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Creating a custom LinkIt matcher plugin

In one of our recent projects, our client made a request to use LinkIt module to insert file links to content from the group module.  However, with the added distinction of making sure that only content that is in the same group as the content they are editing is suggested in the matches.

Here’s how we did it.

Pasan GamageDrupal Developer

Better image optimisation in Drupal

When optimising a site for performance, one of the options with the best effort-to-reward ratio is image optimisation. Crunching those images in your Front End workflow is easy, but how about author-uploaded images through the CMS?

Tony CombenFront end Developer

Ok Drupal - talking to Drupal

In November 2017 I presented at Drupal South on using Dialogflow to power conversational interfaces with Drupal.

The video and slides are below, the demo in which I talk to Drupal starts in the first minute.

Managing Composer Github access with Personal Access Tokens

All PreviousNext Drupal 8 projects are now managed using Composer. This is a powerful tool, and allows our projects to define both public and private modules or libraries, and their dependencies, and bring them all together.

 

However, a if you require public or private modules which are hosted on GitHub you may run into the API Rate Limits. In order to overcome this, it is recommended to add a GitHub personal access token to your composer configuration.

 

In this blog post, I'll show how you can do this in a secure and manageable way.

Revisiting technical debt with simple expiry annotations

Managing technical debt is important for the health of all software projects. One way to manage certain types of technical debt is to revisit code and decide if it’s still relevant to the project and to potentially remove it. Doing so can reducing complexity and the amount of code developers are required to maintain.

Sam BeckerSenior Developer