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Today we are talking about some things are on our mind including, The DOJ Accessibility ruling,Drupal CMS Event Recipes and Tooling for core development with our Hosts. We’ll also cover @font-your-face as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/476

• DOJ Accessibility Ruling
• Drupal CMS
• Tooling for core development
• Open University

• Accessibility ruling
• PHPUnit testing
  • https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/automated-testing/phpunit-in-drupal/running-phpunit-javascript-tests
  • https://github.com/ddev/ddev-selenium-standalone-chrome
• Drupal Events Recipes

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu Joshua "Josh" Mitchell - joshuami.com joshuami

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

• Brief description:
  • Have you ever wanted to add and manage web fonts for your Drupal site, directly within the admin interface? There’s a module for that.
• Module name/project name:
  • @font-your-face
• Brief history
  • How old: created in May 2010 by Scott Reynen, but the most recent release was by Henrique Mendes (hmendes) of CI&T
  • Versions available: 7.x-2.8 and 4.0.0 versions available, the latter of which support Drupal 9.4 and 10.
• Maintainership
  • Actively maintained
  • Security coverage
  • Test coverage
  • Documentation, but looks like it might be ready for a refresh
  • Number of open issues: 48 open issues, 8 of which are bugs against the current branch
• Usage stats:
  • 32,213 sites
• Module features and usage
  • The module provides an interface to browse fonts from Google, Adobe, Typekit, and more
  • License restrictions for fonts are clearly indicated
  • When you find a font you want to use, you just click “enable”. You don’t need to write any CSS or define a library, and it’s easy to mix-and-match fonts from different providers. It can even make it easier to include your own local fonts
  • The module includes submodules for the different font providers, so you enable the submodules based on where you want to use fonts from
  • Then you can import the fonts for those providers, though you do need an API key to import fonts from Google
  • The module does also have an API, so you can write your own modules to integrate with other font providers, or access the information about available fonts

Join us THURSDAY, November 21 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 doc: 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. 

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Explore how the integration of Symfony Recipes is transforming Drupal development by simplifying configurations and enhancing reusability. Learn how these innovations are setting the stage for the highly anticipated release of the official Drupal CMS in January 2025.

Installation instructions for end users and testers

We will use DDEV to setup and run Drupal on your computer. DDEV handles all the complex configuration by providing pre-configured Docker containers for your web server, database, and other services.

To install DDEV, you can use Homebrew (or choose an alternative installation method):

Next, download a pre-packaged zip-file. Unzip it, navigate to the new directory and simply run:

That's it! DDEV will automatically configure everything and open your new Drupal site in your default browser.

Installation instructions for contributors

If you plan to contribute to Drupal CMS development, set up your environment using Git to create merge requests and submit contributions to the project. If you're not contributing, this approach isn't recommended. Instead, follow the instructions provided above.

First, clone the Drupal CMS Git repository:

This command fetches the latest version of Drupal CMS from the official Git repository and saves it in the drupal_cms directory.

Drupal CMS comes pre-configured for DDEV with all the necessary settings in .ddev/config.yaml, so you don't need to configure anything.

So, let's just fire up our engines:

The first time you start DDEV, it will setup Docker containers for the web server and database. It will also use Composer to download the necessary Drupal files and dependencies.

The final step is configuring Drupal itself. This includes things like setting your site name, database credentials, etc. You can do this in one of two ways:

• Option 1: Configure Drupal via the command line [code bash]$ ddev drush site:install[/code]

  This method is the easiest and the fastest, as things like the database credentials are automatically setup. The downside is that, at the time of this writing, you can't choose which Recipes to enable during installation.

• Option 2: Configure Drupal via the web installer

  You can also use the web-based installer to configure Drupal, which allows you to enable individual Recipes. You'll need your site's URL and database credentials. Run this command to get both:

  [code bash]$ ddev describe[/code]

  Navigate to your site and step through the installer.

Once everything is installed and configured, you can access your new Drupal CMS site. You can simply use:

This command opens your site's homepage in your default browser — no need to remember the specific URL that DDEV created for your local development site.

To build or manage a Drupal site, you'll need to log in. By default, Drupal creates a main administrator account. It's a good idea to update the username and password for this account. To do so, run the following command:

This command generates a one-time login link that takes you directly to the Drupal page where you can update your Drupal account's username and password.

That's it! Happy Drupal-ing!

Next Wednesday evening, I'm going to be speaking remotely at the Drupal London meetup.

I was originally going to attend in person, but after injuring my foot last week, I can't travel so will have to join remotely.

I'm going to be giving a talk and demo of automated testing and test-driven development with Drupal as well as some Q&A and pair programming, if time allows and we're able to do so remotely.

RSVPs are still open for the event and hopefully I'll get to attend Drupal London in person in the future.

10 years after DrupalCity Berlin 2014 the community kicked-off another DrupalCamp in the heart of Europe uniting the global Drupal community. Learn what's behind this triumphant return.

This article is about the Automatic Updates module in 2024. Golems web experts will discuss its importance, core functions, recent improvements, and how it benefits the Drupal community. Whether you are experienced in Drupal or just starting to use it as your website's platform, knowing what this module can do is useful for keeping your Drupal site working well and safe in today's digital world.

Recently, in one of our projects with Drupal 10, we faced an interesting challenge: implementing two-level "local tasks" for a specific functionality of our module. Despite the number of documentation related to local tasks in Drupal, setting up two levels of these tasks proved challenging, as we couldn't get them to display in the way we needed. However, after exhaustive research, we found an example in an existing module that helped us solve the problem.

Exploring the Problem

The need was to add a main "local task" and three associated subtasks that would show up when viewing or editing a node. Initially, the main obstacle was finding the right way to implement two levels of local tasks.

The Solution: Inspiration from Contributed Modules

During our search among existing contributed modules, we found…

In this article, I’ll demonstrate how to integrate Drupal with a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, using JumpCloud as an example. With this guide, you’ll be able to quickly and securely manage users on your website. I encourage you to read the blog post or watch the video in the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series.