27 Aug 2026

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LakeDrops Drupal Consulting, Development and Hosting: Six Small ECA Models That Make Drupal Editors Happy

Six Small ECA Models That Make Drupal Editors Happy

Small improvements at the content editor's desk accumulate into a better CMS.

Jürgen Haas

This article introduces six new ECA Guide library recipes that improve the Drupal content editing experience through small, focused changes. They can draft metadata on first save, add access-aware edit links to teasers, prevent invalid dependent select values, offer field-level actions, fill several form fields without saving, and show contextual guidance beside a form. The point is not to apply all six recipes unchanged. They are well-architected starting points for a real editorial irritation. For editors, that means less repeated work and fewer avoidable mistakes. For organisations, it means more consistent content and a practical route to improving the CMS without turning every detail into a custom development project. The article also gives a simple choice: Field Widget Actions for one field, Form API Ajax for several form fields, and HTMX endpoints for nearby content. Production concerns still matter, especially permissions, validation, managed data, and AI review.

27 Aug 2026 3:30pm GMT

Berliners blog: Rebuilding a data-driven Drupal site: From ctools plugins to Layout Builder blocks

Rebuilding a data-driven Drupal site: From ctools plugins to Layout Builder blocks

In the previous post, I described why we chose Layout Builder and how Layout Builder IPE restored the frontend editing workflow we had used with Panels IPE.

With the editing workflow in place, we still had to rebuild the elements that editors placed on their pages.

The Drupal 7 site used custom ctools content type plugins for maps, charts, figures, lists and tables. Editors placed and configured these plugins, while the plugins retrieved the information and rendered the result. I will call both these ctools plugins and the block plugins that replaced them page elements.

berliner

27 Aug 2026 1:06pm GMT

Specbee: 16 Drupal AI modules that can make your website smarter

We rounded up 16 Drupal AI modules and sorted them for you. Deploy now, pilot on staging, or just keep an eye on it. Check it out!

27 Aug 2026 6:25am GMT