Catching Up With Drupal 8
Project leader Dries Buytaert kicked development of Drupal 8 into high gear by naming his new co-maintainer: Nathan Catchpole! “Catch“ was one of the top 5 contributors to the Drupal 7 development cycle, spearheaded that version’s performance optimization work, and was recently interviewed on Lullabot’s Drupal Drama podcast. Moments after the announcement, the new commits started rolling in… Three cheers for Catch!
With This Node, I Thee Wed
Developer Scott Hadfield is giving a detailed look at how he created a hosted web platform with Drupal. The service, Wedful, lets engaged couples whip up a wedding site in no time flat, and it’s powered by install profiles, features, and all the other tools Drupal users know and love. Parts one, two, and three cover the details of building, managing, and re-using shared platform features.