DrupalCon Vienna 2025 is set to take place from October 14–17 at the Austria Center Vienna, bringing together the global Drupal community for four unforgettable days of innovation, connection, and inspiration.

Whether you're a seasoned Drupal developer, a digital strategist, or just getting started with open source, this is the place to be.

Who Should Attend?

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• Developers – Stay on top of new modules, APIs, and performance tips.
   
• Site Builders – Discover ways to create better, faster Drupal sites.
   
• Project Managers – Learn best practices for leading Drupal projects.
   
• Marketers & Content Creators – Explore personalization, SEO, and accessibility
   
• Students & Newcomers – A great entry point to explore the community and get mentorship.
   

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By Bram Driesen

Why Attend DrupalCon Vienna 2025?

DrupalCon isn’t just another tech conference, it’s a global gathering of passionate minds shaping the future of the web. Here's why you should attend:

• Unmatched Learning Opportunities
   Dive deep into expert-led sessions across seven curated tracks, covering development, design, accessibility, DevOps, and more.
   
• The Driesnote
   Hear directly from Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, on the state of the project and what's ahead.
   
• Hands-on Collaboration
   Participate in contribution rooms and the dedicated Contribution Day to help build the future of Drupal whether you write code, create content, or manage projects.
   
• Career Growth
   Level up your skills, explore new technologies, and meet potential collaborators or employers.
   
• Inspiration & Innovation
   Be part of the International Splash Awards and other showcases of innovation in the Drupal ecosystem.
   
• Global Networking
   Connect with Drupalers from around the world, including community leaders, contributors, and companies actively hiring or looking to collaborate.
   
• Vibrant Social Events
   Attend Women in Drupal, Trivia Night, the Opening Reception, and more.
   
• Cultural Experience
   Explore Vienna, a city of classical music, historic beauty, and modern innovation.

Ticket Pricing Options

All prices are in Euros (€) and include Austrian VAT (20%).​

Single Tickets:

• Very Early Bird: €775 (Limited to 50 tickets)​
   
• Early Bird: €805 (Available until June 17)​
   
• Regular: €985 (Available until September 15)​
   
• Late: €1,165 (Available until October 16)​
   
• Student: €485 (Available until October 16; valid student ID required)​
  
   

Group Discounts (5 or more tickets):

• Early Bird Group: €3,900 (€780 per ticket; save €25 per ticket compared to single Early Bird rate)​
   
• Regular Group: €4,775 (€955 per ticket; save €30 per ticket compared to single Regular rate)​
   

What’s Included with Your Ticket?

• Full access to 3 days of sessions, BoFs, and keynotes
   
• Entry to Contribution Day and contribution rooms
   
• Admission to the exhibition hall and sponsored sessions
   
• Catering throughout the event
   
• A digital tote bag with resources
   
• Access to session recordings (72 hours after the event, where authorized)
   
• Entry to all official social events
   

Ready to Join the Movement?

DrupalCon is more than a conference, it’s a celebration of collaboration, creativity, and community. Come build, learn, and connect with thousands of Drupalers in one of Europe’s most vibrant cities.

👉 Register now and make your mark at DrupalCon Vienna 2025!

The default autocomplete widget for taxonomy terms in Drupal works, but it has limitations that affect user experience.

Users need to know what terms exist before they can search for them, and there’s no easy way to reorder selected terms.

Autocomplete Deluxe solves these problems by providing an enhanced widget with better usability.

This tutorial explains how to install and configure the Autocomplete Deluxe module to improve the tagging experience on Drupal sites.

Drupal Dev Days 2025: Innovation, Community, and Collaboration in Leuven wolfgang.ziegler Mon, 05/05/2025 - 22:36 Drupal innovation is accelerating! Join our journey at the Drupal Dev Days 2025 in Leuven where we explored ambitious plans for Experience Builder, AI integration, and a new pan-European Drupal association while connecting with the passionate community.

Welcome to the May 2025 DDEV Newsletter
This month: special-networking guides, add-on maintenance tips, community tool highlights, and Randy’s bikepacking plans.

What’s New

• Special Network Configurations
  Handling packet-inspection VPNs (Zscaler, GlobalProtect) → Read more↗
• Add-On Maintenance Guide by @stasadev → Read more↗
• AMD64 on Apple Silicon → Read more↗

Community Tutorials

• Drupal Modern Tooling by Andrey Yurtaev → Read more↗
• VS Code in DDEV Web Container by Michael Anello → Read more↗
• TYPO3 in 8 Steps → Read more↗

Events & Talks

• Drupal4Gov: “Divide and Conquer: A Systematic Approach to Troubleshooting” → Watch on YouTube↗
• Backdrop Live: migrating from Lando to DDEV (not recorded)

Governance & Roadmap

• Apache-style PMC Exploration
  We'll be exploring an Apache-style "Project Management Committee" model for DDEV governance → Details↗

Your Input Requested!

• Q3 TYPO3 Budget Ideas - We'd like to propose something useful to all and also attractive to the TYPO3 Community for the TYPO3 Q3 Call for Community Budget Ideas↗. Please let us know your suggestions!

Heads-Up: Randy will be out bikepacking May 23–June 23, so updates may be limited; Stas will keep things moving!

Sponsorship Status

• Monthly average income up from $7,639 to $7,659 (64% of $12,000 goal) → Become a sponsor↗

Stay Connected

• Blog↗
• LinkedIn↗
• Mastodon↗
• Bluesky↗
• Discord↗

In this interview, Kat Shaw, Lead Engineer at Lullabot and long-time Drupal contributor, outlines her practical approach to digital accessibility. She discusses the importance of building accessible features from the start, her process for auditing and remediating Drupal sites, and the value of real user testing with assistive technologies. From her early experiences in government web development to her leadership in projects like Olivero and contributions to the Drupal Accessibility Team, Kat offers insight into the technical and human sides of creating inclusive digital platforms. Her perspective highlights the challenges developers face, the tools that make accessibility work scalable, and why accessibility must be a shared responsibility within the open-source community.

Join the Drupal Bulgaria Meetup on May 22 in Sofia for expert talks, networking, and community vibes! Hosted by Geonovation, with RSVP opening May 2—spots are limited!

Want to enhance user experience, boost conversion rates, and drive business growth? Read this blog about how professional UI/UX design services can help!

Over the last few weeks, the Marketplace Initiative has been mapping assumptions, surfacing motivations, and exploring real-world expectations for a Drupal Site Template Marketplace. The initial rounds of feedback were designed to surface motivations, beliefs, unknowns, and frame what success might mean. That work has helped ground the initiative in shared purpose and direction.

Now we’re starting the work of transforming those broad ambitions into working models of value, governance, trust, and experience. We're beginning to sketch what the Marketplace does, how it creates and protects value, and what contributors and users can expect from it.

Why a Drupal Site Template Marketplace?

Across survey feedback, community prompts, and RTC themes, several consistent value propositions have emerged — answering the question: Why build a Drupal site template Marketplace?

For Contributors

A trusted, visible channel to distribute, monetize, and showcase high-quality site templates that reflect your expertise — and generate leads, recognition, and revenue.

For Agencies & DCPs

An ecosystem catalyst that drives qualified leads, lowers implementation costs, and helps you deliver faster, better Drupal experiences to more clients.

For End Users (Builders, Subject Matter Experts, Evaluators)

A library of trustworthy, ready-to-launch Drupal sites — professionally built, continuously vetted, and provided by the Drupal community.

For the Drupal Project & Drupal Association

A sustainable marketplace that strengthens the ecosystem, generates new revenue, and reflects the values of open source through governance, quality, and inclusion.

What Makes Contribution Worthwhile?

In Slack, surveys and our real-time collaboration session we asked contributors directly: “What would make it worthwhile for you to contribute a template?” Key themes emerged from the discussion:

• Compensation matters. Contributors suggested price points between $300–$1,000 per site template, depending on complexity. Some see templates as a viable business; others view them as strategic loss leaders.
• Lead generation is an incentive. Access to user contact info or opportunities to offer services was cited as a powerful motivator—even more than direct revenue in some cases.
• Recognition and visibility also surfaced as important non-financial incentives, especially for those aiming to grow brand or project awareness.
• Licensing clarity and IP protection remain concerns—contributors want guardrails to discourage cloning and unauthorized redistribution.
• Marketplace features—such as demo previews, rich media listings, and clear tech specs—can enhance both contributor experience and buyer confidence.

We also heard loud and clear what gets in the way of contribution:

• High (Uncompensated) Support Expectations: Ongoing maintenance, support, and clarity of lifecycle.
• Lack of Clarity: Around what qualifies, what gets featured, and how disputes are handled.
• Governance Gaps: Without rules, the risk is chaos — too many low-quality or misaligned submissions.
• Misaligned Incentives: Contributors worry about monetization models that exclude or exploit.

What’s Coming Next

Here’s what we’ll be working on over the coming weeks:

• Governance Sketching: From submission flow to trust signals and appeals.
• Contributor Workflow Design: What the path from idea → listing → maintenance actually looks like.
• Quality & Review Criteria: What “good” looks like across code, content, accessibility, and UX.
• Revenue & Recognition Models: How value is created, shared, and sustained.

How You Can Contribute Now

We’re still in active input-gathering mode, and your voice matters.

• Survey #2 is still open – If you haven’t yet shared how a Drupal CMS Marketplace might help you or your business, take it now.
• Survey #3 just launched – This one explores expectations around fairness, openness, and revenue models. Take the survey here.
• Join the weekly Slack prompt in #drupal-cms-marketplace
  Up this week: What would make you trust a site template listing?
• Participate in our Drupal Certified Partner and Agency Ecosystem Roundtable 15 May 2025 UTC 15:30. Register here.

Join us for an extraordinary celebration of Talking Drupal's 500th episode! In this milestone episode, we dive into a treasure trove of memories, insights, and updates from an array of special guests. From innovative Drupal contributions to the future of open-source technology, this episode is packed with valuable discussions. Don't miss appearances from notable guests like Dries Buytaert, Tim Doyle, Tim Lehnen, Mike Anello, and many more. Celebrate with us as we look forward to 500 more episodes!

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/500

Topics

Guests include, in order of appearance:

• Jason Pamental
• Dries Buytaert
• Tim Doyle
• Tim Lehnen
• Carlos Ospina
• Mayela Jackson
• Mike Anello
• Jonus Cuyvers
• Jacob Rockowitz
• Antonio Estevez
• Norah Medlin
• Kevin Quillen
• Chris Wells
• Steven Jones
• Jürgen Haas
• Thomas Scola
• Chad Hester
• Matt Glaman
• James Abrahams
• Avi Schwab
• Josh Mitchell
• James Shield

Resources

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When legacy meets scale, clarity matters. In this detailed case study, Dotsquares walks through the complete migration of Samuel, Son & Co.’s sprawling digital ecosystem—from 17 independent websites to a unified, Drupal 10-powered platform designed for performance, control, and global reach.