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Modern Drupal Feeds Module First Stable Release

January 15, 2025

The Feeds module enables importing data into the Drupal framework using either a web interface or APIs. Its pluggable architecture allows data imports from any source and in any format. Feeds is #66 on the list of Drupal modules and is used on over 10% of all Drupal sites.

This release represents over six years of work of a very small team of maintainers. First release of Feeds module for Drupal 8 was on April Fools’ Day 2018 8.x-3.0-alpha1. In the years after, work was done to port most features from the D7 version and as soon as all critical stuff was ported, in 2022 Feeds went into the beta phase and focus went to fixing bugs and optimization, though new features were still added too. In September 2024, after fixing a major bug and adding Drupal 11 support, the first release candidate was released.

And now, in January 2025, we’ll have the first stable release!

California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative Takes a Leap with Backdrop CMS

August 27, 2024

With D7 end-of-life coming on Jan 5, 2025, we were migrating all our sites off Drupal 7 starting Jan 1, 2024, carefully selecting platforms that were best fit for the needs of each organization.  CPQCC, one of the sites we have supported since 2018, faced a challenge familiar to many organizations: modernizing on a tight budget.

Presenting at DrupalGovCon: Budgeting for Drupal 7 End of Life

August 13, 2024

It was great to see you old friends and meet new friends - thank you, DrupalGovCon, for accepting my talk.  In the session we talked about the options currently available for the 300,000 sites still on Drupal 7. We covered upgrading to Drupal 10, upgrading to BackdropCMS, using the Retrofit module, and exploring various options for Drupal Long Term Support (LTS).

Here are some key takeaways for those who attended the session

  • Checklist of migration tasks
  • Modules for auditing current site and for making migration smoother
    • Site audit
    • D10/11 Upgrade Status (upgrade_status)
    • Backdrop CMS upgrade status (backdrop_upgrade_status)

Budgeting for Drupal 7 End of Life: presentation at GovCon

August 10, 2024

 

 

Aug 13 2024

 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1F09-4dqQ9cGkl0BnqyVBOKIzXzffcpawu4s9RQCPa8I/edit#slide=id.p1

 

In this session, we will review the options currently available for the 300,000 sites still on Drupal 7. We will cover upgrading to Drupal 10, upgrading to BackdropCMS, using the Retrofit module, and exploring various options for Drupal Long Term Support (LTS).