Talking Drupal #476 - Off The Cuff #10
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about some things are on our mind including, The DOJ Accessibility ruling,Drupal CMS Event Recipes and Tooling for core development with our Hosts. We’ll also cover @font-your-face as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics DOJ Accessibility Ruling Drupal CMS Tooling for core development Open University Resources PHPUnit testing Guests Martin Anderson-Clutz - Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Martin Anderson-Clutz - Joshua "Josh" Mitchell - MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - Brief description: Have you ever wanted to...
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Talking Drupal #475 - Workspaces
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Workspaces, What They are, and How They Work with guest Scott Weston. We’ll also cover Workspaces Extra as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What are Workspaces in Drupal What's a common use cases for Workspaces Are Workspaces stable Do Workspaces help with content versioning What does the module ecosystem look like for Workspaces Inspiration Workspaces best practices Any interesting ways it is being used Is there a way to access workspace content in twig Navigation integration Workspaces and workflows What aspects of a Workspace are limited...
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Talking Drupal #474 - Revolt Event Loop
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about the revolt event Loop, what it is, and why it matters with guest Alexander Varwijk. We’ll also cover IEF Complex Widget Dialog as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is an event loop Why does Drupal need an event loop What will change in core to implement this What problem does this solve Does this make Cron cleaner and long running processes faster What impact will this have on contrib How would contrib use this loop What does this mean for database compatibility What inspired this change Test instability Why Revolt Will this help with...
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Talking Drupal #473 - Color in CSS with Sass
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Color with CSS, Sass, and bringing it all into Drupal with guest Aubrey Sambor . We’ll also cover Navigation Extra Tools as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics A little career background Why Front end Do you prefer JS or CSS How do colors work today in CSS Is this different from the past What is gamut Can color functions help with contrast What color functions make you the most excited Is Sass still a thing Do you use preprocessors with color functions Post CSS in Drupal Any modules you can recommend to help with CSS colros Any benefit for...
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Talking Drupal #472 - Access Policy API
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Access Policy API, What it does, and How you can use it with guest Kristiaan Van den Eynde. We’ll also cover Visitors as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is the Access Policy API Why does Drupal need the Access Policy API How did Drupal handle access before How does the Access Policy API interact with roles Does a module exist that shows a UI What is the difference between Policy Based Access Control (PBAC), Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) and Role Based Access Control (RBAC) How does Access Policy API work with PBAC, ABAC and RBAC...
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Talking Drupal #471 - Off The Cuff #9
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Freemium Drupal Modules, The WordPress hub-bub, and Drupal, Now with AI with our hosts. We’ll also cover FullCalendar as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics Freemium Drupal Wordpress controversy Drupal CMS and AI Resources Guests Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Aubrey Sambor - Martin Anderson-Clutz - MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - Brief description: Have you ever wanted an interactive calendar to display your Drupal events with drag-and-drop rescheduling, and without using jQuery? There’s a module for...
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Talking Drupal #470 - Creating Recipes
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Creating Recipes, What Recipes already exist, and helpful tips and tricks with guest Jim Birch. We’ll also cover Features as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What are recipes How do you recommend someone get started writing recipes Where can people find recipes Can you include sub recipes How should you test recipes Any tools that make writing recipes easier What recipes are needed that do not exist How can people move recipes forward Resources Guests Jim Birch - Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Aubrey Sambor - MOTW ...
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Talking Drupal #469 - Drupal’s Popularity & Dev Experience
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Drupal’s Popularity & Dev Experience, what could be better, and things that are great with guest Nathan Dentzau. We’ll also cover Spam Master as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics Drupal's popularity What can Drupal to enhance popularity and enhance dev experience What is missing in Drupal What could use improvement in Drupal What about recent tooling improvements Drupal CMS (Starshot) Resources Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Nate Dentzau - MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - Brief description: Have you...
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Talking Drupal #468 - Drupal AI
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), How to integrate it with Drupal, and What the future might look like with guest Jamie Abrahams. We’ll also cover AI SEO Analyzer as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is AI What is Drupal AI How is it different from other AI modules How do people use AI in Drupal How does Drupal AI make AI easier to integrate in Drupal What is RAG How has Drupal AI evolved from AI Interpolator What does the future of AI look like Resources Guests Jamie Abrahams - Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Martin...
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Talking Drupal #467 - Config Actions System
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about The Config Actions System, What it does, and how it helps with Drupal Recipes with guests Alex Pott and Adam Globus-Hoenich. We’ll also cover the Events recipe as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics Explain Config Actions Is this related to the Actions UI How are config actions used in Drupal How will the average user interact with Config Actions What does non-desctructive mean Where did the Config Action system come from Future of the Config Action system How can people help out How does the Config Action system help with Drupal CMS Resources ...
info_outlineToday we are talking about Drupal’s Popularity & Dev Experience, what could be better, and things that are great with guest Nathan Dentzau. We’ll also cover Spam Master as our module of the week.
For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/469
Topics
- Drupal's popularity
- What can Drupal to enhance popularity and enhance dev experience
- What is missing in Drupal
- What could use improvement in Drupal
- What about recent tooling improvements
- Drupal CMS (Starshot)
Resources
- New drupal
- Drupal at your fingertips
- Laravel
- Next.js
- Document using DDEV as the recommended Drupal local development environment
- Just say drupal
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Nate Dentzau - dentzau.com nathandentzau
MOTW
Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
- Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to defend your Drupal website from webform spam using a constantly updating list of known bad actors? There’s a module for that.
- Module name/project name:
- Brief history
- How old: created in Mar 2018 by Pedro Alves (pedro-alves)
- Versions available: 8.x-1.99 and 8.x-2.50, the latter of which support Drupal versions 8 through 11
- Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security coverage
- Documentation on SpamMaster.org
- Number of open issues: no open issues
- Usage stats:
- 449 sites
- Module features and usage
- Spam Master is a website protection technology that was originally created back in 2012, and is used across sites based on a variety of technologies, including Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, and more
- It uses a variety of techniques to identify and block malicious actors, including “real-time block lists”, honeypot traps, comment analysis, and more
- By maintaining a list of known bad actors, tracked by IP address and email addresses used, you can also benefit from a “network effect” by being able to identify them based on malicious behavior on any of the thousands of sites using Spam Master
- The module claims compatibility with a variety of forms, including registration, comments, commerce, and more
- It includes a variety of reports you can use to understand the amount of spam your site is receiving, and the module can automatically send you an email if it believes your site has reached “Level 3” of spam targeting
- Spam Master does use licenses on SpamMaster.org, but free licenses are available