Today we’re looking at a fairly simple addition to Starshot, but one that can add a lot of power to a site.
While the default Drupal install provides a contact form, it does it through the rather basic “contact” module, that is built into Drupal Core. This has a lot of limitations, and many people prefer to use the more powerful “Webform” module.
It’s day 2 of the Drupal Advent calendar and today we’re taking a look at the first step to any new website built with Drupal CMS, the site installer.
The previous Drupal installer wasn’t terrible, but it required a lot of steps, and typically needed a lot more work, finding and installing modules, when the initial install was complete.
The new installer has tried to simplify the process as much as possible, and offers a friendlier interface.
The primary question it asks is what are the main goals of your site:
Today we are looking at the Analytics Track of Drupal Starshot.
The current Analytics recipe uses the Google Tag module to set up tags to be tracked by Google’s Tag Manager application, to provide comprehensive site analytics for marketers. It can also integrate with Google Analytics.
It also ties in with the privacy track, covered on day 10, using Klaro to verify user consent before tracking the user.
Today we open our sixteenth door, and rather than another track of the Starshot initiative, we have some succulent little treats. Three things that are essential to make Drupal CMS a reality. While the Starshot initiative only officially started last April, it has made incredible progress to get to a release candidate this month, and is on track for a first formal release in January 2025. But today we are talking about some initiatives to Drupal that have been underway for several years.
Welcome to this year’s Drupal Advent Calendar, and this year the focus is on the most important Drupal initiative in quite some time.
Code named Starshot, it aims to take Drupal to a new level of user friendliness and ease of use.
Over recent versions, Drupal has become incredibly powerful, and it now powers many enterprise websites for major corporations, governments, and NGOs around the world.
DrupalCon Portland starts today, so it seems a good time to start thinking about the 2024 Advent Calendar!
Advent Calendar? In May?
If there’s one thing I learned last year, it’s start early! We had a few hairy moments last year, and a couple of later nights than I would have liked, so this year I want to get the ball moving early.
For fun, mostly!
But also to promote the great Drupal projects and the people working on them.
This December was the second incarnation of the Drupal Advent Calendar project.
This started on a whim in 2022, and while fun, I knew I didn’t want to write it all myself the second year.
So at DrupalCon Lille, I started asking people to get involved in this year’s calendar, initially focusing on people I know. The response was generally positive, with most people eager to take part.
My aim was to have a different person talk about an aspect of Drupal behind each door, and that was more or less how it worked out.
Today is the last day of our Advent Calendar, and what a trip it’s been. For our final door, we have a real treat, as Baddý Sonja Breidert (baddysonja) joins us to tell us all about the Drupal presence at this year’s Web Summit, including the video of her keynote speech, available for the first time.
For the penultimate door of the Drupal Advent Calendar, we are joined by Mike Herchel (mherchel) to tell the amazing story of bringing Single Directory Components into Drupal Core.
