Ideas & Insights
What the Heck is Drupal Context?
Well, let me put it in context 🙂 The Context module is one of the most popular in Drupal 7. It is a great tool to place custom blocks on a page in any number of locations within a website. To use the module, there are usually two contexts created — one with an...
SSL Certificates — What to do when Your Connection is Not Secure
If you’re a website manager and you’ve run into the dreaded “This connection is not private”, this should be a bookmarked guide of “What To Do” for you. An SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate is a certificate that verifies that a website has been approved as real...
Drupal 8 Migrations — Tips and Tricks
The migration system is now a stable part of Drupal 8 core — hip hip hooray! A lot of hard work from many community members went into this effort, so thank you to them for their hard work and dedication. They are making the lives of Drupal developers everywhere a lot...
Custom Block Deployment Strategies for Drupal 8
Note: This article assumes that you have a baseline understanding of what the Configuration System is and how it can be used in Drupal 8. If you aren’t familiar with these topics, I recommend reading Configuration Management in Drupal 8: The Key Concepts, or...
Upgrading to Drupal 8.4.0 and Drush 9 with Composer
Time to upgrade. Drupal 8.4.0 was released last week. This means that Drupal 8.3 is officially unsupported, so it is time to upgrade existing sites. This particular upgrade presents some challenges, especially for sites managed with composer. According to...
Why No Self-Respecting Project Can Skip Code Review
Blackbox testing explained Whether or not you’ve heard of “black box testing”, you’ve certainly performed it. As the name suggests, it involves treating the system you’re testing as a proverbial black box — that is, you don’t know or care how it works, just that it...