Issue 684 - May, 29th 2025

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Headlines

DrupalCon News & Updates: DrupalCon Vienna 2025: A Hub for Innovation and Collaboration

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Core

New Image Effect, Convert to AVIF (With Fallback), Added

Tests with PHPUnit 10 Attributes Are Now Supported

Articles

Comparing Local LLMs for Alt-Text Generation, Round 2

Drunomics: The European Accessibility Act Impacts Everyone

Drupal 7 Is Costing You More Than You Think! Get a Free Audit

Outdated platforms lead to hidden costs: compliance issues, slow performance, and growing vulnerabilities. OPTASY’s free audit reveals what your site really needs to succeed on Drupal 11.👉 Get the clarity you need—at no cost and no obligation.

Drupal Association Blog: Top Roadblocks to Migrating from Drupal 7 to Modern Drupal (And How Extended Support Bridges the Gap) + a Look Ahead at Drupal AI

ImageX: 5 Common Drupal Website Issues (And How Ongoing Maintenance Prevents Them)

Keep Your Website Pixel-Perfect with Backstop Generator | Electric Citizen

Mandclu: The Drupal Event Platform: A New Stage of Evolution

Salsa Digital: Kristen Pol at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025: A Summary

Specbee: What Is SearchStax and How It Can Revolutionize Your Search Experience

The Drop Times: Specbee Shares How SmartLinker AI Solves a Common Drupal Challenge with Practical AI Integration

The Drop Times: Why Drupal’s Greatest Strength Might Be Its Biggest Marketing Challenge

Tutorials

Darren Oh: SSH to Your Drupal Forge Development Environment

Drupal Life Hack's: Combining Tailwind CSS and Bootstrap (Radix) in a Drupal Theme: A Step-by-Step Guide

Webinar: AI for Drupal - Private-by-Design

Join amazee.io on June 4th for a live webinar, where we'll demonstrate how AI can boost your Drupal workflows while keeping your company data secure and sovereign. You'll learn how to set up your private Drupal AI without vendor lock-in, add and use intelligent, data-sovereign AI tools, and keep AI activities compliant, open, and future-ready. Save your seat!

Releases

admin_toolbar 3.6.0

Coder 8.3.30

Drupal 11.2.0-Beta1

Video

Salsa Digital: Richard's DrupalSouth Talk on Feature Recipes

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #504 - the Marketplace

When Is Drupal Overkill? - Lullabot Podcast

Events

Sessions Announced for Drupal Camp Asheville!!

We have finalized sessions and Drupal Camp Asheville registration is open! Early-bear tickets are 25% off until June 9. Includes Friday activities, Saturday sessions, and lunch both days. Curious about what's next for Drupal? Don't miss a special session with Tim Doyle, CEO of the Drupal Association. Bring your questions...the floor is open! Register today.