Blog /Modern Drupal

The end of Drupal 7 support is approaching (January 5, 2025), which means this system’s users need to migrate to a newer version. This article explains how to move smoothly from Drupal 7 to Drupal 11, the key steps, and what to pay attention to. I encourage you to read the article or watch the video in the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series.

Headless CMS allows flexible data exposure for different applications. In systems like Drupal, this concept becomes especially important for teams that want to build modern applications with a separate frontend layer. In this blog post, you'll see the process of exposing Drupal data using the REST API and JSON API. You'll also discover how to customize views, generate content, and manage settings to ensure seamless collaboration with frontend frameworks.

In this article, I’ll demonstrate how to integrate Drupal with a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, using JumpCloud as an example. With this guide, you’ll be able to quickly and securely manage users on your website. I encourage you to read the blog post or watch the video in the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series.

Product search is a key function in e-commerce today. This article will show how to create an advanced product search engine based on Drupal and its integration with Apache Solr. By combining Drupal, Droopler installation profile, and Solr, a powerful tool can be created to make it easier for customers to navigate and search large data sets faster. I encourage you to read the blog post or watch the video in the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series (the video is in Polish).

How can you perform a product data migration from an external database to Drupal using the tools available within the Migrate API? In this blog post, I’ll show you how to connect to the database, prepare the data structure, and use the migration tools available in Drush. This entry is aimed at people who have already had experience with migrations as well as those who are just getting started with them. I encourage you to read the article or watch the video of the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series.

In this article, I'll show you how to import data from CSV files into Drupal. This is often a step in creating a new website, and the solutions shown here will come in handy when transferring data from an old system to a new one. I’ll also demonstrate how to handle such a situation using the Feeds module and its Feeds Tamper extension and walk you through importing data using three types of data as examples: products, users, and blog posts.

In this article, I’ll show you how to build a system to keep track of your company assets using Drupal. This system allows you to easily create and manage an equipment list with resources such as laptops, phones, monitors, or desks that are assigned to employees. It’s ideal for remote or hybrid companies, where control over issued equipment is crucial. Read the blog post or watch an episode of the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series (the video is in Polish).

In this blog post, I'll share how you can easily and quickly create charts in Drupal using Twig's Charts and Charts modules. This guide will be especially useful for publishers, but also for anyone who would like to have a similar feature in their CMS. I invite you to read the article or watch an episode of the Nowoczesny Drupal series (the video is in Polish), where each activity is shown step-by-step. 

In this blog post, I'll introduce ten SEO features that every modern CMS should have and show you how easy it is to implement them in Drupal. So, if you have an existing website, you'll easily see what you're missing. And if you're just planning to build a new one, you'll get a ready-made list of features to copy to your web specifications and requirements. I invite you to read the article or watch an episode of the “Nowoczesny Drupal” series (the video is in Polish).