09 Feb 2026
Drupal.org aggregator
Nextide Blog: Maestro’s Birthday and Our AI Roadmap
January 2026 marks Maestro's 23rd birthday!
From very humble beginnings using what was coined the "card interface" for stitching together workflow patterns to today where we have drag-and-drop online editing, AI and AI agents, Maestro has and continues to power workflows around the world.
Maestro's origins were borne out of the ashes of the 2001/2002 recession when IT budgets were slashed to the bone and we knew that productivity increases were needed in order for companies to continue lean operations without breaking the bank on ridiculously expensive "work automation" solutions.
09 Feb 2026 10:59pm GMT
Community Working Group posts: DrupalCon Chicago 2026 Health and Safety
As DrupalCon Chicago 2026 draws closer, conversations about community are extending beyond sessions, socials, and contributions to include how we care for one another in shared spaces. The Drupal Community Working Group's Community Health Team has been working with event organizers to gather practical, community-informed health and safety guidance that reflects how people actually experience DrupalCon.
The information below provides resources for navigating the conference, the venue, and the city with confidence, while reinforcing Drupal's longstanding commitment to an inclusive, respectful, and supportive community where everyone can show up as their whole selves.
Have questions or concerns about DrupalCon Chicago? Feel free to drop by the Community Working Group's public office hours this Friday, February 13 at 10am ET / 1200 UTC.
Join the #community-health Drupal Slack channel for more information. A meeting link will be posted there a few minutes before office hours.
DrupalCon Chicago 2026 Health and Safety
All attendees, speakers, trainers, sponsors, volunteers, vendors, and event staff at DrupalCon are required to abide by the DrupalCon Code of Conduct at the conference and at social or other events hosted or sponsored by DrupalCon sponsors.
The following information is meant to supplement and clarify information specific to DrupalCon Chicago 2026.
Need Help?
If you have a harassment concern or need to report a Code of Conduct violation, notify the event staff or contact us at conduct@association.drupal.org.
If you need help resolving a conflict, contact the Drupal Community Working Group: drupal-cwg@drupal.org.
In case of emergency, call 9-1-1.
Health Measures
Onsite Personal Protection
- Hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the event venue.
- A limited supply of face masks will be available upon request at Registration.
- We respectfully remind all attendees, speakers, sponsors, and staff to:
- Stay home if you experience any cold or flu-like symptoms.
- Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds.
- Stay healthy! Engage in responsible health practices such as avoiding touching eyes/nose/mouth with unwashed hands.
Food Allergies
- We believe it's essential to prioritize the safety and well-being of all attendees, including those with food allergies.
- We aim to provide a variety of choices to cater to various needs such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and peanut-free.
- All food items will be clearly labeled at the event, indicating the ingredients used and any potential allergens present.
- Please note the venue kitchen still works with nuts, so while individual choices may be nut-free, they may have been prepared in an environment containing nuts.
- If you have any food allergies we need to be aware of, please indicate your needs when you register and/or contact registration@association.drupal.org.
Safety Resources & Tips
Attendee safety is our top priority. Always exercise common sense and good judgment when traveling.
General Safety
- Safety in numbers: Exploring the city can be safer when done with a friend or colleague.
- When walking around the city, remember to take off your conference badge.
- Walk with purpose and stick to well-lit areas and on main streets.
- If alone after dark, use a ride service such as Lyft, Uber, or a taxi.
- Save the address and phone number of your accommodation in your phone.
- Be aware of your surroundings and keep your eyes up and not on your phone.
- If something doesn't feel right, walk into a business/hotel for help.
- Be careful and alert when using a cash machine.
- Carry your purse or wallet safely. Purses should be closed and held in front of your body. Wallets should be carried in a front pants pocket or in an interior jacket pocket.
When Visiting Any Venue
- Know your location: the venue name, street address, or cross street.
- Take a moment to identify at least two exit routes from any building or event and emergency exit signs.
- If an alarm sounds, evacuate immediately. Follow directions from First Responders and venue staff.
- Do not carry any unnecessary valuables with you, or leave personal items unattended.
- Do not leave drinks unattended, or accept open drinks or food products from strangers.
Emergency Evacuations
- In the event of an emergency evacuation, make your way quickly and calmly to an emergency exit. Be aware of any hazards or dangers around you and proceed to a safe area.
- Follow the advice of venue staff, security personnel, and First Responders.
- Do not put yourself in danger by stopping or returning to collect belongings unless directed by First Responders.
Medical Resources
Nearest Hospital
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital
- 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611
- 13129262000
Nearest Urgent Care
- UChicago Medicine Dearborn Station
- 47 W Polk St # G-1, Chicago, IL 60605
- +18888240200
- Rush South Loop
- 1411 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
- +13124542700
Nearest Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy
- 520 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
- +13126970021
- Walgreens
- 2 E Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60605
- +13122121583
- Printer's Row Pharmacy
- 701 S Clark St, Chicago, IL 60605
- +17732002616
Emergency
- Emergency (Police, Fire, Medical): 9-1-1
- Non-Emergency City Services (Police, Warming Centers, Housing): 3-1-1
- Mental Health/Suicide Crisis Lifeline: 9-8-8
- If you need assistance due to an ICE detention, or to report ICE sightings, call the ICIRR Family Support Hotline 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693)
Safety & Trauma Resources
- Police - 311
- Sexual Assault Hotline - 888-293-2080 (Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline)
- Crime Victim support line - 988, or Victim Services - Chicago Police Department
- Taxi - 312-TAXI-CAB (312-829-4222 Chicago Yellow Cab)
Weapon Policy
As per our Code of Conduct, "no weapons of any kind or illegal drugs are permitted at DrupalCon venues".
DrupalCon does not permit firearms or other weapons - regardless of whether they are licensed or not, or whether they are concealed or not - to be brought into our events.
Know Your Rights
- Download "Know Your Rights" pamphlets for immigrants and international travelers from the City of Chicago Resource Hub.
- If you might need a U.S. immigration attorney, consider searching the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) portal before you arrive to save the information of an attorney in Chicago, or save the link for reference.
- Download a list of pro-bono attorney services by state.
- Review additional information on Immigrants' Rights from ACLU.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation offers this guide for Digital Privacy at the U.S. Border.
Name Badges
- Anyone within the conference space, whether they are an attendee, speaker, staff, volunteer, or vendor, must be credentialed and verified. Only attendees with official DrupalCon conference name badges and staff/vendors with approved name tags are allowed to attend sessions, events, activities and be in the conference space.
- Conference-specific areas will have signage designating them as "reserved exclusively for registered attendees of DrupalCon". All other areas in the Hilton Chicago should be considered "public spaces".
- All attendees, including speakers, staff, volunteers, vendors and exhibitors, are required to wear their name badges at all times within the conference area during conference hours. If you are not a registered attendee, you may register on-site. If you do not wish to register, we will ask you to leave.
- We do not allow name badge swaps. If you cannot attend, you cannot give your name badge to a colleague to attend in your stead. Everyone is required to have their own registration. If we notice that you are using someone else's name badge, we will ask you to go to the registration desk to register or we will ask you to leave.
International Travel
Attendees, especially non-U.S. citizens and those traveling from outside the U.S., should take care to stay informed on what you may expect when traveling, including crossing the border, going through customs, and encountering federal officials at the airport or land border during travel. Please consider the following guidance:
- Know what to expect beforehand by reviewing the travel laws both in the United States and the country you are traveling from and/or returning to.
- Have the physical version of all required travel documents (e.g., passport, visa, etc.) and keep these on your person at all times. You may want to have multiple printed copies of documentation.
- Have documentation of your affiliation and role at the event (e.g., your registration confirmation) and keep this on your person at all times. You may request a Visa Letter from the Drupal Association.
- Have contact information for your country's consulate to be used as a resource while in the United States.
For more details, or if these policies are updated, please go to the DrupalCon Chicago official page:
DrupalCon Chicago Health & Safety
09 Feb 2026 8:09pm GMT
Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #539 - EvolveDigital
Today we are talking about EvolveDigital, What it is, and how it started in Drupal with guest Maya Schaeffer. We'll also cover Drupal CMS 2.0 as our module of the week.
For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/539
Topics
- Comparing Drupal and WordPress
- Evolve Digital Summit Insights
- Marketing and Drupal Integration
- Evolve Digital and CMS Comparisons
- Summit Structure and Networking
- Speaker Selection and Outreach
- Balancing Content and Community
- Lessons from Different Cities
- Future Plans and New Formats
Resources
- EvolveDigital
- Drupal CMS documentation
- Decoupling Content & Frontend Nika Karliuchenko, John Picozzi, Pete Navarra
- Drupal Canvas Webinar
Guests
Maya Schaeffer - evolvedigital.com mayalena
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Catherine Tsiboukas - mindcraftgroup.com bletch
MOTW Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
- Brief description:
- Do you want to start your next Drupal site using a variety of best practices, including Canvas for page layouts, or site templates for an opinionated architecture out of the box? Then the recently released Drupal CMS 2.0 could be just what you need.
- Module name/project name:
- Brief history
- 2.0 release was created by phenaproxima less than a week ago, and requires Drupal 11.3
- Maintainership
- Actively maintained
- Security coverage
- Test coverage
- Documentation guide linked in the show notes
- 145 issues on the development project, 24 of which are bugs
- Usage stats:
- No direct way to track, but drupal_cms_helper was added as a dependency late in the Drupal CMS 1.x cycle, so the fact that it has been installed 3,780 times likely indicates that Drupal CMS has been installed several thousand times at a minimum
- Module features and usage
- The biggest change in Drupal CMS 2 is the addition of Canvas for creating and managing layouts. We talked about Drupal Canvas in depth back in episode #518 so I won't go into too much detail here, but having it set up for you as an out-of-the-box feature is a big benefit
- Drupal CMS 1.0 included a carefully curated content architecture, including some optional recipes for additional capabilities. With version 2, the intent is for site templates to be the source of the content architecture. I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more about site templates, including a marketplace where people can find them, in the coming and in particular with DrupalCon Chicago fast approaching
- Drupal CMS 2.0 also ships with much more sophisticated AI capabilities. There's a dedicated Canvas AI that can be used to generate and populate entire layouts, as well as generating code components, based on a user's prompt. And listeners may remember the demo in the Vienna Driesnote of using the Context Control Center to automatically create drafts of content updates when marketing information changes
- And of course, starting with Drupal core 11.3 means you'll get all the performance and other improvements in the latest version
09 Feb 2026 7:00pm GMT
29 Jan 2026
W3C - Blog
2025 World Wide Web Consortium Membership Survey
This post gives a summary of the results of the 2025 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Membership Survey.
29 Jan 2026 9:38am GMT
20 Jan 2026
W3C - Blog
Strengthening Community Engagement at TPAC 2025: looking back at the IE & inclusion Funds
Sylvia Cadena, W3C Chief Development Officer, reports on coordinating the TPAC 2025 inclusion fund and W3C Invited Expert fund, aimed to reduce barriers for participants who are contributing to W3C's work, and that are part of W3C's effort to strengthen our Community Engagement program.
20 Jan 2026 3:06pm GMT
18 Jan 2026
Official jQuery Blog
jQuery 4.0.0
On January 14, 2006, John Resig introduced a JavaScript library called jQuery at BarCamp in New York City. Now, 20 years later, the jQuery team is happy to announce the final release of jQuery 4.0.0. After a long development cycle and several pre-releases, jQuery 4.0.0 brings many improvements and modernizations. It is the first major … Continue reading
18 Jan 2026 12:29am GMT
14 Jan 2026
W3C - Blog
EPUB and HTML - Survey results and next steps
Mid-2025, the Publishing Maintenance Working Group (PMWG) ran a survey in the publishing community to ask: should we allow HTML in EPUB? The survey results and their discussions were invaluable in helping decide to not add HTML to EPUB 3.4, and to take a new approach on HTML and digital publications.
14 Jan 2026 12:38pm GMT
11 Aug 2025
Official jQuery Blog
jQuery 4.0.0 Release Candidate 1
It's here! Almost. jQuery 4.0.0-rc.1 is now available. It's our way of saying, "we think this is ready; now poke it with many sticks". If nothing is found that requires a second release candidate, jQuery 4.0.0 final will follow. Please try out this release and let us know if you encounter any issues. A 4.0 … Continue reading
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Official jQuery Blog
Second Beta of jQuery 4.0.0
Last February, we released the first beta of jQuery 4.0.0. We're now ready to release a second, and we expect a release candidate to come soon™. This release comes with a major rewrite to jQuery's testing infrastructure, which removed all deprecated or under-supported dependencies. But the main change that warranted a second beta was a … Continue reading
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29 May 2023
Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog
7 Types of Article Headlines: Craft the Perfect Title Every Time
When it comes to crafting an article, the headline is crucial for grabbing the reader's attention and enticing them to read further. In this post, I'll explore the 7 types of article headlines and provide examples for each using the subjects of product management, user experience design, and search engine optimization. 1. The Know-it-All The […]
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29 May 2023 10:20pm GMT
09 Apr 2023
Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog
5 Product Management Myths You Need to Stop Believing
Product management is one of the most exciting and rewarding careers in the tech world. But it's also one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented. There are many myths and misconceptions that cloud the reality of what product managers do, how they do it, and what skills they need to succeed. In this blog post, […]
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09 Apr 2023 5:28pm GMT
11 Dec 2022
Smiley Cat: Christian Watson's Web Design Blog
The Key Strengths of the Best Product Managers
The role of a product manager is crucial to the success of any product. They are responsible for managing the entire product life cycle, from conceptualization to launch and beyond. A product manager must possess a unique blend of skills and qualities to be effective in their role. Strong strategic thinking A product manager must […]
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11 Dec 2022 4:43pm GMT