Completed Drupal site or project URL: https://neutrinoday.comThe Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD, is a unique environment for world-renowned biology, geology, physics, and engineering research that can only take place underground. SURF’s education & outreach initiatives include a visitor center, foundation, and various events; chief among them being Neutrino Day, a free science festival bringing SURF’s heritage to life, inspiring learning across generations, and generating awareness of and support for its efforts. Neutrino Day has been attracting scientists families, and research enthusiasts for more than 15 years.
What's new in Drupal 10.1?
This first feature release of Drupal 10 is packed with amazing improvements! It makes customizing the look of your site easier, adds support for decoupled navigation, improves content modeling and editing, block management, performance and many more.
Customizing the look of Drupal is now easier
Creating UI components with Drupal is easier and more enjoyable with the new experimental Single Directory Components module. The module bundles template, style, and JavaScript files together as components.
Twig template debugging and render caching settings are now exposed on an easy to use admin page. Plus the new add_class and set_attribute Twig filters were introduced to make markup manipulation easier.
Decoupled navigation gets dedicated support
Drupal is widely used as a building block in fully integrated decoupled applications. To make this even easier Drupal 10.1.0 has new APIs for retrieving menus configured in Drupal using the Linkset standard. This makes it easy for developers to provide non-developers the option to manage their menus!
Content editing made easier
Drupal 10.1 comes with various CKEditor improvements including an autoformat feature that recognizes when you are typing a list or a header and automatically formats it accordingly.
CKEditor 5 automatic formatting
For source code examples, the available language options are now customizable in the editor configuration.
Content modeling and management streamlined
Drupal 10.1 revamps the user interface to reuse existing fields to help site builders with making informed decisions when creating content models. When reusing an existing field, the field settings are now copied from the pre-existing field settings.
Improved field reuse experience
Text fields can now enforce a specific text format, making the user interface for content editors simpler.
Bulk operation forms now use a floating action bar to reduce the amount of space used when not needed, while still enabling an easy application of actions on multiple selected content items without the need to scroll.
New floating bulk operations bar at the bottom
A unified entity revision editing experience was added. This makes prior versions of content easier to manage regardless of whether they are in content blocks or nodes or other entities. This also makes it easy for developers to provide an experience that is inline with Drupal core for managing revisions in custom entity types.
Block and page management made more flexible
From Drupal 10.1, you can now create custom blocks directly under Structure in the administrative interface. More granular permissions allow granting block management per type and revisions to block content can be reviewed and rolled back.
Adding administrative listings is now easier with a new option in Views to allow creating pages that use the administration theme regardless of their path.
Faster real and perceived page performance
BigPipe is a feature in Drupal that allows browsers to load some dynamic parts of the page after an initial page is loaded, which helps users receive information faster. From Drupal 10.1 BigPipe supports serving interface previews for delayed content, which makes the user experience much smoother with less page reflows.
BigPipe with a comment placeholder element reduces page reflows
Responsive images can now be lazy loaded with properly set width and height values for accuracy and oEmbed content can also be configured to be lazy loaded, not holding up the initial page load.
HTML pages and AJAX responses can now be served before dynamically processed JavaScript and CSS assets have been generated, leading to faster time to first byte on cache misses. JavaScript is minified on the fly out of the box reducing file sizes significantly, something which used to require build steps or contributed modules.
The request type used for making AJAX requests can be configured allowing certain dynamic requests to be cached using render and edge caching capabilities, enabling faster response times. Views AJAX pagers and filters are now utilizing this feature out of the box.
An elapsed time formatter was added that calculates the duration on the frontend and can be fully cached, significantly improving accuracy for end users as well as cache hit rates.
Project announcements available on your Drupal site
A new experimental Announcements module was added to Drupal core. This allows site administrators to get important announcements from the Drupal project on their Drupal site.
Automated accessibility testing added to core
Drupal Nightwatch tests now include Axe Core accessibility scans. These scans check common pages and forms to help make sure core does not regress our accessibility achievements.
Core committer team expanded
Since the release of Drupal 10.0, many changes have happened in the core committer team. While we said goodbye to product manager Angela Byron from the team, Lauri Eskola became a new product manager. Ben Mullins was promoted to full frontend framework manager and full accessibility topic maintainer. Theodore Biadala and Sally Young became full JavaScript package committers and provisional frontend framework managers. Victoria Spagnolo was promoted to full release manager.
Drupal is now officially a Digital Public Good
Drupal 10.1 is also the first feature release since Drupal was approved as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Good Alliance (DPGA). The goal of the DPGA is to promote Digital Public Goods in order to create a more equitable world and help attain the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. DPGs represent an opportunity to enable countries to access cutting edge features, drive their own digital transformation processes, and grow their local ecosystems. As open source solutions, DPGs can be the basis for community building, knowledge sharing, and joint approaches.
More technical information
For those updating to Drupal 10.1, further technical information is available in the release notes.
The Drupal Community Working Group (CWG) is excited to announce the release of an updated Code of Conduct for the Drupal community. It will take effect on July 1, 2023.
This new version is designed to reflect the growth of the Drupal community since the original Code of Conduct was adopted in 2010 and to help foster a safer, more inclusive, and harassment-free environment for everyone. While it retains the same basic structure as the previous document, much of the text was rewritten to make it easier to read. It also includes new elements inspired by other widely-used open source codes of conduct.
Some of the highlights of the updated Code of Conduct include:
Improved Readability: The new document has shorter sentences and paragraphs than the previous version, making it easier to read and comprehend. It is also written in a less formal tone.
Increased Clarity: The updated version includes more detail about where the Code of Conduct applies and the consequences of violating it. It emphasizes the shared responsibility of maintaining a welcoming community.
More Specificity: Examples of positive and unacceptable behaviors have been added to each section to help community members better understand the expectations and guidelines for their conduct within the Drupal community
Inclusivity and Diversity: The updated Code of Conduct places a stronger emphasis on fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for people of all backgrounds and identities, and is more consistent with Drupal’s Values and Principles.
More Actionable: Instructions for reporting Code of Conduct violations are now broken out in an alert box to make them easier for people to find.
The process of updating the Code of Conduct began in earnest in the summer of 2022, building upon community feedback gathered by the CWG since 2017. It was spearheaded by a subgroup of the CWG’s Community Health Team, who gathered feedback and shared drafts with a diverse group of stakeholders across our global community. A draft was then shared publicly with the community for additional feedback and revision. Finally, the document was reviewed and approved by the CWG’s Conflict Resolution Team and Review Panel. If you will be attending the Community Summit at DrupalCon Pittsburgh, members of the team will be sharing additional details at the “How We Updated the Drupal Code of Conduct” session.
We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who contributed to the development of the updated Code of Conduct. Your input and dedication have been invaluable in creating a more inclusive and welcoming environment for all community members.
We encourage all community members to read and familiarize themselves with the updated Code of Conduct. Drupal.org users will also be alerted to the new language when it goes into effect July 1.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to file an issue in the CWG’s issue queue. If you would prefer to reach out privately, you can also send an email to drupal-cwg@drupal.org. Your feedback is always welcome as we continue to improve and adapt our Code of Conduct to the evolving needs of our community.
Thank you for being a part of the Drupal community, and for your commitment to making it a welcoming and inclusive place for everyone.
Completed Drupal site or project URL: https://www.edredo.comEdredo is a social platform that links 90,000+ students and young professionals with industry specialists for career growth and skill-building. With a focus on collaborative learning and teaching, Edredo offers a unique and engaging Ed-tech experience through its innovative approach to experiential learning, gamification, and ease of use.
OpenSense Labs assisted Edredo in migrating to a Drupal 9 decoupled application through a progressive approach, ensuring a seamless transition with no disruption to the end user experience.
Completed Drupal site or project URL: https://www.allianz.de/service/meine-allianz/The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with over 100 million customers in more than 70 countries. Their wide array of offerings includes products, services, and solutions in business, property, health and life insurance, asset management, and risk consulting.
Allianz began the rollout of a new digital customer experience with the redesign and rebuild of its global loyalty program web application, Meine Allianz, as part of an ambitious effort to become a fintech leader.
A robust loyalty program software called Allianz Meinevorteile was built using Decoupled Drupal architecture with Drupal serving the backend and Angular taking care of the frontend.
With the help of OpenSense Labs, Allianz created a strong digital presence through its reward loyalty program web application, which appeals to both customers and prospects. The new platform improves business performance with a variety of rewards and brings Allianz closer to a full digital commerce experience.
Thanks to 2129 contributors from 616 organizations resolving 4083 issues in the past two and a half years, Drupal 10.0.0 is available today! This new version sets Drupal up for continued stability and security for the longer term. All new features will be added to Drupal 10 going forward.
What’s new in Drupal 10.0.0?
Better looking on the frontend and backend
The new Olivero theme provides a modern look and feel. Olivero includes built-in support for multi-level menus and listings in responsive grids. The new administration theme, Claro, provides an accessible, clean interface for site management. The prior default themes Bartik and Seven are available as contributed projects if you wish to use them.
CKEditor 5 is the new content editor
With CKEditor 4 reaching end of life at the end of 2023, it was time to upgrade. Thanks to a fantastic collaboration with its developers, Drupal 10 comes with CKEditor 5 built-in. The new version brings a modern editing experience with in-place controls and support for arbitrary input and output formats. Optional premium features are also available, such as live collaborative editing. An upgrade path is provided to move editor settings over and developer tools are available to help port any custom integrations. Read more in CKSource's very extensive blog post.
For now, CKEditor 4 is also available as a contributed project, so you can continue using that for Drupal 10 for now until its end of support.
Internet Explorer support is removed
Microsoft has ended support for Internet Explorer and so has Drupal.This allows Drupal themes to use modern solutions for user facing problems.
Responsive grids in views
Views now supports a responsive grid display format. Instead of specifying the number of columns, and screen widths, users specify the maximum number of columns, the minimum grid cell width and the gutter spacing. When the grid cells resize to a point where they’re below the minimum width, the grid will reflow to have less columns. Alternatively, the grid will expand to fit in as many columns as permitted, while keeping the grid width above the minimum value. Dropping Internet Explorer 11 support enabled the addition of this feature.
Starterkit theme generation tool
Drupal 10 introduces a new command line tool to generate a standalone theme from a compatible base theme. We recommend using the tool to prevent breaking a sub-theme when the base theme changes. Runtime theme extension is still supported, but only advised if you have full control of the base theme (e.g. by creating it with the starterkit command).
Requires Symfony 6.2 and PHP 8.1
Drupal 10.0 depends on the Symfony 6.2 framework, and later Drupal 10 minor versions will be updated to future minor versions of Symfony 6. This sets Drupal up with the latest version of the underlying platform.
As PHP 7 reached end of life on November 28, 2022, it was clear Drupal 10 must require at least PHP 8. Symfony 6.2 requires PHP 8.1 and choosing that version provides the best support timeline for Drupal 10 itself as well. PHP 8.2 is also fully supported.
Non-essential features removed
The Quick Edit, Aggregator, HAL, RDF, and Color modules have been removed from core. They are available as contributed projects. This allows Drupal 10 to focus on the core strengths of the system.
All features added since Drupal 9.0 are still here
Drupal 10.0.0 includes all of the features that were added to Drupal since 9.0, such as lazy image loading support for better frontend performance, WebP support in image styles, a dedicated Content Editor user role, "Manage permissions" tabs for entity bundles, and bundle classes on the PHP level for better code encapsulation, among many other improvements.
Thousands of contributed projects ready at launch
Thanks to the diligent work of the Drupal community on automated code update tools, porting events and dedicated work on key projects over the past two and a half years, Drupal 10 launches with almost three thousand compatible extensions, 26% more than how many Drupal 9 launched with.
The future of Drupal 10
All new features will be added to only Drupal 10 going forward. Several key improvements are already in the works as contributed projects. The Project Browser contributed project is now in beta and includes a Composer-based user interface to install contributed projects with all their dependencies. The Automatic Updates contributed project is already stable, allowing you to apply patch-level core updates to your site. (Experimental support is included for minor version updates and contributed project updates). The Recipes initiative is less far along but already has early versions of automation functionality to ship composable bundles of Drupal modules and configuration.
All of these are planned to be added to Drupal 10 core in the future and will help users find, keep up with and combine all the fantastic contributed projects the Drupal community is famous for.
Things to consider when updating to Drupal 10
Read the release notes for more information about platform requirements, removed modules and themes, dependency changes, etc.
What does this release mean for me?
Drupal 9 site owners
Drupal 9 will reach end-of-life alongside two of its key components (Symfony 4 and CKEditor 4 on November 1, 2023. (There is a small chance that a final security release of Drupal 9 could be issued between November 1 and November 30, 2023 if one of these dependencies chooses to do so as well.)
Upgrades to Drupal 10 are supported from Drupal 9.4 and 9.5. However, Drupal 9.4 will no longer receive normal bugfixes. For continued bugfix support, Drupal 9 users should update to Drupal 9.5 now.
Drupal 9.4 and 9.5 will both receive security fixes until the release of 10.1 on June 21, 2023. After that date, Drupal 9.5 will be the only Drupal 9 version to receive security fixes until the November 2023 end-of-life.
Drupal 8 site owners
Drupal 8 is end of life as of November 17, 2021. There is no direct upgrade path to Drupal 10 from Drupal 8, so you will need to first upgrade from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9. There are disclosed security issues with Drupal core that are not fixed in any Drupal 8 version, so if you have not yet upgraded to Drupal 9, do so as soon as possible.
Drupal 7 site owners
Drupal 7 support was extended until November 1, 2023, and it will continue to receive bug and security fixes throughout this time. The migration path for Drupal 7 sites to Drupal 10 is stable. Choose which Drupal major version to update to based on your project timeline. Read more about the migration to Drupal 10.
Module, theme and translation contributors
Drupal 10 removes deprecated APIs. Use Upgrade Status on Drupal 9 to check your custom modules and themes for the changes needed. Upgrade Status will also give suggestions on automating the fixes.
Translators should check localize.drupal.org for any untranslated strings.
Completed Drupal site or project URL: http://www.toerismevlaanderen.beA powerful platform for Visit Flanders to carry their vision, enforce the ultimate visitor experience and give the team the tools to grow at their own speed.
Completed Drupal site or project URL: https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.ukRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) is located in north east Yorkshire in the United Kingdom and provides government services and civic responsibilities to about 150,000 residents. Its online presence needed to be updated, modernised and made accessible.
RCBC knew that the old publishing platform (based on Sharepoint) was limiting in terms of its design and content management. It was also inflexible, and evidently was affecting the accessibility of the information.
Security and privacy was an increasing concern – the council had experienced a cyber attack in 2020, and needed to ensure that the site and the data they collected was secure.
RCBC knew that it needed to change its website from the ground up. Annertech was chosen, alongside our UX partners, Invuse, to create a new website for the council using LocalGov Drupal (LGD).
