Top 10 User Access Modules for Drupal 8

Access and security are collateral concerns born out of the world of the internet. When a website is under development, a major chunk of time and effort goes into making it secure from all sorts of malicious activities. Taking the threats and data breaching affairs into account, every platform has a protocol to follow. For the security and usability purpose, every website has certain permissions… Read more

What and How to Prototype in Software Development

Let’s assume you are working on your next project which requires you to build a site from scratch. Now, such a hefty piece of work requires inputs from all corners: designers, UX teams, developers and the marketing team. And often there are clashes among different teams or team members about the priority and flow of work that needs to be adopted. For a smooth flow that can be executed to address… Read more

Drupal 8.8 released: What's new?

A number of significant improvements have been introduced with Drupal 8.8. The update was released in December 2019 and significantly deprecated a lot of elements in the process of preparing the codebase for Drupal 9. The release has mostly focused on improving the management and contribution that will aid the impending update. Let’s take a tour of updates introduced in Drupal 8.8.0 #1 Media… Read more

Road of JSON:API to Drupal 8 

As an encoding scheme, JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is designed to eliminate the need for an ad-hoc code that communicates with servers. It aims to improve the efficiency of the friction of requests that takes place between the clients and the servers.  “The recent JSON:API 2.0 stable release on January 7th, 2019 marked the start of the module's move to Drupal core.” How a client should… Read more

Top 15 Tips for Drupal 8 Developers

Drupal 8 is on the edge of transformation and it’s just a couple of months before Drupal 9 will take over. However, the version update will not eliminate the workings of Drupal 8 and instead deprecate gradually.  This brings a lot of new attention to the software and many look forward to being a part of the Drupal Community. In case you are one of them, then these are some advice for novices in… Read more

Best of Drupal 8 Modules for Social Login

From gated content to event enrollments, social logins and easy registration are the go-to for many sites now. The website captures data and permissions from your social accounts and gives you access to the content. There are modules primarily dedicated to integrate social accounts and run the process.  Drupal offers many modules for seamless integration of social logins for your website.  Let’… Read more

Brace yourself, Drupal 9 is Coming!

With Drupal 9 on the verge of release in June 2020, the Drupal community has about 18 months to map out a transition plan. The latest versions of Drupal in recent times saw a major breakthrough from the past versions. As the philosophy of development has changed, Drupal 9 is said to be built in Drupal 8 and the migration will be super easy this time. Released in 2011, Dries announced the end-of-… Read more

How to Customise Emails with Drupal 8

In the 18 years-long journey, Drupal has evolved in many aspects from responsive Bartik to decoupled Drupal. With every new release, the Drupal community comes up with impressive new modules and improvements in the existing ones. However, emails haven’t seen the light of the day in the last decade from Drupal. The emails that we send out are still the same via its robust system.  Being on the… Read more

The Guide for Maintaining & Building your Drupal Website

When I say that a mere thank you to the development of site building tools won’t be enough, would you agree with me? You might, you might not.  But imagine a building that is under construction. Without the use of the right raw materials and tools (like cement, bricks, metal rods, labor etc) the task of constructing and maintaining it would be difficult to achieve.  Right? In the case of… Read more

Drupal Bringing Justice to Your Law Firm Website

Unequivocally, 21st century is considered as an innovative era, and there is no doubt to the fact that having a website contributes largely to the innovation.  Owning a website is like owning a business card, it is an essential segment that shouts “I am a professional, who is open for business”. So, if you have a website, it would typically be the very first interaction for an individual that… Read more