Drupal 8 represents a lot of changes and a steep learning curve for many Drupal developers and themers. While many of these changes are exciting, there are many things to learn just to get started.
Pursuant to the discussion at [policy] Require PHP 5.5, the minimum PHP version of Drupal 8 has been raised to 5.5.9, and this change will be included in the next Drupal 8 beta (8.0.
In this episode we celebrate the founding of our country by talking up a few modules we have discovered and enjoy. Ryan talks about the Image Field Focus module and how it makes cropping a joy without the gamble of a cropping image style.
Drupal was designed from the ground-up to be modular. Once you install Drupal core, you can add any number of modules to enhance Drupal's basic functions.