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The Driesnote Chicago demo is now available on Drupal Forge. This template lets you try the Driesnote demo from DrupalCon Chicago 2026 directly in a Drupal Forge environment. It is a great way to explore how AI-assisted Drupal experiences can support real website workflows, including: Creating product page content Improving page structure Generating FAQ sections Adding internal links Creating AEO schema Reviewing pages before publishing Testing performance improvement ideas You can launch the template, explore the workflow, and recreate the demo step by step. This is exactly the kind of hands-on AI experimentation Drupal needs more of: Less theory. More working demos. More practical examples people can actually try.

A major site template refresh just landed on Drupal Forge. We’ve made it much faster to try Drupal CMS templates. What’s new: Newly optimized Drupal CMS installer No email prompt No long wait for the installer to run Instant demos for all free Drupal CMS site templates Amazee AI enabled in every demo The Drupal CMS site templates are now the first 13 demos on the Drupal Forge homepage. That means you can skip the installer entirely, pick a template, and start exploring right away. For site builders, agencies, trainers, and Drupal teams, this makes Drupal CMS much easier to evaluate, demo, and share. Less waiting. More building. Try it at DrupalForge.org #DrupalForge #Drupal #DrupalCMS #DrupalDevelopment #DrupalCommunity #DrupalAI #OpenSource #WebsiteTemplates

Manual Drupal setup has taken enough weekends. Use DrupalForge.

Trying AI in Drupal should not start with local setup, Docker issues, or manually configuring API keys. In this quick demo, Salim Lakhani shows how DrupalForge lets you launch an AI-powered Drupal template in seconds -- with the AI key already built in. Launch the site. Open the Cloud Dev Environment. Test the AI chatbot. Start experimenting. That is the kind of workflow Drupal needs more of.

What if launching a Drupal site did not require local setup? No Docker install. No laptop configuration. No “works on my machine” problem. No waiting days to onboard a new developer. With DrupalForge, you can launch cloud-based Drupal demo and development sites in seconds -- directly from your browser. In our latest podcast, we discuss how DrupalForge helps developers, agencies, trainers, and site builders move faster by making Drupal environments easier to create, share, and use. With DrupalForge, users can: * Launch Drupal sites in seconds * Open VS Code in the browser * Use Composer and Drush out of the box * Share demos with clients or team members * Collaborate without local environment friction * Move from demo to development faster Drupal development should be easier to start, easier to teach, and easier to share. That is what DrupalForge is working to make possible. Links to the podcast, video, and blog are in the comments. #Drupal #DrupalForge #DrupalCMS #DrupalDevelopment #OpenSource #CloudDevelopment #DevOps

AI in Drupal is moving beyond “just add a chatbot.” The bigger shift is this: Drupal sites can now search by meaning -- not just keywords. In our latest DrupalForge blog, we break down a real Drupal AI demo showing how: • Drupal AI Search works with vector databases • RAG helps connect AI answers to real Drupal content • Agentic search can understand what users are trying to build • PostgreSQL + pgvector can power semantic search • Drupal Search API can become much smarter • DrupalForge makes complex AI demos easier to launch and explain One example from the demo: If someone searches for “I want to build something like Reddit,” a traditional search may look for the word “Reddit.” But an AI-powered semantic search can understand the real intent: • forums • comments • moderation • user profiles • voting • notifications • social login • community features That is a very different kind of search experience. And the strategic point is simple: AI becomes much easier to understand when people can actually see it working inside a real Drupal environment. That is where DrupalForge helps. Instead of asking developers, agencies, and site owners to configure every piece manually, DrupalForge can turn advanced Drupal AI setups into launchable demos. Vector databases, AI Search, RAG, chatbots, and smarter search should not stay trapped in theory. They need to be experienced. #Drupal #DrupalForge #DrupalAI #AISearch #SemanticSearch #VectorDatabase #RAG #OpenSource #DrupalDevelopment

AI-assisted Drupal development is getting much more practical. With the Drupal AI Code template on DrupalForge, developers can launch Drupal CMS in a cloud dev environment and start working with Claude or Gemini directly from the browser. No local setup. VS Code in the browser. Composer and Drush ready. Claude and Gemini available in the terminal. This is not AI replacing Drupal developers. It is AI giving Drupal developers a faster starting point.

Visualizing the Future of Drupal AI AI agents are becoming essential building blocks for Drupal, but as they grow more powerful, they also become harder to manage. We’re moving beyond simple chatbots into complex workflows involving tools, prompts, and orchestration logic. If these pieces are scattered across different admin screens, it's easy to lose the "big picture." That’s why I’m excited about FlowDrop UI Agents. Instead of configuring agents through traditional forms, FlowDrop provides a drag-and-drop interface to design and manage AI agent workflows visually. By leveraging the Modeler API, it decouples the underlying configuration from the interface, making complex systems accessible to humans. Why this matters: Transparency: AI workflows shouldn’t be "black boxes"—now teams can inspect and reason about them. Efficiency: Site builders can manage automation without diving into custom code. Accessibility: Complex logic becomes easy to discuss, improve, and maintain. You can try the FlowDrop UI Agents template right now on DrupalForge. It gives you a prebuilt environment to explore visual agent editing without the friction of a local setup. Check out the full blog post on DrupalForge to see how we’re designing systems that can act. #Drupal #AI #LowCode #OpenSource #DrupalForge #AIagents

Speed or Control? Choosing the right environment for your Drupal workflow. At DrupalForge, we’re often asked: "Should I stop using DDEV?" Our answer is always: No. Local development tools like DDEV and Docker are incredible for deep, custom, and offline builds. But for everything else? There’s a faster way. The attached whiteboard breaks down exactly when to leverage DrupalForge and when to stick with a Local stack. Why developers are choosing the "Forge" for their daily tasks: 🚀 Velocity: Launch a site in < 5 seconds—ideal for client demos and module testing. 🤖 AI-Ready: Skip the config and jump straight into our Drupal CMS AI or Chrome Prompt API templates. 🎓 Zero Friction: No WSL2, Docker, or port conflict headaches—especially for Windows users. We see the future of Drupal development as a hybrid workflow: Use the Forge for discovery and demos, and DDEV for the deep local build. How are you balancing cloud vs. local in your current projects? #Drupal #DDEV #DrupalForge #WebDev #OpenSource #DevOps #Drupal11

Launching a Drupal site in 2026 doesn't have to take weeks. It can take minutes. Most teams waste time on setup — configuring modules, building content types from scratch, and wrestling with local dev environments. The smarter move? Start with a pre-configured template that does the heavy lifting for you. Here are the 7 best Drupal templates for a fast site launch in 2026 — from beginner-friendly starters to AI-powered builds. Swipe through to find the one that matches your workflow. Which template are you using? Drop it in the comments 👇 🔗 Full guide: https://lnkd.in/d48wm9qh #Drupal #WebDevelopment #CMS #DrupalCMS #OpenSource #WebDesign #SiteBuilder #TechTips #2026 #DrupalForge