversation.
AI is here to stay, and its impact will only grow. While challenges remain, the potential for AI to empower individuals and communities is enormous. By democratizing these tools, we can help bridge divides, amplify diverse voices, and foster a digital world that values collaboration over competition.
In this rapidly evolving landscape, the key to a fairer future is accessibility. With the right tools, anyone—whether a grassroots organizer, a small business, or a passionate advocate—can create, influence, and inspire. The Drupal community and the spirit of open-source collaboration remind us that technology can serve everyone, not just a privileged few.
As we celebrate this Christmas season, let’s also look forward to a new year filled with opportunity—where AI tools bring us closer together and empower us all to shape a brighter future. The work we are doing right now is shaping the world of tomorrow that is changing so rapidly.
Today we are talking about Drupal Marketing, how it applies to Drupal CMS, and what a Drupal and Drupal CMS Marketing Future look like with guest Suzanne Dergacheva. We’ll also cover Drupal 11.1 as our module of the week.
For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/481
TopicsNic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Suzanne Dergacheva - evolvingweb.com pixelite
MOTW CorrespondentMartin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on an inspiring year for the Drupal community. This year marked the beginning of the transformative Starshot Initiative, setting an ambitious vision for the future of Drupal. Among the highlights was the highly anticipated release of Drupal 11, a milestone that brought enhanced capabilities, improved user experience, and reinforced Drupal’s position as a leading open-source content management system.
This year wasn't only about technical achievements—it was a year of hope and collaboration too. The community has come together, embracing challenges with resilience and charting a path forward with optimism. Much like the spirit of Christmas, this year’s developments remind us of the joy in beginnings and the promise of what lies ahead.
As we step into this festive season, let’s celebrate the milestones we’ve achieved and the community that made it all possible. Let’s also look forward to an even brighter future, one filled with innovation, inclusivity, and growth for Drupal. Here’s to a new year brimming with possibilities and the collective hope that Drupal continues to shine even brighter in 2025. Happy holidays!
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When you allow the general Internet to post comments, or any other kind of content, you're inviting spam and abuse. We see far more spam comments than anything relevant or useful -- but when there is something relevant or useful, we want to hear it!
With the AI module and the Events, Conditions, and Actions module, you can set up automatic comment moderation.
Like any use of AI, setting an appropriate prompt is crucial to getting a decent result. Here's the one we're trying out:
On-page job application forms allow you to quickly and efficiently collect information from candidates interested in job opportunities, facilitating the process of selecting resumes of future employees. In this article, I’ll show you how to build a recruitment form with the Webform module and embed it on a Drupal landing page. All this without having to spend hours on tedious configuration. I invite you to read the article or watch an episode of the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series.
Welcome back for the penultimate door of this year’s Drupal Advent Calendar, and today we’ve recruited the legendary Mike Anello to bring us up to speed on a big topic, the AI track of Drupal CMS.
The stated goal of the AI track is to make it easier for non-technical users to build and extend their sites - it is really interesting to note that this is mainly geared towards admin-facing UI, not site user-facing AI. With that in mind, let’s take a look at what is included (so far!)
With virtually no configuration (other than entering your LLM API key) the…