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Day 17 of the Drupal Advent Calendar features Jason Pamental’s keynote from New England Drupal Camp, introduced by John Picozzi. The talk, “Curious Findings,” explores how curiosity and open-ended exploration can drive deeper creativity and better user experiences in digital design. ...more

James Shield’s Advent Day 19 post features Carlos Ospina’s DrupalCamp Asheville talk on mastering Drupal updates. With a structured, confident approach and smart use of tools like Upgrade Status, site maintainers can navigate version bumps, custom code, and API changes without fear. ...more

James Shield's Advent Day 18 post covers Elliott Mower’s talk at DrupalCon Nara, where he explains why modern Drupal templates like Mercury go far beyond traditional themes. With Canvas and no-code tools, even non-developers can build, style, and extend sites with ease. ...more

Specbee explores the strengths and ideal use cases for Drupal’s Paragraphs module and Layout Builder. From structured components to visual page-building freedom, this guide helps teams choose the right content strategy—or combine both—for cleaner, editor-friendly Drupal websites. ...more

Joshi Consultancy Services outlines key best practices for integrating third-party APIs in Drupal. From using Guzzle and secure credential storage to caching, queuing, and graceful failure handling, their approach emphasizes resilience, scalability, and user experience. ...more

Dries Buytaert explores a growing problem of the modern web: content disappearance. Drawing inspiration from RAID storage systems, he proposes a “digital preservation RAID” that accepts failure as inevitable and designs for resilience across platforms like GitHub, the Internet Archive, and decentralised storage. It’s a thoughtful call to rethink how we preserve knowledge for the long term. ...more

In the third edition of his ECA use case series, Jürgen Haas explores how Drupal authentication workflows—from login redirects to role assignments—can be simplified using Event-Condition-Action (ECA) models. With fewer dependencies and more flexibility, ECA offers smarter alternatives to core features and popular modules alike, all while enhancing the site builder experience. ...more

On Day 14 of his Drupal Advent Calendar, James Shields highlighted the talk “Brilliant, But Doubting” by Suchi Garg and Julia Topliss, which explores imposter syndrome and its disproportionate effect on women in the tech industry. Drawing on personal experience and industry data, the talk outlines how systemic factors compound self-doubt and suggests ways individuals and organizations can foster inclusion and confidence. ...more

Mark Conroy responds to content editing challenges in Drupal Workspaces, raised by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. His new blog and video guide offer practical fixes for editorial issues in staging and publishing workflows. A helpful resource for anyone using Drupal’s content staging tools. ...more

Day 13 of the Drupal Advent Calendar features the Member Platform project, spearheaded by JD Leonard. This initiative aims to create a general-purpose Drupal distribution for membership-based organizations, as shared in Leonard’s session at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025. ...more

Freelock’s Advent Day 14 post highlights the foundational role of semantic HTML in web accessibility. By exploring the principle of “Info and Relationships” from WCAG 1.3.1, it explains why styling alone isn’t enough and how Drupal makes it easier to build inclusive, structured websites. ...more

In this ECA use case, Jürgen Haas highlights how the ECA module simplifies Drupal’s fragmented notification landscape. By modeling events, conditions, and actions, ECA allows site builders to manage all notification logic in one place, reducing technical debt and ensuring consistency. ...more