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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 1h

Speaker spotlight : There’s an inspiring keynote session waiting for you at DrupalCon Europe Vienna! 🎤Vera Herzmannn will present her keynote, “Neurodiversity: An Underrated Superpower in Business,” on Wednesday, 15 October 2025 | 8:45–10:00 CEST.

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3h

👋 Drupal users in Zaragoza — Meetup #4 is happening October 15 at 6:30 p.m.

All are welcome for talks, demos, and open source sharing.

Free and beginner-friendly!

🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVN6QZ
##Drupal #DrupalMeetup #Zaragoza #OpenSource

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3h

📍 Zaragoza Drupal Meetup returns Oct 15 at 18:30!

Join developers, designers & Drupal users for talks, demos & open-source networking.
All levels welcome.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVN6QZ
##DrupalZaragoza #OpenSource #DrupalCommunity #LocalMeetup

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3h

📣 Registration is now open for Drupal Developer Days 2026 in Athens!

April 22–25: sessions, keynotes, and a full day for contribution.

Early bird tickets available now.
🔗 https://bit.ly/48XXNze
##DrupalDevDays #Drupal #OpenSource #Community

Registration Opens for Drupal Developer Days 2026 in Athens

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3h

🇦🇹 Home advantage for @drunomics.com at DrupalCon Vienna 2025: a Gold Sponsorship, full team on-site, three sessions, and the launch of mossbo — their headless Drupal CMS powered by Lupus Decoupled, now AI- and Canvas-ready.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4mZcl4Z
##Drupal #HeadlessCMS #GreenUX

drunomics Steps Up at DrupalCon Vienna 2025 with Sponsorship and Full-Team Presence

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 Major AI move: Pantheon @pantheon.io joins the #Drupal AI Initiative as a Gold Member.

✅ Gemini model integration
🔍 Magic Search module
🔧 Tool API sponsorship

Details via @outlandishjosh.bsky.social ⬇

🔗 https://bit.ly/4h57FJu
##DrupalAI #Gemini #OpenSourceAI #Pantheon

Pantheon Joins Drupal AI Initiative, Launches Gemini Integration and Magic Search Module

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 6h

Based on Murray Woodman’s piece for Morpht, regimes offer a smarter way to personalize search in Drupal. Explicit (facets) and implicit (behavioral) regimes can boost relevance. Semantic search and prompt conditioning are next.

🔗 https://bit.ly/492uV8Z
##Drupal #SearchAPI

Conditioning Search via “Regimes”: Towards More Context‑Aware Search Experiences

The article by Murray Woodman on Morpht builds on a previous discussion about improving search accuracy by reducing false positives through confusion matrices. It extends the concept by introducing “regimes” as a way to improve search results through...

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 17h

📦 Looking beyond CKEditor?

The ProseMirror module stores Drupal content as structured JSON—ideal for headless and omnichannel delivery.

Open source, CKEditor-compatible, and frontend-flexible.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4qdHzZc
##Drupal #ProseMirror #HeadlessCMS #StructuredContent

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 17h

🚗 Doctor Car Rent now runs on #Drupal10 + React Native.

Archibuzz built a dual app system linking mobile ops, ERP, and fleet tracking.
Tablet-ready, real-time, and rental-ready.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4mYsdER
##FleetManagement #ReactNative #DrupalCaseStudy #Telematics

Doctor Car Rent Modernizes Fleet Management with Drupal 10 and React Native

Doctor Car Rent partnered with Archibuzz to build a custom mobile and web app for managing its B2B vehicle rental operations. Using Drupal 10 and React Native, the system integrates with existing ERP software, digitizes check-in and check-out process...

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 17h

DrupalFit’s Vienna Edition challenge opens ahead of DrupalCon 2025 — audit your Drupal site in performance, security, accessibility & SEO. Top prize: iPad Air; runner-up: AirPods Pro.
##DrupalFit #DrupalCon #DrupalChallenge [https://bit.ly/4h7VgVb]

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 17h

Acquia + Axelerant host “The State of Web Governance” webinar on Oct 28 — covering accessibility, performance & compliance. Registration is open.

https://bit.ly/3KNoQDt
##Drupal #WebGovernance #Accessibility

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 18h

🔍 What’s worth watching at #DrupalCon Vienna?

Alex Moreno @moreno.bsky.social (Pantheon, DA Board) shares his top 8 picks — from Canvas and Drupal AI to the community and CMS evolution.

A grounded, forward-looking view from inside the ecosystem.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3WznRZY
##Drupal

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 19h

🚀 Drupal AI is approaching v1.2.0!

New features include an Observability module, native PDF-to-text, improved Agents control, and enhanced chat UI.

Full update by @pdjohnson via TDT:
🔗 https://bit.ly/46QPsfr
##DrupalAI #OpenSourceAI #AIObservability #DrupalModules

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 20h

🧠 Know your #Drupal facts?

Trivia Night returns to #DrupalCon Vienna on Oct 16 at Gleisgarten!

Team up, no devices, just old-school pub quiz fun.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3J5OSBj
##DrupalCommunity #DrupalEvents #TriviaNight

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 21h

🐘 Zoocha returns to #DrupalCon as a 2025 sponsor with new branding + community focus.
Four team-led sessions span accessibility, multisite routing, and mental health in open source.

See the full lineup via TDT ⬇

🔗 https://bit.ly/491eYzU
##DrupalCon #DrupalCommunity #OpenSource #Zoocha

Zoocha at DrupalCon Vienna 2025: A Return, A Refresh, and A Commitment to Community

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 1d

Drupal fans, assemble! The next DrupalCon venue is about to be revealed… but can you guess where Drupal will land? 🤔💙 Comment your best guess before the announcement — no passports needed! 😄

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 1d

🤖 Drupal AI, demystified.

At DrupalCamp Italy 2025, SparkFabrik’s Luca Lusso will reveal what’s real, tested, and coming soon.

Transparency, contrib input, and community-driven innovation.

🔗 https://bit.ly/438QhOc
##DrupalAI #DrupalCamp #OpenSource #AIInitiative

Luca Lusso to Unpack the Drupal AI Initiative at DrupalCamp Italy 2025

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 1d

📡 Want real-time updates in Drupal without Firebase?

Shibin Das will demo WebSockets + Redis at #DrupalCon Vienna — all self-hosted, all open source.

Live data, no page reloads.

🔗 https://bit.ly/46O07rb
##Drupal #WebSockets #RealTime #DecoupledDrupal

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 1d

📢 amazee.io is back at #DrupalCon — this time as official sponsor of DrupalCon Vienna 2025.

Booth #9 demos, private AI, and sessions by show how open source scales securely.

More via TDT 👇
🔗 https://bit.ly/46MsOEW
##DrupalAI #OpenSource #PrivateAI #DrupalConVienna

amazee.io, Official Sponsor of DrupalCon Vienna 2025, Showcases Open Source Commitment, Private AI, and Expert Sessions

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3d

📄 Better WYSIWYG in Drupal? CKEditor makes it happen.

Acquia’s spotlight shows how real-time editing and MS Word imports streamline content workflows.

More at Acquia TV.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4mWXGr2
##Drupal #CKEditor #ContentWorkflow #WYSIWYG

Acquia Highlights How CKEditor Simplifies Content Workflows in Drupal

Acquia’s latest customer spotlight highlights how CKEditor, Drupal’s core WYSIWYG editor, reduces copy-paste errors, preserves Word formatting, and enables real-time collaboration for faster publishing. Featuring insights from Mrina Sugosh, Lead Deve...

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3d

🌍 Translating your Drupal site?

Specbee’s Justin K. Johnson compares native AI tools with Lingotek, Phrase, and APIs.

Balance control, cost, and scale in your multilingual workflow.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4n2a2xX
##Drupal #Multilingual #TranslationWorkflow #DrupalAI

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3d

🎓 A joyful web experience, powered by Drupal.

Smith College + Four Kitchens migrated 30K+ pages to a single, accessible, multisite #Drupal10 platform.

Live previews, editor trust, and 100% a11y scores—this is what transformation looks like.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4nKMRte

#HigherEd #WebDesign

The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 3d

📣 What’s ahead at #DrupalCon Vienna?

100+ sessions, a keynote on Drupal’s AI integration, and community-driven insights into how the event is built.

TDT spoke to organizers for the full scoop.

🔗 https://bit.ly/48YXXq3
##DrupalCon #AIinDrupal #OpenWeb #DrupalCommunity

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 4d

Michael Anello introduces DrupalEasy Show & Tell, a YouTube series offering live, hands-on Drupal demos. Early episodes feature experts like Darren Oh and Martin Anderson-Clutz. Watch and learn something practical each week: https://bit.ly/48pip39
##Drupal #DrupalEasy #OpenSource #WebDevelopment

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The Drop Times @thedroptimes.bsky.social · 4d

🛡️ Want to stop spam on your Drupal forms?

Nadiia Nykolaichuk of @imagexmedia.bsky.social shares a complete guide to CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA tools.

Includes Composer steps, config tips, and module options like hCaptcha + Turnstile.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4nIXuN9
##Drupal #SpamProtection

How to Protect Drupal Forms from Spam with CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA

CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA are essential tools in the fight against spam bots on Drupal sites. In this detailed guide, Nadiia Nykolaichuk explains how these technologies work, what sets them apart, and how to configure the top Drupal modules to safeguard ...

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