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The DropTimes is proud to present a new initiative highlighting the remarkable contributions of women in the Drupal community as part of our "Women in Drupal" campaign. This initiative aligns with inspiring inclusion; throughout March, we will be dedicating our platform to showcase these influential figures' unique perspectives and achievements.

As we delve into the stories of women like Rachel Lawson, AmyJune Hineline, Fei Lauren, Sinduri Guntupalli, Stella Power and Krishna R P, The DropTimes aims to shed light on the diverse voices and talents that enrich the Drupal community. Join us throughout March as we explore their journeys, challenges, and insights, offering inspiration and advocating for greater inclusion within the tech industry and beyond.

As I have mentioned in the past, many people and companies have communicated to me in the past their willingness to know how they could make their contribution more impactful to Drupal and the Drupal association. The Bounty program has proved success, and we are exploring and getting new ideas to extend it. However we don't want to stop here.

That’s why we are publishing today this list of strategic initiatives, and list of issues and modules where your contribution should be more impactful.

Additionally we may want at some point to grant extra credits to some those issues. For now, if you are not sure where to contribute but you want to make sure that your contribution makes a difference, have a look at this list and take your pick. 

And have in mind that this is a work in progress or a living document. Some sections will need proposals that we will start populating after internal review, and depending on the feedback received on the usefulness of this document.

Strategic Initiatives

Strategic initiatives are where some of the most important innovations in Drupal happen. These are often big picture ideas to add major new features to Drupal that range from improving major apis, to adding better page building, to improving the total cost of ownership by adding quality of life features, and much more. 

Participating in a strategic initiative can be challenging but also rewarding. It is not a place for a drive-by contribution - it's a place to join if you have dedicated time to devote, are willing to listen and learn from the existing contributors and initiative leads before you jump in, and have a strong background in related areas.

• Automatic Updates 
• Easy out of the box
• Gitlab Acceleration
• Next Generation Page Builder
• Project Browser
• Recipes, Starter Kits and Distributions

Find here more information about the current Strategic Initiatives.

Issues

Contributing to individual issues can be less of a long-term commitment than participating in Strategic Initiatives, but it can also be overwhelming because of the sheer number of issues on Drupal.org. It's also very important to follow the issue etiquette guidelines when contributing to issues. Most of all - listen to and respect the project maintainer and their guidance when contributing to issues on their project. It's better to help solve existing issues to show your willingness to help before opening any new ones.

• Make dmu-upgrade itself run without errors on Drupal 10 https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalmoduleupgrader/issues/3287082
• Any Drupal 11.x compatibility issues (see https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3284879)
• Everything related to UX https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/search/drupal?&issue_tags=ux 

Modules and projects

Drupal is built on the back of a powerful ecosystem of extensions, modules, themes, distributions, etc. These extensions are crucial for supporting the vast variety of industry use cases that Drupal is used for, and oftentimes some of the most important innovations in Drupal begin as contributed extensions. 

These are just a few projects that could use contribution support to help advance Drupal.

• Layout Builder + Extras
• Automatic updates
• Inline entity form (contact maintainer): https://www.drupal.org/project/inline_entity_form 
• Project browser
• Gin
• Symfony messenger:  https://www.drupal.org/project/sm
• Would you like to propose one? Send me your suggestions: alex.moreno@association.drupal.org

Top used patches

• Would it be amazing to have a list of most used patches, and propose those as priorities to get fixed? We are working on extracting that list. COMING SOON
• Would you like to propose a patch or patches on this section? Send me your suggestions and why it would make a difference to: alex.moreno@association.drupal.org

Easy picks

Issues that are easy to fix or just need a little push

• COMING SOON
• Would you like to propose an easy pick? Send me your suggestions: alex.moreno@association.drupal.org

Ideas/others?

Contact me: alex.moreno@association.drupal.org

Educational resources for contribution

We offer some detailed resources that we recommend everyone review when learning to first contribute: 

Resource #1: A video introduction to contribution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7ND0JT-8A

Resource #2: A slide deck which goes into greater depth about contribution:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jvU0-9Fd4p1Bla67x9rGALyE7anmzjhQ4vPUbf4SGhk/edit 

Resource #3: The First Time Contributors Workshop from DrupalCon Global:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K0uIgKaVNQ

Avoid contribution behavior that seems motivated just to 'game the system'

It's unfortunate, but we do sometimes see contributors who appear and disappear on single issues on small, repetitive tasks that could just as easily be handled by automated tools. These issues are generally not eligible for credit anyway, and often cause frustration for Project Maintainers. It's not good for you or your company's reputation to contribute in this way.

Resource #4: Abuse of the credit system

These guidelines help clarify what kinds of contributions are not considered acceptable for marketplace credit.

https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/docs/marketplace/abuse-of-the-contribution-credit-system

We did see some recent examples of issues being opened for individual phpcs issues, when we prefer to see all phpcs issues fixed in a single issue, for example. 

Universities need a solid online presence to attract students, connect with stakeholders, provide valuable information, and foster collaboration among different departments. Choosing the right content management system is therefore crucial so that you can easily develop a user-friendly, attractive, and informative website. This article will explore why Drupal is the ideal CMS for higher education institutions.

In 2024, safeguarding your website against a multitude of online threats has become more crucial than ever. With cyberattacks posing significant risks that can potentially cripple your business, ensuring the security and safety of your digital presence is paramount. 

Enter Drupal 10, a robust CMS equipped with advanced features designed to protect your website from these looming dangers. This comprehensive guide will dive into the talk about the prominent thread out there for your website and the key steps you need to take to protect your website. 

Knowing Potential Threats that Can Harm Your Drupal 10 Website:

Before forging your Drupal 10 security shields, understanding the enemies you face is important. Here's a deeper dive into the most common threats, their tactics, and their potential impact:

Quant is excited to be presenting this month at DrupalSouth Sydney 2024! Join us to learn about the big wins of static Drupal websites including security, performance, scalability and environmental impact.

Focus:

• Events

Tags:

• Community
• Drupal
• Drupal Planet
• Static Web

Related Content:

• A brief history of Drupal 7 and overview of end-of-life options
• Using Quant WAF rate limiting to strengthen your website security
• A survey of decoupled and static website solutions from Stanford WebCamp 2023

In November 2023, we announced three possible release windows for Drupal 11 based on when beta requirements will be completed. We opened the development branch two weeks ago.

Major version updates of dependencies in Drupal 11 include Symfony 7, jQuery 4 and PHPUnit 10 or 11. Based on our findings with the PHPUnit 10 update particularly, we already see that the first release window in June will not be possible for Drupal 11.

The two remaining potential release windows for Drupal 11 are as follows:

• If Drupal 11 beta requirements are done by April 26, 2024: Drupal 11.0.0-beta1 on the week of April 29, 2024. RC1 on the week of July 1, 2024 and stable release on the week of July 29, 2024.
• If Drupal 11 beta requirements are done later by September 13, 2024: Drupal 11.0.0-beta1 will be on the week of September 16, 2024. RC1 on the week of November 11, 2024 and stable release on the week of December 9, 2024. In this case the same versions of Drupal 10.4 are planned for the same release windows.

 

Help with getting Drupal 11 ready

Most help is needed around the update to PHPUnit 10, while the Symfony 7 update and jQuery 4 update issues also have more work to do. Join the #d11readiness channel on Drupal Slack to discuss issues live with contributors.

Get involved in person

In the earlier scenario, Drupal 11 will be in beta the week before DrupalCon Portland 2024, while in the later scenario it will be in beta the week before DrupalCon Barcelona 2024. We'll be working on outstanding core issues at the time and updating contributed projects as well at those events.

Drupal 10.3 will be released on the week of June 17, 2024

While the release dates of its alpha and beta version may be different based on the scenario, Drupal 10.3.0 is planned to have a release candidate on the week of June 3, 2024 and a release on the week of June 17, 2024, independent of when Drupal 11 is released.

Dive into the forefront of technological innovation and community engagement at NERD Summit 2024. Explore the depths of the 'Inventure Mindset' with keynote speaker Jessica Cobb and learn more about Rick Hood's NERD Summit 2023 experience.

Using Drupal for Multilingual Websites: Configuration and Best Practices Editor Thu, 03/07/2024 - 15:57

In today's globalized digital space, multilingualism plays a huge role. Information resources are often popular among representatives of different nations and language groups. These people may have different beliefs and be followers of other religions, but they all have access to information on the Internet. Modern developers must always take the issue of universal access responsibly. The more versatile their site is, the more people they can reach the math, numbers, and facts. For example, 55% of pages on the Internet are in English, but only 19% of users are English-speaking.

Sponsorship Salsa has a long history of contributing at DrupalSouth and Drupal via sponsorship. This year, we’re Platinum sponsors.