Modules

The UI Patterns module is gaining a lot of traction as an effective way to integrate design patterns and components with Drupal 8, but what if you are still using Drupal 7? The PatternKit module is a viable solution for your site.

Building URL Aliases Based on Specific Conditions

Have you ever needed to generate URL aliases for an entity based on specific set of conditions? I was recently on a Drupal 8 project that needed the ability to generate custom URL aliases based on very specific criteria outlined by the client. Out of the box, Pathauto module was not flexible enough to handle the customization, but leveraging its API and providing my own hook implementation in a custom module allowed me to perform conditional checks on data and build the conditional URL structures.

Welcome back to another Drupal Top Modules blog post from Mediacurrent. Last year, I wrote the final top Drupal 7 modules list but never fear, we are back again with some great modules for Drupal 8.

This presentation from DrupalCamp Atlanta 2015 covers a discussion on the d3.js library for an audience of site builders, themers, and developers.

Data-Driven Documents or D3 refers to a javascript library combining html, css and sag to build graphic visualizations for data. The d3.js library uses scalable vector graphics to generate charts, graphs and maps that are scalable and interactive.

Check out the session recording below. It covers: 

If you have been to the Mediacurrent blog before you have probably seen my Top 50 modules lists for Drupal 6 and 7...

What happens when a user bookmarks an access-protected page? If their session expires before they next visit the bookmark, they'll see an "Access Denied" message with no login form. How confusing for the end user! Let's change that.

They say that hindsight is 20/20. With the many advances that have happened in the Drupal community recently, we asked our team "What is the one thing you wish you knew about Drupal two years ago?" 

"I wish I knew about the Headless Drupal initiative so I that I could be ahead of the curve as far as the Javascript technologies that it will require." - Chris Doherty

Last part in our series on reviewing the top Drupal 7 Modules.

Drupal, at the heart, is a content management system (CMS) or content management framework (CMF) depending on who you ask. Out of the box the concept of publishing is built in with a content type, such as an article, plus an ability to promote items to the homepage. What modules really make Drupal shine in the everyday use of the publishing industry though? Here are ten modules that will help any Drupal publishing website.

One of Drupal’s best practices is to break up the site’s CSS and JavaScript into smaller files to make maintenance easier. Along with this, many modules will include their own CSS and JS files, so before long a site may have twenty, thirty, or more CSS and JS files that are downloaded by the visitor in order for the site to look and work correctly.