Jakub Woźniak

Layout Builder allows quickly creating website layouts from pre-built components added to sections. By default, Drupal provides four types of sections: one, two, three, and four columns. These columns have a predefined behavior the editors have no control over. Drupal offers the ability to create our own types of sections, so we can tailor them to fit our project. This is the process we'll show you in our article.

Layout Builder is a complex functionality that, as soon as it’s installed, may not suit every website. However, it can be customized to work appropriately for almost any website. Such a procedure may seem complicated and costly. Fortunately, there are modules available to extend the standard functionality. In this text, we’ll look at one of them - the Bootstrap Layout Builder which aims to adapt the Layout Builder to the specifics of Bootstrap.

The standard method of managing Drupal's display mode may be too limited in some cases. If you want to efficiently create differentiated views used when listing terms or content related to the terms, you can try Layout Builder. What if, for example, the graphical interface, complexity, or genericity disqualifies this tool among the considered solutions? The Taxonomy Views Integrator (TVI) module may help here.

When creating a website whose editors will be working on content with photos, a problem often arises: how to manage the images so that the editor doesn’t have to manually edit them when they want to publish the same content with a different look? In Drupal, we can hit this problem when creating new view modes for any entity with images. The purpose of view modes is to serve the same content in a different form than the default one.

The new, major Drupal update was released on 15 June 2022. There are some new elements and changes, such as the Manage permissions tab, dynamic determination of the minimum PHP version, changes in the API, change of the default frontend theme from Bartik to Olivero, and the administrative theme from Seven to Claro. Quite a few functions and libraries have been labeled "deprecated". We'll talk more about these and other changes later in this article.

When using any kind of solution, we usually encounter the need to create generic support functions. A similar situation occurs when working with templates in Drupal 9. If you’ve ever created custom code to display a block, view, or entities in a Drupal 9 template, and are interested in ready-made and tested solution, this article is for you. We’ll show you the Twig Tweak module, which provides a number of support functions.

Creating a frequently asked questions (FAQ) section is a widely used way to get ahead of user questions. This element is put, under articles, on company websites, or on various forums. The popularity of this type of approach shows that it's a great way to present key issues briefly and easily.

Droopler is a Drupal installation profile that allows you to quickly launch a new website. The programming community, Droopler users, and Droptica specialists are constantly introducing improvements that open this tool to new possibilities. One of the newer improvements is the ability to create an online store based on the Commerce module in a much faster and simpler way than is the standard in Drupal.

Updating the software allows using the latest version, which includes bug fixes, new functionalities, and security patches. Downloading updates is important as it helps you fight technological debt. Falling behind with updates may lead to serious security flaws. Therefore, in this article, we'll show you how to properly update a website in Droopler.

Refactoring is a process of changes that ultimately allows you to achieve code that is readable, easy to develop, and maintain. During these improvements, its behavior shouldn’t change. Therefore, you should approach the subject with a lot of caution and consideration.