What #trainings would #Drupal folks recommend for a new technical manager responsible for a Drupal product team? Not someone who will be in the weeds, but getting to a level of being able to understand standup, manage senior devs, and get a general understanding of the landscape?

I help maintain the #Drupal module, MaxLength, which allows site builders to set character limits on fields.

We're running usability tests to see how our recent updates are working out.

We would love your help!

#OpenDesign #UX

More info at https://www.drupal.org/project/maxlength/issues/3250461

Sometimes context is everything...

I've been walking past this logo everywhere for 10 days at COP 15 already... and only now I notice that it looks like a #Drupal logo

Trick question for trivia night?

For those of you who have not met us yet, Backdrop CMS enables people to build highly customized websites affordably, through collaboration and open source software.

Some people know us as that spunkly little fork of #Drupal that is focused small to medium sized businesses, non-profits, educational institutions, and companies or organizations who are in need of a comprehensive website for a reasonable price.

More information about our values and principles:

https://backdropcms.org/philosophy

This is awesome. I've been working in this space for the #Drupal projects I maintain and contribute to.

For example, we defined a vision and set of values for the MaxLength module to guide design and development decisions.

We've done user research so I like the suggestion in your templates of including key findings within the contribution documentation.

@joevagyok recently joined as a maintainer of the #Drupal MaxLength module and has been a *huge* help.

When I started maintaining the project, I inherited broken test coverage.

Joe stepped in and not only fixed the existing tests, but also added test coverage for all key scenarios *and* fixed some bugs he uncovered along the way.

It's satisfying to see that green test coverage indicator again. Plus we have a confident base to continue improving MaxLength from.

#OpenSource

there is an encouraging counter-current running, which is the growing focus and investment from #OpenSource and #CommunityTech projects on #UXDesign

When we design and resource projects for community and sustainability, rather than endless profit, we have tools that actually meet our collective needs.

#CryptPad
#Drupal
#Firefox
#Mastodon
#PixelFed
#PeerTube
#PenPot
#Signal
#Thunderbird
#Tor

are just a few community tech projects succeeding because they value design

Are you looking for:

✔️ Awesome colleagues
✔️ A fully #remote workplace that supports work-life balance
✔️ Opportunities for career growth and development

If so, we may just have the dream job for you!

We are #hiring for a #Drupal Engineer, Senior #UX Web Designer, and Senior #UX Strategist

Learn more and apply today: http://www.palantir.net/careers

#remotejobs #uxjobs #designjobs

#Introduction I've been a front-end developer since 1999, when I was working in a nonprofit & was asked to write HTML & CSS from scratch; I fell in love with it. Now I co-own and co-run an intentionally-sized agency that exclusively serves nonprofits called https://DevCollaborative.com, we build sites in #Drupal & #WordPress & we care a lot about #a11y of content & code, as well as site longevity & sustainability. I live in the US New England, have too many pets, & am trying to learn acoustic guitar.

I'm super excited to see the new #Drupal focused Mastodon instance https://drupal.community . I'm going to stay where I am but I'm glad Drupal folks will have an instance to call home.

Hi there! I'm Clayton - a #UX designer, building #OpenSource #FOSS software in service of community and collective liberation. (Specializing in #Drupal and #WordPress)

I play #trombone in the soulful punk band, Elegant Everyone.

Speaking of punk, I love #solarpunk !

and I'm a goofy dad (of both humans and a guinea pig)

#Introduction

I just voted in the #Drupal Association 2022 At-Large Community Board Election

💧 ✔️

The #Drupal MaxLength module issue queue is hoppin! 😊

It's fun as an #OpenSource maintainer when a project has so much energy to it.

The rules engine for #Drupal is now available as 1.0.0-rc1 - go and get it https://drupal.org/project/eca - ECA is another step towards more "No code - low code" access on the power of Drupal

If you use #Drupal and want to set a character limit on a field, I (w/ help from others) just released a new version of the Maxlength module.

@drupal

https://devcollaborative.com/blog/maxlength-200-rc2-more-accurate-and-easy-configure-character-limit

For those hosting #Drupal sites on Pantheon and appreciate their DevOps tools, but not their steep pricing tiers, Amezmo has proven to be a good alternative.

More on this from @hanabel at

https://devcollaborative.com/blog/affordable-quality-hosting-alternatives-how-set-drupal-amezmo

My fifth and final post (bittersweet) in my series on Enhancing the Drupal Authoring Experience is now out.

I focus this last one on accessibility tools you can integrate into your site.

Many a11y issues are content issues, so keeping your site accessible means giving your authors the tools they need to keep it up.

https://devcollaborative.com/blog/enhance-your-drupal-websites-authoring-experience-part-5-accessibility-tools-and-conclusion

#UX #Drupal #Accessibility

Part 4 of my Enhance Your #Drupal Authoring Experience is out.

This one fine tunes Drupal's admin pages, especially the Block layout page, which can be unnecessarily overwhelming for content editors.

https://devcollaborative.com/blog/enhance-your-drupal-websites-authoring-experience-part-4-fine-tune-admin-pages

Part 2 of my series Enhancing Your #Drupal Website's Authoring Experience is out.

Declutter the user interface via
- Drupal's Manage Form Display feature
- Allowed Text Formats module
- Fine tuning user roles
- View Unpublished module
- Publish Content module

https://www.devcollaborative.com/blog/enhance-your-drupal-websites-authoring-experience-part-2-declutter-user-interface

If you use #Drupal even just occasionally, I would love your feedback on the Maxlength module.

I've set up some usability testing tasks.

https://www.drupal.org/project/maxlength/issues/3250461

We're running these as part of the Gift of Open Source community challenge, so you could end up with things like a free t-shirt from it. :)

#LibreUX #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

#Drupal has a few #Accessibility checker modules available.

I tested each out and found that Editoria11y is by far the most effective and user friendly.

https://devcollaborative.com/blog/best-drupal-accessibility-checker-content-authors-editoria11y

#OpenSource

#ActivityPub for #Drupal !

https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub/
/via https://realize.be/blog/activitypub-drupal
/via https://peterjlord.co.uk/article/activitypub-drupal

/by @swentel

Looks like #Drupal sites can now be part of the fediverse! Congratulations swentel!

https://realize.be/blog/activitypub-drupal

I recorded a tutorial on how to use the #Drupal module Entity Reference Override.

This is a handy module if you need to override the value of an entity you're referencing. For example, if you want to provide a context specific bio for an author byline or adjust the title of professor being listed on a program page.

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxEXml5-SXQ

#Drupal don't use, by default, #google_fonts or #gravatar I think it has a more transparent and FLOSS orientation: where on #wordpress you need some private modules, on drupal modules are released with a #floss license with a public issue page, etc.

But you should think if a dynamic website, like drupal with #drupal_commerce is over skilled or not for you...

Which #cms is most privacy friendly/libre? Naively installed #wordpress on my server and noticed googlefonts and gravatar as third parties without me adding them... Is #joomla #ghost or #drupal any better in this regard?

For anyone going to DrupalCon next week, I'm co-organizing the Nonprofit Summit and I think it's going to be real informative. We're also setting up a directory people can opt into for networking and organizing.

Check it out!

https://events.drupal.org/global2020/program/summit/nonprofit

#Drupal #FreeSoftware #NPTech #MovementTech

@agaric is taking our #DrupalCon
#Drupal trainings online so no one has to miss out. Get fully into #Drupal9 by migrating your content into it!

https://agaric.coop/blog/online-trainings-drupal-migration-and-upgrades

Gonna test porting a #Drupal 7 site to #Backdrop . Backdrop is much more democratic and accountable to the needs of nonprofits and movement groups, so I'm hoping it goes well...

Was looking over the latest #Drupal releases and saw "Pirate."

So glad I clicked through to see what that module does. ☠️ 😝

D7CX, Pirate filter had a full Drupal 7 release on the day that Drupal 7 was released.

Based on Dougal Campbell's Pirate filter, part of his Text Suite Plugin Suite for WordPress. Yarr!" title="Pirate

On International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th), his fiter changes all appropriate English phrases and words into pirate-speak.

AS part of #D7CX, Pirate filter had a full Drupal 7 release on the day that Drupal 7 was released.

Based on Dougal Campbell's Pirate filter, part of his Text Suite Plugin Suite for WordPress. Yarr!">