The Drop Times

Migrating 50+ government sites into one Drupal platform 📊 In this case study, Hayden Baillio, CMO at Hounder, explores how Tulare County: ✅ Consolidated 50+ sites using Acquia Site Factory ✅ Built a custom pipeline to migrate 7,000+ pages + 16K assets ✅ Improved load times from ~5s → under 1s ✅ Enabled governance for 300+ content authors A strong example of a scalable multi-site architecture in the public sector. Read via The Drop Times: Link in comments #Drupal #OpenSource #GovTech #WebDev

Multilingual support is now possible in Drupal Canvas 🌍 David Palmero Jara introduces a module that fixes: • Broken editors on language-prefixed URLs • Autosave overwriting translations • Missing assets in multilingual setups Also adds a language selector + independent translation handling. Practical for multilingual Drupal builds. Link in comments. #Drupal #OpenSource #WebDev #CMS

Building on insights from Gökçe Tosun at CKEditor 🔗 CKEditor AI is now integrated into Drupal via the Premium Features module (v1.8.0), bringing: • In-editor AI chat, review, translation, and quick actions • Support for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models • On-prem + configurable access for compliance Useful for teams moving toward in-context content workflows. Link in comments. #Drupal #OpenSource #WebDev #CMS

From controlled AI to practical implementation-how is AI really influencing Drupal? These conversations with Dan Frost, Ronald te Brake, and Marcus Johansson unpack the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities ahead. Full interviews linked in the comments

DrupalCon isn’t just about the sessions—it’s about the conversations around them. Grateful to everyone who contributed articles to The Drop Times, sharing their insights and perspectives with the community ahead of DrupalCon. Thank you Jürgen Haas, Kat Shaw, CPACC, J Matthew Saunders (CSPO, CSM, SLPM), Monica "Nikki" Flores and Palak Agarwal

Drupal is shifting the starting point of site building—from blank installs to structured foundations. Announced at DrupalCon Chicago, the Site Template Marketplace pilot introduces templates that go beyond design, bundling content models, editorial workflows, and configurations aligned to real-world sectors such as government and higher education. If executed well, this could reduce upfront architecture work and make Drupal projects more predictable from the outset—though questions remain regarding packaging, versioning, and long-term support as the marketplace evolves. #Drupal #OpenSource #WebDev #CMS

Document ingestion in Drupal is getting more structured 📂 Document Loader 2.0.0 introduces: • Plugin-based ingestion architecture • Support for PDFs, APIs, spreadsheets & more • AI tool integration via agent-facing components Developed by Nick Opris with contributions from Ahmad Khader and Rob Loach. A step toward reusable content pipelines—though real-world use cases are still emerging. Check comments for the link. #Drupal #OpenSource #WebDev #CMS

Final hours to submit for Community Day at UN Open Source Week (deadline: 31 March). Looking to share practical open source work — from implementations to collaboration models shaping digital cooperation across sectors. Programme specifics are still limited, but the opportunity to contribute is open. #OpenSource #Drupal #WebDev #Community

DrupalCon Chicago 2026 has wrapped up, but the energy lives on through these moments captured by Paul Johnson, take a look. Dries Buytaert, Timothy Lehnen, Martin Anderson-Clutz, Norah Schrum, Carlos O., Albert Hughes, Tim Doyle, Alejandro Moreno López, Maya Schaeffer, Baddy Sonja Breidert, Nikhil Deshpande, Imre Gmelig Meijling, Sachiko Muto, Mike Gifford, CPWA, Molly Shenberger, Alexandra Bell, Dave Hansen-Lange. We’ve tagged the people we have spotted. If we missed someone, feel free to tag them in the comments.

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