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5 Reasons Not to Require Composer in Your CMS

Some people love Composer. 

They use it to build their PHP projects and manage all the external libraries and dependencies. They love it so much they say things like this: "Composer should be the only way to build a Drupal code base."

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 18:43

What Are Experimental Modules in Drupal?

Drupal 8 introduced an interesting new approach called "experimental modules".

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 11:22

Add Parallax Styled Blocks to Your Drupal 8 Theme

In this tutorial, I will explain how to use custom block types to create a Parallax effect in a Drupal 8 subtheme.

Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 12:31

Create a Drupal 8 Bootstrap subtheme using CDN

Using the Bootstrap CDN allows you to quickly add custom code that overrides the Bootstrap defaults. By doing so you can quickly make your own Drupal theme based on Bootstrap.

Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 11:12

Drupal 8 Field Layout Alternative to the Display Suite

In Drupal 7 to create custom displays, you would probably use Display Suite.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 02:01

Come and Meet Us at DrupalCon Baltimore

Yes, I know this is a bumpy time for Drupal, but you really should come to DrupalCon Baltimore, if you can make it.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 22:12

Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Video Hosting

 

One of the features that our members most often want is to host videos on their site.

As it happens, we've learned a little about how to do that over the years.

Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 06:00

PHP Notices, Warnings and Errors on Your Drupal Site

Websites will run into problems. Whether you're using Drupal or any other software, there will be problems at some point.

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 06:00

The Bigger Picture Surrounding the Drupal Controversy

This has not been a fun couple of weeks in the Drupal community.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 22:18

New Class: Drupal 8 Search Engine Optimization

In this week's new class, we're going to give you advice on optimizing your Drupal 8 site for search engines.

Friday, March 31, 2017 - 18:32

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