01 Sep 2026
Drupal.org aggregator
Omega8.cc: Your Site Already Said No
AI traffic is not one thing, and a policy which treats it as one thing gets the answer wrong in both directions. Here the decision is written down, class by class: the crawlers which harvest sites to train models are turned away at the edge before a single line of Drupal or Backdrop runs, while AI search indexers, and the fetch a real person triggers by asking an assistant, stay open and rate-limited per vendor, not per address, because one prompt fans out across dozens of addresses. Every layer ships with the platform and runs on your own server; nothing is rented, and no rule lives somewhere you have no login for. Changing it for one site is one line in a file you own, live in about two minutes, deleted to restore the defaults; and your own policy goes out at /llms.txt straight from the site's files folder. The honest part is the best part: a user-agent can be forged, the maps fail open on purpose, and the docs say where each shield stops and the next one begins.
01 Sep 2026 6:47pm GMT
Droptica: Why Drupal works for structured content operations at scale
Publishing one good page is a writing task. Keeping hundreds of pages accurate across products, markets and languages is a systems problem.
Drupal content operations at scale means treating each fact as structured data with relationships, permissions and history, then reusing it across templates, languages, JSON-LD and APIs. Here is how fields, taxonomy, Views and workflows keep large Drupal sites governable when AI-assisted research raises the bar.
01 Sep 2026 2:58pm GMT
Drupal Association blog: The work that just happens: the DA Insider for August 2026
This post is adapted from the DA Insider, the Drupal Association's monthly newsletter. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox each month.
Straight from Ryan's desk
To the Drupal community,
As northern hemisphere summer winds down, DrupalCon Rotterdam is rapidly approaching - and if you haven't booked yet, today is your last chance at Regular pricing. Late Rate kicks in at midnight CEST, so this is my friendly nudge to save yourself €270 and register now.
Rotterdam isn't the only Con on the horizon. DrupalCon Orlando Early Bird registration opens 14 September, and paid Early Bird tickets come with a limited-edition DrupalCon elePHPant - once they're gone, they're gone.
Elsewhere in this edition: the 2026 Drupal Business Survey is open until 7 September (your answers shape where we focus next), the engineering teamhas completed the migration of Drupal's security issue tracking to GitLab, and we're delighted to welcome Janna Malikova to the Drupal Association Board.
As always, thanks for being part of it. See you in Rotterdam!
Ryan Witcombe, Director, Product Marketing
The 2026 Drupal Business Survey Is Open
Your input shapes an anonymized report that helps the whole community. You'll see how your pipelines, win rates, and revenues compare to global peer data, share what's actually working, and directly influence where the Drupal Association focuses next.
Take the survey by 7 September 2026 at 23:59 UTC. Responses are strictly confidential and fully anonymized. Everyone who completes the survey receives the full report by email.
DrupalCon Rotterdam is almost here
Join Drupal experts and community members to discover what's next for Drupal and the open web, exchange ideas, and build connections across the ecosystem in Rotterdam from 28 September to 1 October.
The regular rate is now closed, but registration for DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 is still open. Register here.
All You Need To Know About DrupalCon Orlando
Early Bird Registration Opens September 14
The Early Bird registration for DrupalCon Orlando 2027 opens Monday, 14 September 2026 at 8:00 am EST, with tickets available for $650. And Early Bird comes with a special perk. Paid Early Bird DrupalCon tickets include a limited-edition DrupalCon PHP elePHPant named Drupy (Elephpas hypertextus drupalensis primus in Latin), available exclusively during the Early Bird registration period.
Free tickets do not include an elePHPant, but you'll have the option to purchase one during registration while supplies are available.
Summits & Training
Kick off DrupalCon Orlando on Monday, 22 March 2027 with a full day of deeper learning and industry-specific discussions, all available as add-ons to your registration.
Summits (Add-on $350)
Choose from six summits tailored to your interests: AI · Government · Higher Education · Nonprofit · Healthcare · Community.
Two summits with special pricing: the Community Summit is free for all DrupalCon registrants, and the Nonprofit Summit is free for Nonprofit ticket holders.
Full-Day Training (Add-on $550)
One focused training on offer: AI Inside Drupal: From Smart Editorial Workflows to Canvas Agents That Build Pages, presented by DrupalEasy.
Community Party + The First-Ever DrupalCon Talent Show
Save the Tuesday night, 23 March 2027, for the DrupalCon Community Party, featuring something brand new for Orlando: the first-ever DrupalCon Talent Show!
It's FREE, and opting in helps us plan for everyone who wants to join us Tuesday night.
More details are coming soon.
Call for Speakers Is Still Open
There's still time to help shape the DrupalCon Orlando 2027 program! We're accepting speaker submissions through 20 October 2026.
Submit your DrupalCon Orlando session.
Where In The World Is Bytes?
Bytes the Gator is making his way around the Drupal community and you can join the fun for a chance to win a free registration to DrupalCon Orlando 2027. Can't attend a Drupal event or find Bytes? Another alligator works too, preferably not a live one!
Meet Bytes and learn how to enter the mascot contest.
The Engineering Team Has Been Busy
This month the team completed the migration of Drupal's security issue tracking to git.drupalcode.org, making the volunteer Security Team faster and easier to grow.
The broader issue migration now covers 90,000+ issues across 7,200+ projects. Release packages were re-signed for 3,200+ projects through Rugged, our new package signing pipeline.
localize.drupal.org and jobs.drupal.org have moved to modern cloud infrastructure, and the Drupal 11 upgrade of the new Drupal.org platform is underway.
Next up: porting community events to new.drupal.org so we can retire groups.drupal.org.
The Drupal Association At-Large Board Election Winner Is Announced
We are excited to announce the winner of 2026 Community At-Large Board Elections. We would like to congratulate and welcome our newest board member, Janna Malikova, for winning the community-elected seat.
We are grateful to Alejandro Moreno for their service and dedication to Drupal and the community, and to all the candidates who applied this year. Read the full announcement here.
This roundup is adapted from the DA Insider, the Drupal Association's monthly newsletter. Want it in your inbox? Subscribe to email communications and browse previous editions.
01 Sep 2026 1:02pm GMT
24 Aug 2026
W3C - Blog
Making digital identity work across the Web: GDC 2026
W3C Team and Members will present at Global Digital Collaboration Conference (GDC 26) which will bring together governments, standards organizations, open-source communities, the private sector, and civil society with a focus on digital identity and digital wallets
24 Aug 2026 7:00am GMT
28 Jul 2026
W3C - Blog
WOFF 1.0: a milestone on W3C’s journey of fonts on the web
The anniversary of the first public release of Web Open Font Format (WOFF) is a very interesting historical milestone on the decades-long road of W3C's work on fonts on the web.
28 Jul 2026 2:40pm GMT
24 Jul 2026
W3C - Blog
Simplified task force enrollment and participant management
This blog post is about incremental improvements by W3C's IT/Systems Operations Team that puts task force participation management directly in the hands of participants and chairs.
24 Jul 2026 10:35am 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
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
11 Aug 2025 5:35pm GMT
17 Jul 2024
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
17 Jul 2024 2:03pm GMT
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
01 Apr 2004
Planet PHP
ezSystems are classy folks
Last week I helped the folks at ezSystems debug some APC problems they were having. The problems ended up being a 64bit architecture problem (they have uber-fast Opterons) and the bug is now fixed in 2.0.3.
Today I received Python & XML from them (off my Amazon wishlist). Thanks guys!
On a side note, my wishlist seems borked. The list I get when I search on my email address or name is not the same one I can edit when I log into the site.
01 Apr 2004 6:53pm GMT
PHP april fools...
1st of April 2004 get's to it's end and I guess it's time, to summarize the recent April fools a bit. Not that I think anyone in the world believes in them, but some were quite funny:
1. Changes to case sensitivity in PHP.
Alan Knowles announced that PHP will change to the studlyCase API and therefor will get everything broken by changing established functions.
2. IBM takes over Zend.
Myself hacked a little article about IBM taking over Zend to make PHP a compete of Java.
3. The first PHP virus has been seen.
Wasn't there one last year, too?
4. PHP has been overtaken by Micro$oft.
Mhhh... a little bit unreliable, if they had been taken over by IBM this morning... Maybe one should first look, what others wrote...
5. And finally, PHP4 and 5 showed their real faces...
Take a look at a phpinfo() output!
I guess I missed some, so feel free to comment on this entry, if you found another!
01 Apr 2004 5:49pm GMT
PHP Virus Attacking Web Hosts
Symantec have a report of the virus here. I've yet to see any of the PHP news sites picking up on it but, using a virtual host account, managed to deliberately expose some PHP scripts to it. From examining the infected scripts, what's disturbing is once infected, every tim...
01 Apr 2004 12:19pm GMT