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The ECA Helper module provides an action to make an arbitrary HTTP post to any URL. That's all that's necessary to post to Mastodon from Drupal, if you have a Mastodon account. I've been using this functionality to automatically post these advent calendar posts for the past week.

In today’s door we are looking at the Documentation Track of Drupal CMS, with some help from Amber Matz, who is working on the track.

As work progresses for the initial release of Drupal CMS, how is work progressing on documentation?

Since DrupalCon Barcelona at the end of September, we – that is Drupalize.Me trainers Joe Shindelar and myself – have been working with Lenny Moskalyk at the Drupal Association, (the Drupal CMS documentation track lead) and Pamela Barone, the Drupal CMS product lead on what documentation to Drupal CMS’ initial documentation should look like.

It’s a different process…

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• Documentation
• Drupal Starshot

Welcome to another door of the Starshot focused Drupal Advent Calendar. This might be that day when you open the door and there’s an odd-shaped piece of chocolate, and you’re not quite sure what it’s supposed to represent. Starshot, like any large project, has some tracks that have advanced more than others, and it’s only natural that some tracks are still at an early stage. Today we are taking a brief look at a couple of those tracks, along with some tasty bonus information.

Multilingual Track

Drupal has excellent support for translation and multilingual websites in core. However, it can be…

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• multilingual
• translation
• concurrent editing
• collaboration

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Event Calendars seem to be very common on the Drupal sites we build. One of the best ways of improving engagement on a site is to add content about the event after it happens. People who attended an event might come back for a recap, or to see pictures or notes from other participants, while people who did not attend can get a sense of what a future event might be like based on your past events.

Migrating from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 or 11 can be quite challenging. Common issues, such as neglecting a detailed website analysis or failing to prioritize user training, frequently result in delays, increased costs, and frustration. In this blog post, we’ll explore the top pitfalls in Drupal migration and provide tips on how to avoid them, helping you make the transition smoother and more predictable.

Welcome back to the Drupal Advent Calendar. For our thirteenth door we are joined by Gareth Alexander, who is leading the Drupal CMS Accessibility Tools track.

When creating content there are so many things to consider: Target Audience, SEO issues like keyword relevance, making content that is actually engaging and relevant, and then there is the accessibility of your content as well.

With the Drupal CMS accessibility tools track we hope to provide a way to help with one part of that. These tools will help guide a content author to make and keep their content as accessible as possible with…

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• accessibility
• Drupal Starshot

This blog post is published on behalf of Tag1.

As we count down to the end-of-life (EOL) for Drupal 7 on 5 January 2025, the Drupal Security Team has just released what is likely to be the final D7 updates from the community.

This latest security release includes important fixes for two D7 vulnerabilities: an XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability in Drupal core’s Overlay module and a potential object injection vulnerability, which, when combined with other vulnerabilities in Drupal core, contrib, or custom modules, could lead to Remote Code Execution. Tag1’s Ra Mänd and Fabian Franz both contributed to getting the security release out. The Drupal security team also issued multiple security releases for Drupal 7 contributed modules on the same day.
 

Starting January 2025, the Drupal Security team will no longer review reported issues or release security updates for Drupal 7 core or contrib modules. To address this, the Drupal Association has authorized Tag1 to be a D7 Extended Support Partner, ensuring your D7 sites stay protected with Tag1's Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES). We will continue to monitor for security vulnerabilities and provide updates and support to ensure your site remains safe and secure beyond January 2025.

The Critical Role of Drupal 7 Extended Support (D7ES)

This security release illustrates why the Drupal community established the Drupal 7 Extended Support program (D7ES) and authorized Tag1 to become a D7 Extended Support Partner in order to commercially assume the responsibilities of the Drupal Security Team. Simply put, the question isn't whether new security issues will be found but when. 

Through Tag1 D7ES, Tag1 will ensure that organizations can continue operating their Drupal 7 sites securely beyond the official EOL date, providing the critical security updates that every D7 site will inevitably need.

Why Tag1 is Your Optimal D7ES Partner

Tag1 stands apart in several crucial ways:

• We have more people on the Drupal Security team than any other Drupal consulting company or D7ES provider and you have always relied on our team to fix security issues, including these latest updates.

• We are responsible for much of the Drupal 7 codebase. Our team includes many of the key contributors to Drupal 7, including one of only a few core committers responsible for the platform's overall architecture and many of the core component and module maintainers.

• We are the only D7ES provider with proven experience running Drupal Extended Support, having successfully managed D6 support for over 6 years post-EOL.

• We created and will continue to maintain the QA and testing systems for Drupal 7, a critical component that ensures the reliability you expect from Drupal updates. You can trust that our updates will work on your operating system, version of php, database, etc. - the same way that you do today.

• By choosing Tag1, you maintain as much continuity as possible - our experts will continue operating using processes similar to what we use to build and release Drupal today, minimizing changes to your workflows and release procedures.

The Path Forward

As we approach the EOL date, organizations running Drupal 7 sites must take proactive steps to ensure they remain secure. Enrolling in Tag1's D7ES program isn't just about maintaining security - it's about partnering with the team that has been integral to Drupal 7's security and stability from the beginning. We'll continue to provide the same level of expertise and attention to security that your organization has come to expect from Drupal.

PHPStan 2.0 was released a month ago, a massive milestone for the project. To learn about all the changes, I recommend reading the release announcement. phpstan-drupal now has a PHPStan 2.0 compatible release: https://github.com/mglaman/phpstan-drupal/releases/tag/2.0.0. The 1.x branch will be maintained as long as a version of Drupal Core uses it, at least until Drupal 10's end-of-life near the end of 2026. If applicable, I will backport bug fixes and features to 1.x.

A manufacturing company's website is often the place where a lot of detailed product information is located. Efficiently managing this data can be a challenge, especially with a large amount of product assortment and technical information. In this article, I'll show you how Drupal - an advanced CMS - enables you to conveniently manage and present your products on your website. I encourage you to read the article or watch the video in the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series.

We are half way through our Advent Calendar, and we open with some exciting news. The first Drupal CMS Release Candidate is now available. We have been busy trying it out, but managed to take some time out to prepare today’s Advent Calendar, with some help from Matthew Tift. Over to you, Matthew.

The first page a user encounters after logging into a Drupal site is pivotal. It sets the tone for their entire experience, often defining how they will interact with the system.

But with the introduction of the Dashboard initiative, that first page is about to change.

This initiative, inspired by a core…

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• Dashboard
• Drupal Starshot