It’s been nearly five months since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic and a national emergency. This, of course, is not how any of us imagined 2020 would play out when marketing plans were put in place at the start of the year.
Most Drupal devs are familiar with hook_entity_access(and its cousins hook_ENTITY_TYPE_ID_access and hook_node_access). However, it is mostly used for serving “403: Access denied” to browsers.
Drupal 9’s big splash in early June sparked a widespread realization that migration needed to move to front burner status in anticipation of a Nov. 2021 decommission date for Drupal 7 and 8.
When Lehigh University set out to redo its website for prospective undergraduates, one overriding factor was crystal clear to the staff members and stakeholders who were making the key decisions concerning the site.
With this month’s release of Drupal 9, factors fueling migration have moved up a few notches, but as the November 2021 decommission date for Drupal 7 and 8 rapidly approaches, there’s one huge factor that’s superseding all others.
The long-anticipated drop of Drupal 9 has arrived. This marks an exciting step in the evolution of Drupal. A migration from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 is not as complex and cumbersome as previous version releases.