Have you ever had a project where you've used a core or contributed module but been asked to make slight changes to base fields? e.g. Changing the field title, default value, required state or description?
Read on to find out how to use a little-known feature of core to make these changes with only configuration.
This post introduces a completely new way of implementing Drupal hooks. You can finally get rid of your .module files, eliminating many calls to \Drupal with dependency injection in hooks.
The media and media library modules have improved Drupal's file handling capabilities considerably, but one oft-requested feature of clients is the ability to remove files from disk when removing the associated media entity.
This is where the Media file delete module can help
Securing filter formats is one of the most important tasks when setting up a new site.
But sometimes when you inherit a site you find it wasn't done securely, or perhaps over time the format has gotten a bit lax and you want to make changes.
The Filter Format Audit module makes this task easy.
Drush CMI Tools was the standard approach for config management at PreviousNext prior to Drupal 9. For Drupal 9, Drush CMI tools has been deprecated and replaced by a community-supported project which provides the same functionality — Config Ignore 3.
Images on websites can be a huge pain when you are optimizing a site. We want our images to render as crisp as possible but we also want our sites to load as fast as possible. Content creators will often ask "what size image should I upload" and with the thought of some tiny image being rendered at full-screen width pixelated out of control we'll answer "as large as you've got". The content creator will then upload a 2mb jpeg and the load time/network request size will increase dramatically.
One of the increasingly popular architectural paradigms that Drupal has been seen as a leader in, is the concept of a single Drupal software package that can be spun up to power networks of websites with varying degrees of commonality. This is usually driven by the ambitious goal of being able to code and configure Drupal once and then leverage that effort as either an entire platform or foundation for many "networked" sites.
Scheduled Transitions is a module allowing you to schedule a specific previously saved revision to move from one state to another. This post provides an introduction to Scheduled Transitions for Drupal 8.
Display Suite is a handy module we've used for a long time. However for new projects utilising Layout Builder we've found we don't need it. Swap out Display Suite for Drupal 8 core blocks with contexts!
Views is a powerful and highly popular feature in most Drupal sites. For today’s blog post, we're going to look at how to create a Views Area plugin that will display sort links at the top of the page.